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• Lt. Gov. debate targets taxes, jobs, health care costs; Four contenders take the stage to trade claims at Curry College.

Byline: John J. Monahan MILTON - A debate among four candidates for lieutenant governor yesterday turned on Republican arguments that high taxes are...

• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Healthnow's Cuts to Boost Efficiency

HealthNow New York is cutting 45 jobs, mostly in claims, as the Buffalo-based health insurer continues efforts to use technology to become more efficient and streamline operations. The parent of BlueCross Blue-Shield of Western New York and BlueShield of Northeastern New York notified staff Monday of the planned cuts.

• Buffalo News
• January 06, 2011

• Bay Cleanup Linked to Job Creation

RICHMOND, Va. - A report by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation concludes that storm water and sewage plant upgrades intended to help nurse the environmentally-battered bay back to health would create nearly 250,000 jobs. The report released today is aimed at countering claims that the multi-state, multi-billion restoration directed by the Environmental Protection Agency will be harmful to the economy and result in job losses, the foundation's president said.

• Charleston Gazette
• January 04, 2012

• N.J. Court Rules Desk Job Led to Death

TRENTON, N.J. - The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday in a case that raised questions about the broader implications of the sedentary desk jobs of millions of Americans. The case pits claims of whether poor health contributed to her death against whether poor work environment did.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• June 29, 2011

• Commentary: La.'S Coastal Erosion Concerns Must Become a Presidential Priority

Not one word was uttered by President Bush during the State of the Union regarding coastal erosion swallowing Louisiana whole at a rate of a football field every 30 minutes. In order of appearance in his speech, the president focused on the trade deficit, federal spending, class action lawsuits, asbestos claims, health care, energy, pollution, new jobs, the tax code, immigration, Social Security, marriage, AIDS, terrorism, nuclear containment, spreading democracy, war in the Middle East and a timetable for our troops to return home from Iraq.

• New Orleans City Business
• February 14, 2005

• Health Industry

NEW YORK, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Seventy-six percent of Fortune 50 companies are either in the or have health divisions, according to PwC US. The booming health market, which is expected to account for nearly one-fifth of U.S. GDP by 2019, is driving a surge of activity from companies looking to mine opportunities for growth, differentiation and jobs. However, in a report published today by PwC's Health Research Institute entitled The New Gold Rush, PwC says that companies new to healthcare will need to stake their claims carefully. If they fail to understand market needs, consumer expectations and how they will get paid, they may find only fool's gold. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100917/NY66894LOGO )

• U.S. Newswire
• June 08, 2011

• The Writing Is On the Wall: State and Local Fiscal Crises and the Future of U.S. Politics

Almost all states propose to spend less this year than in 2008, despite increased demand for public services. A majority propose deep cuts to education and health care spending, programs that cover the bulk of state expenditures. Meanwhile, a number of governors propose significant tax cuts for corporations for the ostensible purpose of "job creation" - even though such measures are of dubious value and push state and local budgets even further into the red. Fiscal reserves have been depleted in most states, and only a handful of governors propose to raise taxes or raise new revenues in any significant way. The economic implications of this drive to austerity should be clear to any minimally informed observer. As the CBPP puts it, "When states cut spending, they lay off employees, cance...

... 400,000 state and local employees lost their jobs. Fiscal year 2012, which begins for most states on...Unsurprisingly, these claims are more fiction than fact. As the CBPP demonstrat...

• Democratic Left
• Vol. 38 Nbr. 4, April 2011

• Obama Keeps Assaulting Economic Freedom

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "In November, employment fell in construction, manufacturing and information, while temporary help services and health care added jobs." According to that BLS report, manufacturing employment fell in November by 41,000 jobs and in the information industries by 17,000 (about half of that in the telecommunications sector.) The President claims that 1.6 million jobs have been "saved or created.

• Human Events
• January 25, 2010

• Steve Jobs and Apple, Inc.

... news reports and rumors of his failing health, Steve Jobs, the co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of ...Looking back on this experience Wozniak claims, "I would have done it for a quarter'" (Linzmayer,...

• Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies
• Vol. 16 Nbr. 7, October 2010

• Opeiu Local 320 to Protest On Thursday, February 17 at Cigna Offices in Moosic, Pennsylvania Against Proposed Subcontracting of Boilermakers National Funds' Kansas City Union Jobs

MOOSIC, Pa., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO Local 320 will protest against the Boilermakers National Funds' proposed decision to subcontract union jobs to CIGNA Healthcare, a mostly non- union company. The Local 320 Save Our Jobs protest will be held on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at CIGNA offices, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd., Moosic, Pennsylvania, from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m. Local 320 represents approximately 120 employees who process Health and Welfare, Pension and Annuity Claims for the Boilermakers National Funds in their Kansas City, Missouri office. The Boilermakers plan to subcontract these union jobs to CIGNA in Moosic.

• U.S. Newswire
• February 17, 2011