The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has set its policy agenda for 2014, with the competition regulator setting its sights on deceptive online pricing and low-cost imports as two major issues facing the retail industry ...
Tags: retail industry, ACCC, imports
Covered California has almost reached its enrollment goal for March 31, according to numbers released Wednesday. Still, the state plans to spend millions on Spanish-language advertising in the weeks remaining before the open enrollment ...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Health Plan, Obamacare
Event organisers expect over 85,000 visitors as Gadget Show Lives prepares to launch new Kids Tech Arena Gadget Show Live has revealed the first raft of tech toy companies to sign up for this year's Toy Zone, including Animin, DJI, Flying ...
Tags: Toy Zone, Gadget Show Live, R/C car, NEC
Today's headlines include detailed coverage of the Obama administration's announcement that it will delay a health law requirement that mid-sized employers provide health insurance to workers while also allowing larger employers more ...
Tags: Medicaid Managed Care, Health Law, Obamacare, Anti-ACA Sentiment
The Associated Press reports that questions are emerging about how these online marketplaces will operate under the current financing model. Also, the latest news on exchanges from California, Oregon and Florida. The Associated Press/Wall ...
Tags: Budget Issue, State Exchange, Health Report, Doctor Directory
In Georgia, some navigator events were canceled after health law opponents held a protest at one and posted other events on its website, urging more protests. In South Dakota, meanwhile, a lawmaker introduced a bill to require state ...
Tags: UGA, Health Law Navigator, Coweta County, ACA
Stephen Andrew has replaced Pedro Demartini as the sales director at Groupe SEB, marketer of the Tefal, Rowenta, All-Clad, Moulinex and Krups brands. Andrew has previously led sales and marketing at accountancy software firms Attache ...
Tags: SEB, CCH, Demartini, Attache Australia
Dirty diesel is the most common form of electricity generation throughout Caribbean island nations, but that will change if billionaire Richard Branson has anything to do with it. Branson is using his private island in the British Virgin ...
Tags: NRG Energy, LED lighting, Swap Diesel, Caribbean
Haier has claimed a 9.7 per cent global market share in home appliances during 2013, up from 8.6 per cent in 2012, to retain its Number One ranking for the fifth consecutive year, according to UK-based research firm Euromonitor ...
Tags: Haier, Yvonne Hong, Euromonitor, local market
Today's headlines include stories about the health law's coverage gap. Kaiser Health News: Arkansas' Medicaid Experiment, Key To Obamacare Expansion, On Ropes Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "The Arkansas' ...
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Sony made waves overnight with the company's head office announcing a global restructure that will see it shed 5,000 jobs, sell its Vaio PC business to Japanese company Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), and separate its TV business as a ...
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Recycling campaigns are not without their detractors as their results are often met with more than a little scepticism and their long-term value often questioned. However, a number of communication programmes, developed by the Aluminium ...
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Longstanding Myer CEO and managing director Bernie Brookes has put pen to paper on a new, open-ended contract worth $2 million per annum, plus performance based cash and equity bonuses. At the same time, the experienced retail head as ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Myer
Dick Smith released its first set of results to the ASX today under its new owners, with the company posting better than expected sales, earnings and profit figures. Today's figures come just over two years after the retailer was placed ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Dairy farmers have a new opportunity to protect their farm income with dairy margin insurance. The dairy safety net in the new farm bill takes a new approach. Margin insurance, and the nuts-and-bolts decisions to be made, will be ...
Tags: Dairy, Agriculture, Food