| Above the Fold |
January 4, 2012 |
| Bachmann quits GOP race |
| By Kasie Hunt and Steve Peoples |
| Michele Bachmann has ended her presidential campaign — leaving her supporters up for grabs as Rick Santorum tries to become the conservative heavyweight in the Republican race...Read more |
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| Pension risk takes front row seat in 2012 |
| By Paula Aven Gladych |
| The funded status of pension plans has been on a wild ride since 2008, experiencing major declines in 2008, 2010 and 2011. The drops were due to the "double whammy of declining equity markets and lower interest rates," said Jonathan Barry, Mercer's U.S. Retirement Risk & Finance DB Risk Leader, during a recent webinar...Read more |
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| Study: Half of small businesses plan to hire in 2012 |
| By Amanda McGrory |
| According to data by SurePayroll's Small Business Owner Optimism Survey, 50 percent of small business owners say they plan to hire in 2012, and 56 percent expect to raise pay for some or all employees while only 2 percent say they anticipate cutting wages...Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Down and out in Des Moines |
| By Denis Storey |
| Here we are again. Well, at least some of us. After weeks of media hype and millions of campaign dollars, it might be time to start questioning the Iowa caucus results...Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 The House and Boehner in particular took a lot of heat for their reading of the tea leaves on this purely political theater but he is the only leader that actually said, "how do you to tax policy for two months". He's right. It's a total joke and in particular when you consider how much taxes are going up across the board and in many hidden ways starting next January. 
-- GMiller, The big pay (cut)
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