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In the Philippines, Nestlé set up a holistic set of behaviors, including physical activity and nutrition, as part of its “I choose wellness” program. Within two years, nearly 1,200 program members had lost more than 2 tons of body weight in total.
At Humana, in partnership with Discovery Holdings Ltd., we recently launched HumanaVitality – a wellness and loyalty environment that features a wide range of well-being tools and rewards that are customized to the individual member’s needs and desires. And in September, in partnership with the World Economic Forum and...
Over time, the Workplace Wellness Alliance is dedicated to creating a ”business case” for employee well-being that is just as compelling, and measurable, as the business case for an acquisition or a new-product launch. Faced with the health challenges of the 21st century, the achievement of this milestone will benefit ...
There is no “business case for a healthy workforce”.
The only rational “business case for a healthy workforce” is to quietly get rid of an employee when he/she (or their family) becomes a healthcare burden to the employer, since it directly affects the bottom line.
This also includes the ongoing need for “preemptive action” on the part of an employer to keep its employee base as young as possible, since an older workforce tends to cost more, but without generating any additional efficiency that drops profits to the bottom line for investors.
US jobs are “outsourced”, not only because of direct labor cost, but also to avoid having to pay the “overhead” associated with a US work force, which includes, among other things, health care costs that are rising rapidly each year.
No matter how you look at it — from a financial investment standpoint — maintaining a business in the US versus overseas is a lose-lose proposition.
And, taking the US economy as a whole, the fewer individuals insurance companies have to spread the risk over, the higher the healthcare costs to the employer.
Then the cycle begins again, ad infinitum.
It’s the dirty little secret about healthcare no one wants to talk about, but it exists nevertheless.
What we REALLY need to do is to take the employer out of the equation altogether, thus reducing business overhead costs, which are a direct conflict of interest for any employer, and then we can REALLY focus on a “healthy workforce”, plus a whole lot of other social problems that contribute to an unhealthy US workforce...
The underlying problem is that neither government nor business can seem to understand that maintaining this employer-based health care system is destroying this country, no matter how you choose to look at it.
What we REALLY need is a healthcare system like many European countries, which would probably give us better coverage for less cost.
The underlying problem is that moving to a healthcare system that really works, would gore too many “sacred cows” in the healthcare industry.
What we REALLY need is way to force healthcare changes on an industry that is unwilling to reform itself.
The underlying problem is the healthcare industry has too much clout with the federal government to ever allow that to happen.
Which brings us back to square one again — a massively overburdened healthcare system, that delivers poor results, and costs a fortune to boot.
Privatizing this system is guaranteed to make matters even worse than they are now — just like privatizing other industries has done. It is NOT the solution.
Why doesn’t someone tell the truth for a change as to what is really wrong with our healthcare system?
Recognizing the problem would at least be a start to correcting it, which would be a lot further than we are today, since we are clearly moving in the opposite direction from any solution that will work.
Associated Press The Cubs' Javier Baez, center, is congratulated in the dugout by teammates after hitting a home run in the sixth inning Thursday. In the 10th, Baez's bunt single broke a 3-all tie.
WASHINGTON – The Chicago Cubs got nearly everything they wanted out of their day trip to Washington to face the Nationals, and Javier Baez was in the middle of nearly all of it.
Reliever Pedro Strop's hamstring injury while running the bases was a notable exception.
Baez delivered the go-ahead run with a bunt single in the 10th inning as Chicago beat Washington 4-3 in a makeup of a game postponed over the weekend. Baez, an MVP candidate, also homered and drove in three runs. He has 31 homers and leads the NL with 103 RBI.
Chicago stretched its lead in the NL Central to 11/2 games over idle Milwaukee. Washington fell 81/2 games behind Atlanta in the NL East.
Strop (6-1), who pitched 12/3 scoreless innings, was set to pitch the 10th after the Cubs took the lead and was allowed to bat with the bases loaded and one out. In his second at-bat of the season, he hit a sharp double-play grounder to third and pulled up while running to first.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Strop would undergo an MRI and is unlikely to be available today.
Strop has been Chicago's closer since Brandon Morrow was placed on the disabled list July 18. Strop is 11 of 13 in save situations in that span and has 13 saves.
