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AHIP Statement on CMS Proposed Medicare Marketing Regulations
WASHINGTON (Map) - (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040830/AHIPLOGO ) "This is an important step to ensure beneficiaries can rely on the information being provided to make the Medicare coverage decisions that are right for them," said AHIP is reviewing the new regulations and is developing detailed comments. AHIP's Board statement is available here: HYPERLINK "http://www.ahip.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22559&linkid=194785" http://www.ahip.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22559&linkid=194785. America's Health Insurance Plans - Providing Health Benefits to More Than 200 Million Americans
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Stocks rise on oil price drop, mixed economic data
- The stock market notched its second straight daily advance Thursday, with investors assuaged by a pullback in oil prices and some better-than-expected economic data.
Industrial output falls, second time in 3 months
- Industrial output plunged in April as factories making everything from autos to heavy machinery felt the adverse effects of the weak economy. Analysts held out hope that production will revive in the second half of the year, helped by the government's economic stimulus checks.
Bernanke: Banks must get better at foreseeing risk
- Commercial banks and other financial institutions need to beef up their ability to detect and protect themselves against risks like the credit and mortgage debacles, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.
Oil falls as options expire; gas prices rise
- Oil futures ended a whipsaw session slightly lower Thursday as the expiration of options played havoc with prices, driving crude near record high levels at times and down by more than $3 a barrel at others. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, advanced past $3.77 a gallon.
TD Ameritrade names COO Fred Tomczyk as next CEO
- TD Ameritrade Holding on Thursday said its chief operating officer, Fred Tomczyk, will become chief executive in October, replacing Joe Moglia. - CBS Corp. is acquiring a big online reach with its acquisition of CNet Networks Inc. but also a company that's faced heavy criticism from investors. Those concerns as well as the hefty $1.8 billion price tag helped send CBS's shares down after the deal was announced Thursday. - Department store stalwarts J.C. Penney Co., Nordstrom Inc. and Kohl's Inc. all reported steep drops in first-quarter profits on Thursday as Americans snub apparel to focus on basic necessities at discounters in a challenging economy.
Maverick oilman Pickens puts $2B bet on wind power
- HARTFORD, Conn. - Maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens' plan for a mammoth wind farm in the Texas Panhandle is a $2 billion bet that Congress will extend a tax credit critical to the environmentally friendly industry. - A horse by any other name simply wouldn't have worked for UPS.
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