Single risk policy criticized in readers questions
Dear Bruce answers readers on specific risk policies like cancer insurance and advises against putting funds in a child's name. He notes general insurance is wiser if hospital or HMO needs arise and warns parents to keep education funds in their name to retain control, not the child’s.
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Readers' Questions to Smart Money Column
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Tiny changes save millions in factory and product design
Ford and other firms trim components and packaging to cut costs. Ford reuses parts across models saving billions through streamlined inventory. Breyers replaces long pledge on half gallon cartons with natural leaf motif saving hundreds of thousands. Delta drops lettuce garnish and reduces route maps saving millions and boosting profit.
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Paper maker to cut 350 jobs in Ohio mill
Champion International Corp. plans to eliminate 350 hourly positions at its southwest Ohio paper mill by year end 1997. Based in Stamford, Conn., the company will negotiate voluntary severance packages with as many employees as possible. The plant employs 800 people and had cut 205 previously.
AK Steel asks court to overturn recall order at Ashland Works
AK Steel Corp seeks to nullify an arbitrator ruling ordering recall of workers laid off since August 1998 at Ashland Works. The Middletown Ohio-based company argues the arbitrator overstepped authority after the UNITE Local 1865 contract expired. In Greensboro protests over Kmart wages spread to Atlanta Houston Cleveland Norfolk and Memphis.
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Gibson Greetings Seen Struggling Over Merger Talks
Cincinnati AP Gibson Greetings faces investor skepticism as it declines to review American Greetings’ 19 a share offer. Shares slid to 14.87 from a 1992 peak, Crandon Capital suit in Delaware seeks cooperation to maximize shareholder value, while analysts warn a sale may be the only path to value.
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B and W eyed nicotine patch maker before ruling it out
CBSs 60 Minutes reported Brown & Williamson considered buying a nicotine patch company to profit from quitters but feared FDA regulation and lawsuits would threaten the tobacco business. The probe cites a memo warning the move could be seen as nicotine delivery and invites regulatory risk.
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