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Analyst Calls: AVY, CSUN, DIS, INTU, KBH, KEY, LEN, NVTL, UBS, USNA ...

Posted Feb 9th 2011 11:50AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Walt Disney (DIS), D.R.Horton (DHI), KB HOME (KBH), Lennar Corp'A' (LEN), Toll Brothers (TOL), Intuit Inc (INTU), Analyst Initiations, Take-Two Interactive (TTWO)

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  • Disney (DIS) to buy from hold at Wunderlich.
  • Pike Electric (PIKE) to outperform from market perform at FBR Capital.
  • Kindred Healthcare (KND) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
  • UBS (UBS) to hold from sell at Canaccord.
  • Avery Dennison (AVY) and Take-Two (TTWO) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • Mercer (MERC) to outperform from market perform at Raymond James.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: AVY, CSUN, DIS, INTU, KBH, KEY, LEN, NVTL, UBS, USNA ...

Study: Employers would cut health benefits to avoid excise tax

Posted Dec 6th 2009 11:40AM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Competitive Strategy, Politics

If the Senate's proposed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passes the Senate, the working stiff will probably be affected. A study by Mercer finds that 63% of employers would cut the health benefits they offer in order to avoid an excise tax included in the bill.

Mercer, a division of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), reveals that 25% of employers offer health insurance programs that would be "too generous" under the act, making them subject to a 40% nondeductible tax on the excess value.

Continue reading Study: Employers would cut health benefits to avoid excise tax

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