A Health Law at Risk Gives Insurers Pause New York Times ...As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the federal health care law, one option that had seemed unthinkable to its designers and supporters now seems at least possible: that the court could strike down the entire law...
Despite accord, ‘Made in the USA’ no driving force for South Koreans Washington Times ...“I don’t think there’s going to be a massive increase in American cars in Korea,” said Victor Cha, chairman of the Korea program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “They like what they make over there. And they like BMWs and Mercedes, not Cadillac” among imported luxury vehicles...
Corporate Taxation - The Next Race to the Bottom Tax Justice Network ...If it is allowed to continue, the tax race will undermine what little is left of progressive taxation all over the globe as well as our slow economic recovery. On the one hand, it threatens to throw more and more of the costs of essential government services onto the backs of the middle class and the poor, slash their services even deeper, and cost them jobs, even as they are still struggling to recover from the “1%-made” financial crisis. On the other hand, the tax race threatens to force governments around the world to go even deeper into debt...
Economist Debate: Airport Security (Opinion) The Economist ...Exactly two things have made air travel safer since 9/11: reinforcing the cockpit door, and convincing passengers that they need to fight back. Everything else has been a waste of money...
Women In Trucking Celebrates Safe Driving at MATS Truckinginfo ...The group included 67 women who had driven one-million accident-free miles...
CEO pay rises again in 2011, while workers struggle to find work USA Today ...Employees are starting to see some wage growth ... Average weekly earnings for all employees rose 2.7% in 2011 ... Real average weekly earnings, which are adjusted for inflation, though, have fallen 1.2% from the October 2010 peak through February ...
Some Red Cross workers in state go on strike Associated Press ...More than 200 American Red Cross workers in Michigan are on strike in a dispute related to contract negotiations. Red Cross spokeswoman Monica Stoneking told The Associated Press that some blood drives had been canceled or rescheduled because of today’s work stoppage...
