Headline News Archive

2009

June

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• Betting on death: Life settlement markets. Investors love a sure thing, and in this life, it doesn't get more certain than death. So it's no surprise that in recent years the

18

• Health insurers refuse to limit cutting coverage. Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some

• Financial reform still in early innings. The Obama administration’s broad plan to overhaul financial regulations offers dozens of new ideas about how to keep the markets safe, maintain a sound

• Obama defends financial overhaul. President Obama introduced his plan to reform financial regulations yesterday as a key to reviving the economy, setting up an intense battle over the particulars

16

• Instant online comments risk instant lawsuits. When Courtney Love fell into a dispute with a clothing designer earlier this year, she aired her beef on MySpace and Twitter. The designer sued

15

• Awash in debt, more car owners try fraud. Driven to desperation, a growing number of financially strapped car owners in the United States are torching, sinking or ditching their vehicles and then reporting

• Soda tax to pay for health reform?. Would you like some taxes with that drink? The Senate Finance Committee, looking for ways to pay for health reforms, has been considering the possibility

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• One policyholder's 54% health insurance hike. Los Angeles resident Ruta Miller, 44, prides herself on keeping fit. "I'm super-healthy," she told me. "I exercise all the time. I eat well. I haven't

12

• Establece, administra y protege tu crédito. Muchas transacciones en Estados Unidos dependen del crédito. Cuando pides un préstamo, intentas alquilar una vivienda, solicitas una tarjeta de crédito o

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• 'New' Chrysler shielded from 'old' defect claims. Chrysler's bankruptcy will leave lots of people empty-handed. Among them are accident claimants who seek compensation when a faulty Chrysler vehicle causes injury or death.

• Lawmakers target health insurance tax break. The biggest tax break in America — tax-free health benefits from employers — could be scaled back to pay for President Obama's overhaul of the nation's health

09

• The trouble with Democrats. The governing party faced an awkward dilemma. People were hurting and furious at the government's generous bailouts for banks. But how could the Democrats do

• How to mend broken health system. Nowhere else in the world is so much money spent with such poor results. On that point there is rare unanimity among Washington decision makers:

08

• Car fraud cases heat up in downturn. Motorists unable to afford payments on pricey cars and gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles in this recession are turning to a time-tested financing solution: matches. Insurance

07

• Enough teeth to fight the loan sharks. Pity the neighborhood loan shark. The credit card companies have stolen his customers by taking a softer approach to charging outrageous interest rates. During the

06

• Kennedy readies health-care bill. Senator Edward Kennedy(D-Mass.) has laid down the first marker in this year's debate over how to revamp the nation's health-care system, writing a bill

• When a layoff becomes a lifestyle. When Matthew Thomas of Alexandria was laid off in September from a downtown Washington advocacy group, he wasn't too worried. The 49-year-old office worker had

04

• Hardest-hit victims of the auto bankruptcies. We’ve all heard about the financial hardships caused by the bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors. Employees, dealers and stockholders have all been hurt.

• U.S. to unveil regulatory reform plan soon. The Obama administration plans to unveil on June 17 its sweeping plan to overhaul financial regulation, according to a source familiar with thinking at the U

• Cost of drugs out of reach. A year or so ago, when customers buttonholed the pharmacists at Almand’s Drug Store here the questions were invariably about dosing or side effects.

02

• Administration nears finance overhaul plan. Washington is asking some painful questions about how to prevent the next financial meltdown. Should it reinvent the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation? Abolish the seemingly

01

• Hurdles in Obama's push to revamp health care. Now the policymakers who for months have been promising to overhaul the health care system have to start doing it. This year's fast-track timetable on

May

30

• Hidden costs of high-deductible health insurance. Is your medical insurance bad for your health? If you have a high-deductible plan, the answer may be yes. The investment firm Fidelity recently surveyed

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• Senator Kennedy preparing health-care reform bill. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) is circulating the outlines of sweeping health-care legislation that would require every American to have insurance and would mandate that

28

• Insured pay 'hidden tax' for uninsured health care. The average U.S. family and their employers paid an extra $1,017 in health care premiums last year to compensate for the uninsured, according to a