Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has been boasting his state’s health insurance reform initiative has reduced the number of uninsured by half, with nearly 300,000 more people added to the state’s health insurance rolls. What he doesn’t mention is that four out of five of them are relying heavily on taxpayer subsidies for their health [...]
“I’m having trouble making my truck payments,” he said.
While motorists grumble about the soaring cost of gas, truckers are downright fuming at record-high diesel prices.
Last week, diesel topped $4 a gallon at U.S. pumps and averaged a little more than $4 at Orlando-area stations, according to the travel group AAA. Diesel prices have jumped about [...]
The State Department said its initial assessment was that three workers in separate offices looked at the records out of imprudent curiosity rather than any political motivation but that it had requested an investigation into the matter.
The incidents, which occurred on January 9, February 21 and March 14, were quickly reported to lower-level State Department [...]
The report by the British-based Janes Information Group ranked Afghanistan as the worlds third most-unstable country after the Gaza Strip and WestBank, and Somalia.
By contrast, Iraq was at No 22 where it appeared among several African countries including Niger, Nigeria, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea.
The report, titled Janes Country Risk Ratings, was the first of its [...]
“I think the market has done a decent job of trying to find a bottom in the last few days, and that’s certainly an encouraging sign,” said David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial Inc.’s RiverSource Investments. “But I don’t think there is by any means a general re-emergence of confidence in this market.”The [...]
McClatchy News Service correspondents Kevin G. Hall and Tony Pugh have begun a blog to answer questions about the economy. Beginning with Wednesday’s edition, the Idaho Statesman will publish their Q&As in the business section and link to them from the business section of IdahoStatesman.com.I see that the Fed cut interest rates again today. What [...]
