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...Asking the family to stitch together pieces of coverage—it’s not working,” Warren said. “Families with insurance were out of pocket more than $13,000 in medical bills. When you combine that with lost income, these families have no chance...
...what came before. Watch the playback: he lets the laughter crescendo--five seconds, 10. He knows he has the joke. He knows it will kill. But you cannot have it yet. For a moment, he is keeping it for himself, like a diamond stowed in his breast pocket...
Some dining hall workers in Pforzheimer-Cabot kitchen slept on couches Saturday night or paid for taxis out of pocket to ensure that they would be available to serve students yesterday...
...including Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA and ReMax, choose to do business. The big guys on the block prefer the old way: their agents usher clients door to door and show house after house. Frequently the houses are closely held listings on which the agents have exclusives, and they pocket a hefty 5%-to-7% commission on each sale. Today that clubby world is being shaken more and more by a handful of upstarts. Internet interlopers like LendingTree, along with regional discounters like Foxtons in the Northeast and CataList Homes on the West Coast, have been gaining traction with...
...investors suing WorldCom, where the board routinely rubber-stamped decisions by CEO Bernie Ebbers and extended him undisclosed loans worth $400 million, were adamant that the directors feel the pain. To avoid going to trial, the WorldCom 10 agreed to pay a total of $18 million out of pocket, equal to 20% of their net worth, not counting their homes and pensions. Insurers will pay an additional $36 million. Enron directors recently cut a deal that has them digging too. "If directors want to play cheerleader, there's a price to pay," warns Patrick McGurn, special counsel to Institutional Shareholder...