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...about three or four percent of an increase in normal medical costs,” Rosenthal said. “The rest was for the prescription coverage...
...restaurants are laying off staff, and many tourists have canceled trips. While the rest of the country keeps a nervous eye on the Dow Jones industrial average, everyone in Durango follows cubic-feet-per-second flow rates on the two local rivers. Both are running at one-fifth their normal levels for this time of year. "It will take two to three years to get out of the hole we are in now," says Ken Beegles, head of the Durango office of the state division of water resources. "We are counting on Mother Nature to change...
...help seed demand for Actonel, for instance, the company set up bone-density screenings in chains like Wal-Mart. Pantene, a billion-dollar brand that had reached a plateau, has practically reinvented its marketing pitch and as a result is growing by double digits. Instead of targeting customers with normal, dry or oily hair, P&G has reclassified each kind of the shampoo based on the style consumers are looking for, from straight to curly to thicker. Olay, which has shed its greasy "Oil of" moniker, created early buzz about its Daily Facials cleansing cloths by handing out samples...
...hours can also sap productivity. At some workplaces, important decisions are made on the fly via IM, so employees who fear being left out stay glued to their screens, often neglecting other work such as visits to customers. Some managers even use IM to convene impromptu conferences outside of normal office hours, presenting workers with the unhappy choice of logging on after dinner or getting cut out of the loop...
...homes. In some places, the tsunami's surge was measured at 26 meters above sea level. Large parts of Maumere, the island's second biggest town, were flattened. Some coastal communities were obliterated. "It's taken us a long time to rebuild, for things to get back to normal," says Dominggus Koro, manager of Moni Moi Tours and Travel. "But Flores is ready to welcome the world again...