HONG KONG STOCKS: Hong Kong shares are trading slightly lower midway through the morning trade as concerns over Europe's economic outlook weigh, with insurers and oil producers among the top decliners. Insurer AIA Group Ltd is falling 2.34% to HK $27.10, while state-owned offshore oil explorer CNOOC Ltd is trading down 1.25% to HK $17.38.
HONG KONG STOCKS: Hong Kong shares are trading slightly lower midway through the morning trade as concerns over Europe's economic outlook weigh, with insurers and oil producers among the top decliners. Insurer AIA Group Ltd is falling 2.34% to HK $27.10, while state-owned offshore oil explorer CNOOC Ltd is trading down 1.25% to HK $17.38.
Feb. 22-- BOISE-- The debate over establishing a state-based health care exchange just got more heated. As a Mini-Cassia lawmaker prepares a bill that would set up Idaho's first health insurance exchange, Rep. Bob Nonini introduced Wednesday a proposal encouraging Idaho's private insurance companies to form their own exchange.
Feb. 22-- Centene Corp. has won a major contract to manage health care for Medicaid beneficiaries across Missouri, the Clayton- based company announced Wednesday. Missouri's managed care program, serving 427,000 Medicaid patients, spends $1.1 billion annually, said Wanda Seeney, a spokeswoman for the state Office of Administration. Centene is the nation's...
OKLAHOMA CITY-- A legislative committee recommended Wednesday that Oklahoma create its own health insurance exchange so the federal government doesn't establish one for it instead. Mulready told The Associated Press he does not believe in the federal government's ability to impose an exchange cost effectively, and a state-based plan would give Oklahoma...
The state-run health insurance exchange described in the report would not comply fully with the federal Affordable Care Act, raising the possibility of a federally mandated system, said Gary Stanislawski, R- Tulsa, the task force's co-chairman. Glen Mulready, R- Tulsa, is the task force's other co-chairman. Mary Fallin initially accepted a $54 million federal...
