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- The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?
- The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?I'm all for encouraging healthy behaviourOvereating and smoking are voluntary behaviors, and they are not the tobacco company's or food company's fault. If I were you boss and saw this kind of behavior (always blaming someone else for something...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
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- The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?
- In a previous blog, we questioned whether or not employers should encourage healthy lifestyles to increase productivity. If discounted gym memberships and healthy vending machine alternatives -- no doubt, placed next to Snickers bars -- don't do the trick, new regulations may. Companies can now charge unhealthy overweight...
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- In a Gloomy Economy, Signs of Light
- In a Gloomy Economy, Signs of LightRE: In a Gloomy Economy, Signs of LightFirst, the Feds must take care of the middle class which is at least 70% of the economy. A rebate check of $1,000 would stave off a very gloomy Christmas.Instead of bailing out the high-rollers, we...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
- Michael Pollan had what I expect will be a legendary article in the nutrition / health canon last Sunday in the New York Times magazine. It is extraordinarily well-written, entertaining, and practical. It examines the new science of "nutritionism" and how the practice of examining food nutrient-by-nutritent, "takes the nutrient...
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- Readers write: Is pay-for-performance harmful or good?
- The impending demise of DOD's pay-for-performance system has provoked some strong reactions, and many commenters are not sorry to see it go. They say that pay-for-performance allows managers to play favorites in awarding raises. A few, however, argue that the traditional federal system, basing pay on seniority, provides little incentive for...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Financial Roundup: Bank Mergers, Fat Wall Street Bonuses, Paulson Backlash
- Big regional banks look like merger bait -- Non-megabanks such as National City, Fifth Third Bancorp and Keycorp all posted big losses in the third quarter, and that weak performance -- combined in some cases with low stock prices -- make them look a lot more like merger candidates. For...
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- Ten Tips for Securing a Fat Severance Package
- The Find: If worse comes to worse and you're facing a lay-off, remember that there are still steps you can take to assure your employer gives you the softest landing possible. The Source: Ten tips on negotiating after a lay-off from Silicon Alley Insider. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- el-gooG â€" Google Gets Local Backwards
- A year after Google acquired their company dMarc as the basis for Google Audio Ads ads on radio stations , brothers and company founders Chad and Ryan Steelberg have left the company. It’s easy to read too much into their departure since many purchase contracts...
- Blog posts 2007-02-18
- The Economy: A Grinding Five-Year Restructuring
- The Economy: A Grinding Five-Year RestructuringOn the Money!I share your point of view. My opinion is that the seeds of what you say were planted during the Nixon era, when we no longer tied our currency to a standard commodity, like gold or silver. We wouldn't have had the rate...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Interview: The Knot's Liu: Bridal Site Tries To Capitalize On Conde Nast's Woes
- You would think that Conde Nast’s decision to shutter two of its three bridal magazines and consolidate that web content into its Brides.com site would be a boon for The Knot, Conde Nast’s primary competition in the bridal space. But in some ways, it actually makes life tougher for...
- External links 2009-10-15
- Your Off-Year Election Guide [Elections]
- The only race tomorrow that will have anything to do with national political trends is a tiny congressional district in upstate New York . But there are other races that everyone will talk about as if they mean something. The Virginia and New Jersey ...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Goldman Sachs tries to make amends
- Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein is sorry. Speaking yesterday at a conference sponsored by Directorship magazine which has named him CEO of the Year, Blankfein expressed remorse for the firm's role in helping to bring the country to the brink of financial collapse: "We participated in things that were clearly...
- News items 2009-11-18
- The internet and the 'e-solated'
- A decade ago most of us had never used the internet – now we can't imagine life without it. Actually, some of us can: there are 10 million people in the UK still without a connection. Are they, Tim Adams asks, losing out economically and culturally? Below, we ask four...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Arnold Lays Off 40; Staffers Vent Anger Over Shop's Identity Crisis
- Arnold Worldwide announced 40 layoffs in its Boston HQ office, which has 600 staffers. That round of cuts comes after just under 50 layoffs in October. The move has triggered an outpouring of bitterness on Adweek's comments boards. (Note that Adweek.com continues its evolution from provider...
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- How Much Money Is Enough Now?
- Of all the questions raised in the wake of the Lehman collapse, this might be the one you most need to ask — and the person to ask is yourself. ...
- Articles 2009-09-15
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Renewables to Overtake Energy Incumbents Within Decade
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no stranger to controversy. The environmental lawyer and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance served jail time in 2001 for trespassing after joining a protest at a U.S. Navy training facility in Puerto Rico , and wrote an article in Rolling Stone claiming the...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Conspicuous spending: That's un-P.C.
- Here's a New Year's prediction that has a 100-per-cent chance of coming true: People are going to pay way more attention to their personal finances this year. Yes, we're cutting personal debt and being smarter consumers. But we're also going to live our financial lives on a new, entirely conscious...
- News items 2009-08-07
- How Do I Survive a Psycho Boss?
- Dear Stanley, I've been at my job for about a year, and I think my boss is completely psychotic. With the economy being the way it is, I'm having a hard time finding another job. I'm an hourly employee with no contract. He refuses to pay...
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Mortgage Fraud v.2009
- Mortgage fraud is on the rise, especially in states where foreclosures have soared and the general economy is in the toilet. Is it any surprise that those who lived large scamming homeowners during the boom would want to continue that standard of living...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- The Young and the Clueless
- The Young and the CluelessRE: The Young and the CluelessThough I am 56, yet I believe that in many ways Young managers are different, not corrupt, sincere, prompt, wish early results.Yet what you said is quite right, they are not open, not very good team mates, have least emmotions- SS...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
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