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		<title><![CDATA[It's a good thing Ford investor didn't listen in 1903]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060723/ai_n16666743]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Year in which a president of a Michigan savings bank advised Horace Rackham, Henry Ford's lawyer, not to invest in his client's company, telling him, "The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty -- a fad": 1903   Amount of Ford Motor Co. stock...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marsh, Mercer launch health and benefits firm]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20051004/ai_n15640630]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Salt Lake offices of Marsh and Mercer Human Resource Consulting have announced the launch of Mercer Health & Benefits LLC, a new business combining their respective health care and group benefits businesses.   Licensed to do business in all 50 states, Mercer Health & Benefits houses a complete...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Employers to Address the Shifting Burden of Prescription Drug Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156078]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is not news that rising health care costs are a major concern of Canadian governments and employers. The number of retail prescriptions dispensed to Canadians will approach 400 million this year. The cost of these prescriptions will top C$17 billion. The Biological Industry Organization BIO estimates that approximately 350...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Care for Expatriate Employees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153111]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Expatriate and Third Country National assignees is generally key people with particular skills that enable the international company to function on a global basis. It is important that adequate healthcare is made available to them from day one of their assignment, and this need is particular in a more hostile...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Depression passes heart ills as cause for work absence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LVZ/is_1_20/ai_n6213055]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO -- Depression has out-stripped cardiovascular disease as the fastest growing category of work days lost to disability in Canada while mental health issues overall are causing increased use of group benefit plans, including increased use of short-term disability claims in workplaces, indicates a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News: Contracting out comes up short.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has chipped away at rebates making contracting out  of the state second pension increasingly the wrong option for pension  schemes, it was said last week.    National Insurance rebates are often worth far less than the state  benefits lost by contracting out, it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retiree Health Care: Today and Tomorrow]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153116]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[All retirees face challenges in managing their health care coverage. For those aged 65 and over, Medicare covers much of the cost of care, with the notable exceptions of prescription drugs and long-term care. But as drug therapies have grown in importance in recent years, seniors have become increasingly vocal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Employers' liability.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200309/ai_n17707257]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep 23, 2003 (The Economist - ABIX via COMTEX)    Major US corporations are struggling to cope with increasing health  insurance premiums. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, these  have risen by 14 on average for 2003. The higher premiums cover  increased hospital and drug...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News: LGPC teams up for government review.(Local Government Pensions Committee)(Brief)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6586/is_200210/ai_n25978446]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Local Government Pensions Committee LGPC is forming a working  group to help respond to the government's review of the local  government pension scheme LGPS.    The working group will include Tim Rothwell from the Society of  Chief Personnel Officers, Phil Goodwin, operations director at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Feedback a failure for many managers.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200210/ai_n17684074]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oct 06, 2002 (HR Report - ABIX via COMTEX)    According to new research, Australian companies are not strong on  giving staff quality feedback. Mercer Human Resource Consulting surveyed  128 companies. About 53 per cent of them believe the main obstacle to  successful performance management...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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