Somebody needs to explain to me how health care costs can be the reason insurers want an increase in rates? All insurers have contracts with the providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.) The insurance company has fixed fees it pays for services to these providers. Over the past three years some of the fixed fees have been reduced by as much as 50 percent, as with MRI's and CT scans. I do not know of one service which has had an increase in payment by insurance companies. ...more

March 7, 2010

Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which began with a stop in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. ...more

November 9, 2009

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) landmark Airbus ruling last month declared illegal billions of dollars of European Union subsidies given to this French-based aerospace company in an attempt to steal American jobs. ...more

October 29, 2009

The state of Florida wants to know why Pinellas County failed to alert state engineers about a construction mishap involving a new bridge under construction. ...more

March 17, 2009

When did you last check the balance of your 401(k)? Many workers have seen their 401(k)s plummet, and some have decided the best way to deal with it is not to look. ...more

February 10, 2009

After swiftly naming his Cabinet nominations, President Barack Obama has been beset with problems. ...more

February 9, 2009

Chris Markowski, a nationally syndicated radio host, calls himself the "Watchdog on Wall Street." ...more

February 7, 2009

The watchdog for the Florida Legislature says a state program that diverts corporate taxes to private school vouchers saved $38.9 million last year. ...more

December 17, 2008

North Korea kicked out U.N. weapons inspectors from a plant that previously produced weapons-grade plutonium and notified the nuclear watchdog that it would restart operations as early as next week, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. ...more

September 25, 2008

Iran's president accused "a few bullying powers" of trying to thwart his country's peaceful nuclear program and declared in a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly that "the American empire" is nearing collapse. ...more

September 24, 2008