We need a leader who can coalesce this country Root9B Technologies Chairman and CEO Joe Grano and FBN’s Charlie Gasparino on the 2016 GOP presidential candidates. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
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Volkswagen Seeks to Rebuild Trust With U.S. Initiative German auto maker looks to appeal to customers, dealers following emissions scandal Volkswagen AG, struggling to get out in front of its emissions-cheating scandal, is trying to overcome missteps in its crisis-fighting strategy and plans to announce a new sales initiative in the U.S. this week as […]
Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, MSMC (Ret), became an “Honorary Member” of Cento Amici Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, USMC (Ret.) became an “Honorary Member” of Cento Amici at the organization’s 27th Annual Dinner and Auction on Oct. 13 at Alfie’s Ristorante Italiano in Warren. Read more here.
Risking Your Neck to Run With the Unicorns In the world of Wall Street, where numbers are everything, one number is especially coveted: one billion. Technology start-ups that achieve $1 billion in valuation before going public — so-called unicorns — can attract the attention of prominent venture capital firms and draw resumes from top talent […]
A REIT may spell opportunity Real estate investment trusts offer financial opportunities for best-in-class operators As farmland values show signs of weakness, privately held real estate investment trusts are springing up as potential buyers. These could provide a handy financial planning tool for U.S. farmers looking at retirement in the absence of family heirs to […]
Former intel officials take new approach to cyber-defense This week, hackers broke into the personal email accounts of two of the nation’s top national security officials. Mark Strassmann reports on how a company formed by former national security professionals is taking a new approach to cyber-defense. View More: Saturday News|U.S. News|Live News|More News Videos
Horizon won’t drop controversial insurance NEWARK – Some lawmakers might not like Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s new health care plan. That’s not going to stop the state’s biggest insurer from offering it. Read more here.
Explainer: What You Should Know About Health Insurer Networks, Tiered Coverage Andrew Kitchenman | October 20, 2015 Horizon’s new OMNIA insurance plan spurs healthcare policy debates and legislative action When choosing a surgeon, hospital or clinical laboratory, it’s important to know whether the provider or facility is in the patient’s health insurance network. Those networks […]
HORIZON BCBSNJ AND THE OMNIA HEALTH ALLIANCE Doug Doyle talks with Dr. Minal Patel of Horizon BCBSNJ about what can be done to control rising healthcare costs in New Jersey. LISTEN NOW WEB EXTRA: FULL INTERVIEW WITH DR. MINAL PATEL OF HORIZON BCBSNJ Hear the full interview about Horizon BCBSNJ and the Omnia Health Alliance. […]
Hanging In With the Yieldcos Stock prices are down for the wind and solar energy companies, and analysts see dividend growth ahead. But income investors need to be careful. To say that the fledgling “yieldco” sector is experiencing growing pains is putting it mildly. In the past six months, this crop of renewable energy stocks […]
Daniel Fells’ MRSA battle a chilling reminder of infection danger in NFL One can only wonder about the amount of outrage (mixed with a heavy dose of despair) swirling around the mind of Daniel Fells, who remains hospitalized after multiple combative surgeries against a staph infection. Read more here.
Steve Kalafer, co-owner of Flemington Car & Truck Country, talks with Pimm Fox about the anger he feels as a car dealer about the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal and the unanswered questions he has for the automaker. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)
VW Screwed Its Dealers, Too Most of the immediate fallout from the emissions scandal has focused on customers (what does this mean for their cars?), Volkswagen itself (how much will this cost the company?), and the environment (just how much extra smog are we dealing with?). Those valid concerns, though, ignore a key player: dealers. […]
Behind the Headlines with Bob DeFillippo Bob DeFillippo, Senior Consultant at Zito Partners on choosing morals over money during 9/11, coming out of retirement and journalistic principles that have carried through all of the chapters of his career. Bob DeFillippo, recently took a senior consulting role at Zito Partners, a public relations and marketing communications […]
A heated battle in N.J. over Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield’s plan to cut health costs Everyone wants to pay less for health care. So what could be wrong with lower-premium insurance plans in which consumers also have lower out-of-pocket costs if they use certain doctors and hospitals? Read more here.
Catholic hospital CEO and Horizon doctor debate Horizon health insurance (Listen) By Bill Spadea You’d think everyone would be happy about paying lower insurance premiums, but Horizon’s plan to tier hospitals to reduce health care costs has many customers and politicians agitated. Read More: Health care professionals talk Horizon’s Tier 1 hospitals
Volkswagen dealer: Biggest fraud I have ever seen Steve Kalafer is furious. After 23 years selling Volkswagens at his dealership, Kalafer reckons he has never seen anything as bad as the German automaker’s rigging of the emissions levels on its clean diesel vehicles. Read the full article here.
root9B Joins the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center root9B, a root9B Technologies Company (OTCQB: RTNB), a leading provider of advanced cybersecurity services and training for commercial and government clients, announced today it has joined the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) as a Supporting Associate. Read more here.
Legislators Hold Hearing on Horizon Omnia Health Alliance The questioning went on for hours. The Senate Commerce and Health Committees dissected Horizon’s new tiered health insurance plan, called Omnia, during a joint hearing at the State House today. Read more here.
Horizon N.J.’s new insurance plan: What we know so far By Susan K. Livio TRENTON — Lawmakers Monday will demand executives from New Jersey’s largest health insurance company to explain how their dramatic venture to reduce premiums by 15 percent next year will affect the rest of healthcare insurance landscape in the state. Horizon Blue […]
Wild Swings Buffet MLP Investors Many factors contributed to the 26% drop in these energy infrastructure companies over the past year. Unfortunately those factors aren’t going away any time soon. By Amey Stone Master limited partnerships (MLPs) have long been prized by income investors for their attractive yields, favorable tax treatment, and relative stability. But […]
Lost in the Outcry Over OMNIA: Tiered Insurance Plans Should Mean Savings Critics want to know how Horizon designed its new plan; company says it will reveal more next week. Read more here.
Jacobs Blasts Obama Administration’s ‘Bankrupt’ Syria Policy: ‘We’re Not Doing Anything,’ Have ‘Egg On Our Face’ ‘We don’t even have a strategy’ Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, an NBC military analyst, blasted Obama administration policy in Syria Thursday, saying the latest moves by Russia in the war-torn nation showed “we’re not doing anything” and uncovered “the […]
Horizon website offers details on OMNIA alliance Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield launched a new website to help explain its new, embattled OMNIA Health Alliance in advance of a state legislative hearing next week. Read more here.
Second quarter numbers for the midstream sector looked healthy, noted Tortoise Capital Advisors in a mid-year review. New projects were placed in service during the quarter with additional projects scheduled to commence later in 2015 and 2016. “Our projection for capital investment in MLP, pipeline and related organic growth projects through 2017 remains strong at […]
Three generals join cyber security company’s board Root9B, a cyber security company that specialises in penetration testing and network hardening, has added three US generals to its advisory board, the company announced on 28 September. Read the article here.
Horizon BCBSNJ Looks to Smooth Bumpy OMNIA Rollout John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media , September 28, 2015 The CEO of Horizon BlueCross Blue Shield of New Jersey defends its value-based care collaborative, which has been criticized by the Medical Society of New Jersey. Read more here.
The not-so-healthy debate involving OMNIA The iPhone has become a ubiquitous part of almost everyone’s life, so much so that it’s hard to imagine a time when almost every technology and communications expert was certain it was going to fail. But when the phone was unveiled in 2007, it was met with a storm of […]