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Workers' real earnings, nonetheless, have been going up, about 2% to 3% this year. Krueger emphasizes that the total compensation package of wages and benefits has been rising less rapidly because of a slowdown in the rate of increase in health-insurance costs. But now that rate is speeding up again. The resulting squeeze on payrolls is not disastrous but may soon be enough to prompt employers to lay off workers as their profit margins narrow. That is a major reason why most board members expect unemployment to rise at least slightly from its present remarkable lows...
...Thomas Irish Channel Consortium, which sponsors social programs in New Orleans. The group's board authorized purchase of directors' insurance, but no one followed through. Today the group is in court over a wrongful-termination claim, and board members may be personally on the hook for total damages of more than...
Bargain hunters can pick up a lamp (top floor, all the way in the back), a trash can and a small fan--for a total of less than $25--at Dickson Brothers...
Tell that to the survivors: Most Jewish groups claim Holocaust victims own a total of $7 billion in assets and interest sitting untouched in Zurich vaults. "My 31,000 clients will not stand for this," said claimant lawyer Edward Fagan. Until now, Fagan believed a $1 billion deal was in the works -- and even that wouldn't have satisfied his clients...
...women taking the clinic's physical receive more focused advice from registered dietitian Cindy Moore than do men. First, she would want to know if any factors other than hormonal changes have contributed to bone loss. An eating disorder during adolescence, for instance, or chronic inadequate calcium intake diminishes total bone mass. Steroids taken for asthma and immunosuppressants reduce bone density. Even a lack of vitamin D, which is most easily acquired through exposure to half an hour of sunlight a day, diminishes the ability of bones to absorb calcium, a main building block. Moore would recommend an increase...