HEALTH-INSURANCE PAIN
“Smaller employers are just a little more pressured when it comes to making ends meet, and this is pretty expensive.”
Christopher Watts of Mercer Human Resource Consulting, which released a report showing that Colorado employers on average saw a 4.7 percent jump in health-insurance costs for their employees
EASEMENT INQUIRY
“This could place the entire conservation-easement program in jeopardy.”
Rico Munn, executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, which is investigating conservation-easement abuses in the state
MORTGAGE MALAISE
“It’s going to make it increasingly difficult for Americans to borrow money to buy homes.”
Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital in Darien, Conn., on losses reported by Freddie Mac
