Major US businesses have pooled at least 43 million dollars in cash and in-kind aid to help victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake, an association said Friday. The US Chamber of Commerce said the 43 million dollars includes contributions from at least 122 companies, with 22 of them donating one million dollars or more. The total includes US units of ...

Major US businesses have pooled at least 17 million dollars in cash an in-kind aid to help victims to Haiti's devastating earthquake, an association said Friday. The Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of large US companies, said aid pledges included one million dollars each from PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, which were offering bottled water and supplies in ...

The Democratic health care bills in Congress — if done right — have the potential to tame runaway medical inflation, a leading business group said Thursday in a report immediately hailed by President Barack Obama. The Business Roundtable, which represents big company CEOs, said some of the changes being considered by Congress have the potential to reduce future health care cost increases ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential business group said on Thursday that its continued support for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul hinges on whether it slows the soaring growth rate of healthcare costs. The Business Roundtable, which represents some of the largest employers in the United States, released a report saying that "effective" healthcare reforms could save employers as much as ...