Kris Bryant doubled with one out in the 10th against Sean Doolittle (3-3) and moved to third on ex-National Daniel Murphy's infield single. Baez bunted just to the right of first baseman Ryan Zimmerman to score Bryant, who did not anticipate Baez's choice.
Also caught off-guard was Doolittle, who pitched a scoreless ninth before returning for the 10th.
Randy Rosario worked a perfect 10th for his first career save.
The game was a makeup of Sunday's rainout. Washington returned home between stops in Philadelphia and Atlanta, while Chicago wedged the game in between a pair of three-game home series.
Male employees will be eligible for the paternity leave if they have 12 months service at the date the child is born, or for adoptive parents where a child is matched or newly placed with them.
Women employees at CA (India) are eligible for a maternity leave of 26 weeks.
CA Technologies has rolled out a new parent leave policy to promote greater work-life-balance for parents across all countries for its employees. The company is offering all employees globally — male and female — a minimum of 12 weeks paid leave during the first 12 months following the birth or adoption of their child.
While the women employees at CA (India) continue to be eligible for a maternity leave of 26 weeks; the paternity leavepolicy allows all male employees who have babies born or adopted; a 12-week paid leave, according to a release.
“Our new family leave policy demonstrates that CA not only champions and supports diversity and inclusion, but also recognizes the importance of giving employees time to spend with their young families. We believe that this will encourage male as well as female employees to be actively involved in the initial months of...
Male employees will be eligible for the paternity leave if they have 12 months service at the date the child is born, or for adoptive parents where a child is matched or newly placed with them. "Employees can opt to take a shorter period of leave if they choose, and salaries and benefits will continue to be paid in the...
Security experts are warning that the problems spawned by the malicious computer program Code Red may be dwarfed by the pain that lies ahead. Some worry Internet security problems are going to get really bad, really soon, especially because of the "polymorphic worm," an impending threat thats nearly undetectable.
"Code Red is just the beginning," said Nir Zuk, chief technology officer of OneSecure, which designs Internet security technology. Zuk said threats, including polymorphic worms, are on the way, and no viable defenses exist. "The entire security of the Internet really doesnt work, and something new has to come out [to i...
The Code Red worm uses a well-known buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsofts Internet Information Server to penetrate the server, deface the Web site and use it to scan the Internet for more vulnerable systems.
The July version of Code Red infected 280,391 computers, but the August incarnation spread to 343,345 by Friday, Aug. 3, according to the SANS Institute, which tracks such threats.
But Code Red is really small potatoes compared with a new type of attack called a polymorphic buffer overflow, said Ed Skoudis, vice president of security strategy of Predictive Systems, a network-security consulting firm.
While it may sound like a setting on a Klingon disruptor from the Star Trek television series, polymorphic buffer overflow is a very real 21st century threat. The idea has been around for years, and it has been used to improve the efficiency of Internet viruses. But the hacker known as K2 was the first to make some use...
A polymorphic buffer overflow morphs part of its code every time it propagates. So any system designed to stop it can never identify it, yet the initial buffer overflow attack code remains intact. Skoudis said he expects to see attacks using polymorphics in the next couple months, and doesnt believe current intrusion d...
Such detection systems are the burglar alarms of Internet security. They provide real-time monitoring of systems to detect if something out of the ordinary is going on. They sound alerts when they find a problem.
"The next step will be a polymorphic worm, and if the worm could alter its appearance, it could get really nasty," Skoudis said. "Every time it has a different signature, and IDS wont be able to pick it up."
K2 — who never reveals his real name — has put together data on polymorphics for other hackers to use and distribute en masse.
"This is a big problem because current solutions like IDS look for specific strings or lengths and look for things they know about," said Chad Harrington, an executive of Entercept Security Technologies. "When there are ways you can play games with that to fly through those buffers, thats a game we wont win."
Some IDS vendors, including Martin Roesch, president of Sourcefire and creator of Snort, the most popular open source IDS system, arent convinced polymorphics are such a big threat.
"Intrusion detection is electronic warfare — measures and countermeasures," Roesch said. "We try to make a better radar detector and they make a better radar."
However, K2 said in an e-mail interview that he used an IDS sensor in his Def Con demonstration and it failed to pick up anything. "No [IDS] vendor has demonstrated any detection capabilities thus far to myself," he said.
