Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose to $12,680 annually for family coverage in 2008 — with employees on average paying $3,354 out of their paychecks to cover their share of the cost — according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.
The survey found many more workers are [...]
Cigna HealthCare of Arizona announced Tuesday it is adding more health plans targeting small businesses.
Beginning June 1, businesses with 50 or fewer employees will get some of the same benefits previously only offered to larger companies. The insurer is adding three health savings plans and eight open access plans targeting small businesses.
Jason Holmes, group health [...]
Some uninsured Florida residents may get easier access to health care coverage under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist.
The new law lets insurance companies offer scaled-back health plans without all the usually required coverages. That might make insurance available to some people for as little as $150 a month, Crist said.
Under the law, some [...]
Small businesses have an identity problem. Not enough customers know they even exist. The average small business has about a 7% rate of brand awareness. So, basically only seven out of every 100 potential customers who are looking for the services your business supplies know who you are Entertainment. To reach that other 93%, many [...]
While New Yorkers were once satisfied with generic deli brew to go, demand for specialty coffee bars and expert baristas is growing, coffee experts say.
Seeing themselves as the next step up from chains such as Starbucks, independent cafes have sprung up in the city, roasting their own beans and using the latest by-the-cup techniques or [...]
The Government Communications Security Bureau says its role would be to improve the security of Internet and computer networks. Teams have been set up in many countries, including Australia, Britain and the United States. Their functions include identifying and addressing cyber threats, issuing alerts and receiving incident reports. An Asia- Pacific cert coordinates the activities [...]
For Vance, the bruise is a double whammy of higher expenses and lower revenue.
“Gas prices have gone up,” she said. “The price of wine has gone up. We’re being charged a delivery tax because they’re compensating for gas prices.”
Meanwhile, some sippers are holding back.
“People are upset,” Vance said. “They’re not spending because [...]
BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander warns that in the next few weeks mortgage rates to customers from the big Australian-owned banks could go up.
Fixed two-year rates - now about 9.7 per cent - could be pushed over 10 per cent. Recession-wary businesses are also in the firing line of sharper borrowing costs.
The higher rates come [...]
