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...health benefits next year--2007 looks to bring no relief. For the average employee, premiums and out-of-pocket expenses will reach $2,904 a year for a family, up $300 from 2006. That's the pass-along pain of the costs that employers now endure, nearly $9,000 per employee, up an estimated $518 from this year...
...companies that have been able to keep their costs down could gain an advantage over rivals, since the disparity between those paying the highest price for health care and those paying the lowest is estimated at $3,000 per employee. For a firm of 10,000 workers, that's $30 million, a chunk of change that would have nearly any executive sweating his competitiveness...
Price tags at New York's public colleges rose less than 1%, the lowest in the U.S. The state also gave the most need-based grant aid ($1,300 per student...
...Numbers 1,508 Average number of condoms sold per day by South Korea's Family Mart convenience stores 1,930 Average daily number of condoms they sold in the week following North Korea's Oct. 9 nuclear test, prompting speculation that stress from the test led to a rise in sexual activity among South Koreans...
...only if the commitment is made before we pass the point of no return." Very true. Asia is subject, however, to not only regional environmental and climatic changes but also global ones. The global changes affect Asia and vice versa. The U.S., whose citizens consume 10 times more energy per capita than the Chinese, must also reduce its environmental impact. The U.S. government has been reluctant to work within international frameworks, such as the Kyoto agreement, which are needed to address the global environmental problem. The U.S. must join such international environmental efforts before it is too late. Katz Tomono...