George Kurtz agreed with K2, and said IDS is "inherently flawed." Kurtz is CEO of Foundstone, an organization that tests network security. One IDS circumvention hackers use today is to worm their way through the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) ports of Web servers, which are encrypted tunnels. This blinds any IDS system tha...
"Most Web servers have an SSL component today," Kurtz said. He also knows K2 and can vouch for his ability to make polymorphics work. "Hes amazing. There are a few people capable of putting that stuff together, and hes definitely one of them."
But its not clear K2s technology is necessary, because most companies arent applying even the most basic security to protect their networks, said Christopher Klaus, chief technology officer of Internet Security Systems, which recently acquired Network ICE, maker of one of the most widely used Windows-based IDS programs...
"The attacks K2 is coming out with can get through some of the IDS out there, but the bigger issue is these systems are wide open to begin with," Klaus said. "Hes come up with a super-secret way to circumvent the burglar alarms when the front door is wide open."
Kurtz, however, is worried about the next weapon in the hacker arsenal: the ability to create one worm that can infect different vulnerabilities in different software systems. The worm will be smart enough to use the right attack for the right situation.
Code Red, which only exploits one vulnerability, caused massive disruption. A worm that can exploit multiple holes could be devastating, security expert say.
Some Coles stores are installing iPads that record customers at self-service checkouts to try to deter people from shoplifting.
The nation’s two biggest supermarkets are beefing up big brother technology to watch your every move.
Coles has ramped up its security by installing cameras at self-serve checkouts in up to 12 supermarkets in Melbourne.
The new technology will act as a deterrent making shoppers think twice about bagging a five-finger discount.
It’s the new security technology hoping to catch Coles big red shoppers red-handed Shoppers will be filmed by iPads fitted to the checkouts as they pay for their goods.
“In general it seems a little bit silly because it’s actually the tech that’s brought about the shop lifting issue,” consumer behaviour expert Paul Harrison said.
“To remove the customer service officer from that actually makes it easier for people to justify that concept of pilfering or deviant behaviour,” Dr Harrison said.
The idea behind this security system is that it films you while you shop, that in itself may be a deterrent and if you shoplift and get caught they have your picture to give to police.
An attendant at a popular garden in the heart of Tokyo has cost the facility millions of yen because he was “too frightened” to ask foreign visitors to pay the admission fee.
The attendant, who is in his early 70s, admitted failing to collect the fees for Shinjuku Gyoen national garden after an investigation was launched following a tip-off by another employee.
The unnamed man, who has since retired, reportedly said he had stopped collecting admission fees of 200 yen (€1.56) for adults and 50 yen for children in April 2014, and had continued to allow foreign visitors in free of charge for about two and a half years.
As a result an estimated 160,000 people entered the garden – located a short walk from Shinjuku’s skyscrapers and the world’s busiest railway station – without paying.
The environment ministry, which manages the garden, said this week that it had lost at least 25 million yen (€194,990) as a result.
Local reports said the man told ministry investigators that being yelled at by a non-Japanese visitor years ago had made him wary of overseas guests.
“I don’t speak any other languages and I got scared when a foreigner began yelling at me a long time ago,” he told ministry officials, according to SoraNews24.
The man handed out tickets without charging for them, then asked a colleague with access to the garden’s database to cancel the sales so there would be no discrepancy between recorded and actual revenue.
The ruse worked until late December 2016 when another member of staff witnessed him behaving strangely when issuing a ticket to a foreign visitor and alerted management.
Unless you’ve got hundreds of millions of dollars burning a hole in your pocket, or fancy yourself a Thomas Crown-esque art thief, you’re never going to own an Andy Warhol original. You can, however, grab these plush recreations of some of the pop artist’s most famous artworks from Kidrobot and cozy up with a masterpie...
The smaller versions of these plush toys, including pieces like Andy’s Brillo box, and an off-color version of Campbell’s Tomato Soup can be yours for just $20. But if you want the larger ‘XL’ versions, which are about 20+ inches in size, you’ll be spending closer to $150 for each of them. Apparently Warhol’s work is s...
When it comes to stocks, expectations matter, Jim Cramer reminded his Mad Money viewers Tuesday. With so many companies exceeding expectations, it's easy to see why stocks are rallying.
