The health insurance exchanges or marketplace opened last week but not without problems and drama making headlines. During the first week, computer glitches due to overwhelming numbers visiting the exchanges seems to be the popular consensus as to why "millions" could not connect. I made several attempts last week to create an account and each time was met with a new problem; security questions did not populate, I received an inaccurate error message regarding my security answers, and also completed the steps to set up my account just to be met with another error message. But I kept trying. This week, I was able to complete setting up an account, got into the sight and begin browsing around, so progress is being made.
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Top Stories: Lodging & Gaming
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Too Many Casinos: Looks Like We've Reached Gambling Saturation
Americans are gambling more lately. From 2011 to 2012, U.S. casino gaming revenues rose 4.8% and hit $37.3 billion, just under the record high of $37.5 billion reached in 2007. And yet even as states push forward with plans to open more casinos around the country, there are indications that gambling revenues are leveling off-that we're reaching a saturation point, with too many casinos, in too close proximity, for everybody to win.
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New Or Coming Soon To Hotels: The Latest Trends
Along with friendly and personalized service, what often sets a hotel apart are the amenities offered to guests. What travelers find when they open the door to their room changes from time to time, and nowadays you're more likely to see definite signs of the hospitality industry's efforts to provide more of what travelers want and stop wasting money on the frills nobody will miss.
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Top Stories: Human Resources
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Chris Hardie: Employee Or Independent Contractor?
The IRS is keenly interested in this topic because there is revenue attached; a significant source of revenue. According to a Government Accountability Office study called "Employee Misclassification," the last time the IRS took a comprehensive look at misclassification was in 1984, when it estimated nationally about 15 percent of employers misclassified 3.4 million employees as independent contractors.
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