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Another option growing in popularity: high-deductible health plans coupled with a reimbursement mechanism, most often a health-savings account. Younger and healthier workers increasingly select such coverage, which combines a deductible of at least $1,000 with a tax-deferred savings account to which employers sometimes contribute. Chicago-based accounting firm Blackman Kallick offered its more than 200 employees the plan this year. "About 10% chose it," says human-resources manager Suzanne Palombi, "many more than we anticipated." For Blackman, that equates to a 33% drop in premium costs for those workers...
Moreover, the MBTA will essentially reward those who actually depend on the system by taxing those who are only occasional riders. Regular riders will be able to obtain and register reusable plastic CharlieCards at select retail locations, which will enable them to receive free transfers and lower fares. Occasional riders—such as tourists and most Harvard students—will have to purchase disposable paper CharlieTickets at subway and bus stations and will have to pay surcharges and an additional transfer fee. In other words, the MBTA fares are designed for working people who truly rely...
...Still, the idea seemed to jeopardize the apparently impregnable lead Royal maintains over her Socialist rivals, former Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn and former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius. They both gleefully attacked the juries this week in the second of four televised debates scheduled before Socialists select their candidate in mid-November. Strauss-Kahn noted that a just society can't be "built on the general suspicion" invoked by subjecting elected officials to juries. Fabius suggested the idea was "a kind of populism that would end up serving the far right...
...from all academic backgrounds, but, more importantly, their pedagogy must be certified as excellent. To that end, we propose that general education courses be more rigorously evaluated on teaching quality. This not only applies to the professor but to teaching fellows as well—these courses should only select teaching fellows with proven track records of quality and experience and a solid command of the English language...
...will fund a new annual prize, the richest in the world: the winner gets $5 million spread over 10 years, then $200,000 per year after that for life, plus another $200,000 per year to direct to any cause he or she wants. Who's eligible? A very select group: honest African leaders...