The nation appears to be shifting away from the traditional model of health care, in which doctors have most of the decisionmaking authority. According to a newly released study, 9 out of 10 people want to have a say in important decisions regarding their health care. One-third would like to make a shared decision with… Keep reading →
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Study: Consumers Active in Their Own Health Care but Face Financial Pressures and Are Unprepared for Health Care Costs in Retirement
By businesswireManufacturers’ News, Inc.– For a third straight year, industrial employment in Wyoming posted a gain, reports the 2014 Wyoming Manufacturers Directory®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. According to data collected by Manufacturers’ News, Wyoming gained 584 manufacturing jobs from October 2012 to October 2013, or 1.7%, outpacing… Keep reading →
Optimism for the nation’s economic outlook among U.S. business leaders plummeted 16 percentage points in fourth quarter 2013 to a net balance of 36 percent according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a survey of 3,300 business leaders in 45 countries. Hiring expectations in the United States declined for… Keep reading →
Retailers Disappointed by Approval of ‘Deeply Flawed’ Credit Card Swipe Fee Settlement
By businesswireThe National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan in response to U.S. District Court Judge John Gleeson’s approval of a controversial antitrust lawsuit over credit card swipe fees. “We are very disappointed that this deeply flawed settlement has been approved. It is not supported by the… Keep reading →
Tennessee Manufacturing Boosted by Auto Sector, Gained Industrial Jobs for Second Straight Year
By businesswireManufacturers’ News, Inc. — For a second straight year, industrial employment in Tennessee posted a gain according to the 2014 Tennessee Manufacturers Register®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. The report, based on data collected by Manufacturers’ News, states Tennessee gained 4,197 manufacturing jobs from September 2012 to… Keep reading →
November 1 marked the start of the 2013 Kansas property tax season, as well as the launch of Kansas.gov’s newly redesigned, mobile-friendly Kansas Property Tax Payment service. Since its launch in 2000, nearly one-hundred thousand Kansans have been able to skip the line at their county treasurer’s office by using the desktop version of the… Keep reading →
Arkansas Manufacturing Jobs Declined over Past Year Reports Industrial Database Publisher
By businesswireManufacturers’ News, Inc.– Industrial employment in Arkansas declined one percent over the past year according to the 2014 Arkansas Manufacturers Register®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Arkansas lost 1,425 manufacturing jobs from September 2012 to September 2013. Manufacturers’ News reports Arkansas is now home to… Keep reading →
JPMorgan Chase Reaches Settlement with the President’s Task Force on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
By businesswireJPMorgan Chase & Co. announced today that it has reached a $13 billion settlement in principle negotiated by the President’s RMBS Working Group of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. Today’s settlement resolves actual and potential civil claims by the Department of Justice (DoJ), several State Attorneys General (State AGs), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation… Keep reading →
Manufacturers’ News, Inc.– For a second straight year, industrial employment in South Carolina posted a gain reports the 2014 South Carolina Manufacturers Register®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. According to data collected by Manufacturers’ News, South Carolina gained 1,967 manufacturing jobs from September 2012 to September 2013,… Keep reading →
Manufacturers’ News, Inc. — For a second straight year, industrial employment in Ohio posted a gain, reports the 2014 Ohio Manufacturers Directory®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. According to data collected by Manufacturers’ News, Ohio gained 5,761 manufacturing jobs from September 2012 to September 2013, or about… Keep reading →