First Defiance Financial Corp. Announces Increase in Quarterly Dividend 
First Defiance Financial Corp. announced today that its Board of Directors has increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.25 per common share payable January 26, 2007 to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 12, 2007.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Facts about Pa.’s 2 large state pensions 
WHO’S COVERED: 682,000 employees and retireesTHE FUNDS:_Public School Employees’ Retirement System, or PSERS; covers mostly teachers and others in education._State Employees’ Retirement System, or SERS; covers a range of state workers, including judges, lawmakers, outside entities such as Penn State.COMBINED ASSETS: About $90 billion.HOW ANNUAL BENEFITS ARE CALCULATED: For most, it’s final …
Source: www.wfmj.com

Health Care Costs Account For 10% Of Incomes In 50M Households, According To Study 
Almost 50 million U.S. residents younger than age 65 live in households that spend more than 10% of their annual incomes on health care, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Scripps Howard/Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. [click link for full article]
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Up 
Health care costs are digging deeper into Americans’ wallets, with 17 million of those under age 65 “underinsured” in 2003, a new study reports.
Source: www.cbsnews.com

Ariz. entrepreneurs hope to get relief 
Changing Arizona’s rating structure for small-group health insurance would prevent some small-business owners from being priced out of the market for coverage, supporters say.
Source: www.azcentral.com