Monday, March 18, 2013

Stocks recoup some of prior day’s drop

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

U.S. stocks mostly rise on Tuesday after economic reports illustrated a healthy end to 2012 for housing and as Ben Bernanke warns about the limits of Fed policy. See full story.

Home Depot profit up 32%; outlook cautious

No. 1 U.S. home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. on Tuesday cheered investors with a 32% increase in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit, helped by better-than-expected sales gains. See full story.

Working from home is a dead-end job

Yahoo employees who work from home will have to start packing up their lunches and reporting to the office for duty. But new research suggests there may be a good reason for them to show up: a future. See full story.

How your bad diet may weigh on your job review

More companies are tracking employees� medical data to cut costs � and make them healthier. But are their methods invasive? See full story.

Medicare �wellness� visits: Worth a second look?

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Yet not enough Medicare beneficiaries are getting that tmessage, if recent data offers any indication. Only 9% of beneficiaries are using Medicare�s new, free �wellness visit� program, which is aimed at early detection and prevention of dementia and other chronic diseases. The goal of the checkups: To reduce the impact�both physical and financial�of these ailments. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

More companies are tracking employees� medical data to cut costs � and make them healthier. But are their methods invasive? See full story.

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