GE to IBM Ending Retiree Health Plans in Historic Shift – Bloomberg 09-09-13

Salient to Investors: America’s biggest employers are increasingly moving retirees to insurance exchanges where they select their own health plans, a historic shift that could push more costs onto US taxpayers. Towers Watson said 44% of companies plan to stop administering health plans for their former workers over the next

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All government numbers are suspect – Jim Rogers Blog 09-09-13

Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers writes: All government numbers are suspect. Last week, the US revised its economic statistics and added a whole economy bigger than the Swedish economy. Read the full article at  http://blogjimrogers.blogspot.com/2013/09/all-government-numbers-are-suspect.html Click here to receive free and immediate email alerts of the latest forecasts.

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‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini: U.S. Growth Picture Is Sub-par – BloombergTV 09-06-13

Salient to Investors: Nouriel Roubini at NYU said: There has been a global recovery in the last year with the US recovery and reduced tail risks of a eurozone breakup and a hard landing in China. The US economy recovery is very fragile, with barely 2% GDP growth expected in

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