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Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller says he thinks a deal to end the NFL lockout will be reached this week — and that retired players won't stand in the way of an agreement.

With the NFL working to end its lockout and save preseason, the struggling United Football League announced Tuesday it would push back the start of its games from August to September.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed regulations for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program – an initiative that is supposed to create a new type of nonprofit, consumer-governed health insurer.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings rose 13 percent, as enrollment gains helped fuel revenue growth and consumers continued to moderate their health care system use.

As Congress and the president continue to battle on debt ceiling, the majority of young Hispanics say they prefer spending cuts over raising new taxes to get the economy on track, a new poll suggests.

Some might call the Wall Street Journal’s article on automatic enrollment “sensationalized pessimism,” but if there’s no such thing as bad publicity, then I’d say that putting auto-enrollment in the spotlight is a good thing.

Although 76 percent of employers use business-related social media, nearly half of all businesses do not have social media and networking policies, according to a survey by Proskauer's International Labor & Employment Group , which questioned more than 120 multinational employers.

The NFL wants team executives ready to be schooled in the ins and outs of a new labor contract as early as Thursday.