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• The risk of McCain's health plan
Most Americans now receive their health insurance at work. That system promotes risk-sharing because employers don't vary the premiums based on a worker's age or health: The old and sick are subsidized by the young and healthy, who are then ...
• Bankers: Floridians Can Get Home Loans
Florida Bankers Association president Alex Sanchez assured depositors their accounts are safe if in banks protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Congress recently raised the maximum FDIC coverage from $100,000 to $250,000 per account. "If ...
• CONTINUED : Market's hair-trigger mentality
European stocks sank Friday, with Britain’s FTSE-100 falling 8.85 percent, German’s DAX declining 7.01 percent, and France’s CAC-40 ending down 7.73 percent. In Asia, the collapse of Japan’s Yamato Life Insurance caused already nervous ...
• Insurance is extra on this ‘hot’ Mexican car
Q: I have a question about car rental insurance. I recently booked a car in Manzanillo, Mexico through Hotwire. I ended up paying $197 in advance for a two-week rental through Thrifty. My practice in renting cars has been to decline the optional ...
• U.S. will buy stock in banks, Paulson says
They also committed to efforts to get credit flowing more freely again, support the efforts of banks to raise money from both public and private sources, bolster deposit insurance and revive the battered mortgage financing market. They did not ...