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Who needs Brangelina news when you have the Benny winners? EBN is proud to announce the recipients of the 2008 Benny Awards, given by EBN and corporate sponsor VSP. But for people who want the Brangelina news, click here.

Have you tried to engage your Gen Y workers in retirement planning and education only to be told they'll TTYL? If trying to create effective retirement messages to reach this generation of texters doesn't have you LOL, click here for help.

Here´s some news that´ll hurt your heart: The Commonwealth Fund´s latest ranking of global health care systems finds that although the United States spends twice as much per capita on health care, the nation ranks well below other industrialized nations in many areas of health care delivery, including...

It´s an unbelievably difficult day to be a retiree at GM, as the automaker made news once again for cutting benefits. This time, the company says it will eliminate retiree medical coverage for salaried workers age 65 and older. Although GM isn´t the first - nor the last - employer to eliminate...

Changes to federal HEART legislation will affect how employers structure retirement plans for veterans. Click here for information on the amendments and how to plan for implementing them in 2009.

New research from the National Business Group on Health says big employers aren't all that excited or optimistic about medical tourism. There are too many "ifs" and the employers surveyed are just too savvy to be buffeted by the hype is how Helen Darling (pictured at right above), president of the NBGH,...

Despite all of your benefits communications about retirement, the time when workers begin thinking seriously about retirement and actually doing so is pretty short, shows new data from EBRI. Twenty-two percent of the surveyed retirees report they first began thinking seriously about retiring only six...

Here´s something to chew on with your morning coffee:

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What are the five employee benefits that must be protected at all costs during an economic downturn? Find out , and get tips on how to even add benefits in tough fiscal times at ebn.benefitnews.com.