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Business Roundtable stories: 4 news summaries

40% of Employers to Hike Health Plan Costs Next Year

Another 8% to drop coverage entirely, survey reveals

Sep 16, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many Americans are happy with their employer-sponsored health care plans and eager to keep them, but they won't be keeping them at the current price, the Washington Post reports. In a survey released yesterday, some 40% of employers said they expect to increase the amount their employees paid for... More »

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health care costs • health insurance • Kodak • Business Roundtable • employers • health insurance premiums • health care reform • survey

First 100 Days

 Businesses 
 Give Obama 
 High Marks 

Reservations linger; cap-and-trade, labor, taxes cause concerns

Apr 29, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s seemingly tireless efforts to revive the economy have gone over well with business leaders, and the stimulus in particular has been a big hit, BusinessWeek reports. “We’re happy with the general outlines of what he’s done,” says John Castellani, president of the... More »

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Barack Obama • business • Business Roundtable • Obama administration • 100 days • John Castellani

(Newser) - President Obama told the chief executives of America's biggest companies today that the US has to end its "endless cycles of bubbles and busts," Bloomberg reports. "Instead, we must build this recovery on a foundation that lasts," Obama said in an address to the Business Roundtable.... More »

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recovery • Business Roundtable • economy • Obama administration • President Obama

Big Biz Lobbyists Sit Out Private Equity Tax Fight

Other bankers
unmoved to defend their tax advantages

Jul 30, 07 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two big business lobbying groups are sitting out the fight in Congress over increasing taxes on private-equity earnings—in part, the Financial Times reports, because many of their members are threatened by the rise of private equity.  Big firms like Blackstone pay traditional banks hefty fees for the underwriting... More »

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private equity • taxes • bank • Business Roundtable • Financial Services Forum • lobbying

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