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...that offer this year. The data SCANA and other companies collect can then go toward disease management for such illnesses as diabetes and high blood pressure. At International Truck and Engine, where costs have remained flat the past two years, health professionals call chronically ill employees regularly (unless they opt out) to offer advice on care and medication. SCANA provides drugs through an in-house pharmacy. "We then can buy drugs at a wholesale price," says Joe Bouknight, SCANA's human-resources director. "In 2007 that will represent a nice discount for us and our employees." If only that were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pressure on Your Health Benefits | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...particular year do not particularly match their own views, then they are left with a dismal decision: a Democrat or Republican that they moderately support, or a third-party candidate whom they enthusiastically support but who does not stand a chance of being elected. And if they do opt to vote symbolically for the third party, there is a chance that doing so will help elect their least desirable candidate by siphoning a vote away from a mainstream candidate...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: One Candidate, Many Parties | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...resources to do?" The bill would also make it harder for phone companies to give out customer data for marketing purposes; in order to share any information that lists phone numbers and a time log of calls, they would have to get explicit permission from customers - the so-called opt-in approach - instead of the current opt-out method where they can largely do what they like with the information unless a customer expressly forbids it.Many private investigators aren't crazy about the bill either. While most support pretexting laws, they would like some wiggle room to track down deadbeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Holding Up a Pretexting Law | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

...soft-sided bags, opt for materials like ballistic or Cordura nylons, which stand up to slashing and tearing better than leather or canvas. They also provide more protection from weather. The REI Tech Beast ($215) is made of abrasion-, moisture- and tear-resistant ballistic nylon, and the wear points are reinforced with Hypalon patches to better bear rough-and-tumble conditions. The luxe new Tourbach line from Victorinox Swiss Army ($260-$700) boasts a Swiss-engineered fabric called Performax that is tearproof and grime and water repellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Tough Is Your Luggage? | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...groups require that members give money? Would events only be open to donors? Would students, if they do not finish a comp, be refunded money? The current system levels the playing field and opens the door to the entrepreneurs who want to personally contribute to the campus; students can opt in or opt out of the fee depending on their whims or financial status, but none will be turned away from a UC-funded event because of that fact. The termination or even the minimization of FiCom would threaten the variety and multitude of activities that makes Harvard what...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine and Nadia O. Gaber | Title: We Still Believe | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

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