Case in point: Netflix (NFLX - Get Report) , which is now up 50% from its lows, extending its gains today after the company announced it would be raising subscription prices for the popular streaming media service. Cramer said Netflix has been undercharging for years, and today's increases flow right to the company's b...
Everyone loves recurring service revenue streams, Cramer said, and that bodes well for the rest of FANG, including Amazon (AMZN - Get Report) , which could charge more for its Prime, as customers are equally addicted to that service as well. It's also good for Apple (AAPL - Get Report) , which has terrific service reve...
Beyond tech however, JPMorgan Chase (JPM - Get Report) blew away its expectations, as did UnitedHealth (UNH - Get Report) , which ended the day up 3.5%. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was United Continental (UAL - Get Report) , which rose 5.7%.
Cramer said in a market where everyone is negative, beating expectations matters more than ever.
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In the "Off The Charts" segment, Cramer checked in with colleague Mark Sebastian for the latest read on the CBOE Volatility Index, known better by its ticker, the VIX.
In a typical relationship, the VIX will rise as the markets fall, and vice versa. But Sebastian noted that when many VIX and inverse-VIX futures products collapsed early last year, many of those investors walked away from the VIX, which may change the way it measures risk from now on.
This new chapter for the VIX was seen in the fourth-quarter meltdown. While the VIX spiked in October as the markets fell, it remained the same throughout much of November, and failed to capture the extent of the fear throughout much of December.
That's not to say the VIX is broken, Cramer concluded, but rather we may need to look at this indicator differently from now on.
Over on Real Money, Cramer looks at the winners and the losers in retail. Get more of his insights with a free trial subscription to Real Money.
What does Cramer remember most about his interview last week with Apple CEO Tim Cook? He said it was Cook's assertion that Apple's biggest contribution to mankind will be health-related products. Cramer said this statement is significant, because on Wall Street, Apple is viewed solely as a hardware company, and not for...
Cramer posited that what Apple needs is a splashy acquisition in the healthcare space, and he recommended buying the privately-held Epic Systems, the leading provider of electronic medical records.
Cramer said the problem with medical records today is a lack of interoperability. Records from one system aren't likely to pass to others and vice versa. But Apple could become a universal repository, helping to establish universal standard for how records get shared. Apple is the perfect company for this, given its st...
For his "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer sat down with Sanjay Poonen, CEO of VMWare (VMW - Get Report) , the cloud computing virtualization provider with shares that rose 2% in Tuesday's session and are up 7% for 2019.
Poonen explained that VMWare is the de facto standard in private cloud virtualization, but today we find ourselves in a multi-cloud world that includes both public and private clouds, both on-premise and otherwise. Companies need a bridge to connect all of these clouds, he said, and VMWare has a unique story to tell in...
Poonen added that while VMWare focuses largely on Amazon's Web Services (AWS), the clear leader in the cloud, they are not exclusive to AWS and have products for Microsoft (MSFT - Get Report) and Google's (GOOGL - Get Report) cloud offerings as well.
In the end, Poonen said, VMWare is in business to help customers be successful, which is why they approach their business with humility, while still being a fierce competitor.
In his "No-Huddle Offense" segment, Cramer reminded viewers that the retail sector is not just one big ETF and investors cannot take their cues from a single player. Instead, they must go category by category to find both the winners and the losers.
It was no surprise that Macy's (M - Get Report) was forced to slash its guidance, Cramer said. Mall-based retailers continue to struggle. But that was not the case for Lululemon Athletica (LULU - Get Report) , which saw same-store sales growth in the mid-teens. Clearly, Lulu has a winning formula that Macy's does not.
When it comes to the discount retailers, both Target (TGT - Get Report) and Kohl's Stores (KSS - Get Report) performed well, but are being overshadowed by a resurgent Walmart (WMT - Get Report) . Meanwhile, investors looking for an experiential retail play can look towards Dave & Busters (PLAY - Get Report) .
In the Lightning Round, Cramer was bullish on Barrick Gold (ABX , CSX (CSX - Get Report) , Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH , Verizon (VZ - Get Report) , AT&T (T - Get Report) , Dominion Energy (D - Get Report) , IBM (IBM - Get Report) , Exxon Mobil (XOM - Get Report) and Nike (NKE - Get Report) .

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