Findings : By JOHN TIERNEY
Suppose you’re preparing to travel by air. Which of these precautions do you think is most likely to prevent your plane from crashing?
A) Sacrificing a gilt-horned bull on an altar.
B) Sacrificing two goats on the tarmac.
C) Buying flight insurance.
I’m guessing you didn’t go for the bull sacrifice. Although this preboarding procedure […]
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin
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By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
The Social Security system is choking on paperwork and spending millions of dollars a year screening dubious applications for disability benefits, according to lawsuits filed by whistle-blowers.
Insurance companies are the source of the problem, the lawsuits say. The insurers are forcing many people who file disability claims with them to also apply […]
Posted on April 1st, 2008 by admin
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By PATRICK HEALY and JEFF ZELENY
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton confronted Senator Barack Obama on health care, Nafta, Iraq and his political tactics on Tuesday night in one of her most pugnacious debate performances of the campaign, as she fought for fresh momentum before four potentially decisive nominating contests next Tuesday.
Mr. Obama, pursuing […]
Posted on February 27th, 2008 by admin
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By VIKAS BAJAJ
Regulators and bankers racing to bolster troubled bond insurance companies are considering splitting the firms into two parts: one for safe municipal debt and the other for riskier mortgage-related securities.
Proponents of the idea say such a step could restore confidence in the financial markets broadly, and specifically in the $2.6 trillion municipal […]
Posted on February 16th, 2008 by admin
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In The Trenches the Occupational Therapist
Coaching the Comeback
By JAN HOFFMAN
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — In the therapy gym for the minimally functional, Jodi Levin props a patient between cushions, kneels behind him and then braces him with her arms. She directs his mother to select photos of his brother and his […]
Posted on January 15th, 2008 by admin
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By JOSEPH B. TREASTER
Shortly before Thanksgiving, Eric R. Dinallo, the insurance regulator for New York State, did something unusual. He called Warren E. Buffett’s right-hand man on insurance, Ajit Jain, and suggested that he start a new company to insure municipal bonds in New York.
Mr. Jain, who oversees one of the biggest insurance portfolios […]
Posted on January 9th, 2008 by admin
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