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Firms getting a break on workers' comp rates: premiums have been decreasing
Submitted by Katie Weeks on 2.23.2006
While liability and health insurance costs continue to rise for businesses, workers' compensation rates could continue leveling off in 2006, say industry leaders.
OpinionJournal.com Forms 'Federation' of Top Political Web Sites
Submitted on 2.16.2006
PRINCETON, N.J. – OpinionJournal.com, a free web site from The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page, announces the launch of the "OpinionJournal Federation" of top political Web sites and blogs, which will offer daily content to its readers. OpinionJournal.com editors will select at least one article each week from a Federation member site for publication on OpinionJournal.com, which will also feature overviews and links to all Federation members.
Public 401(k)? CalPERS says no
Submitted by Gilbert Chan on 2.16.2006
Moving to defend traditional public pension plans, trustees of the California Public Employees' Retirement System are poised to fight a renewed effort to offer 401(k)-style programs to state and local government workers.
Might As Well Face It
Submitted by Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D. on 2.8.2006
That the United States is both "addicted to oil" and overly "dependent" upon unstable foreign producers are the tired old slogans that conventional wisdom simply equates with Truth, reemerging from the depths every federal budget season. Where people stand depends on where they sit, and so no Beltway stampede ever leads toward smaller government. This renewed teeth-gnashing over oil consumption and dependence is no exception.
Property rights could get lift from initiative
Submitted by Anthony P. Archie on 2.8.2006
California’s property owners, incensed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Kelo v. New London decision of late last year, are going on the offensive with a ballot initiative that aims to limit the government’s sweeping eminent domain powers. But powerful developers who benefit from the status quo are sure to put up a fight.
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