An RSM McGladrey study that asked how companies are trying to hold the line on costs found only a slight increase in those passing costs on to employees, rising from 61 percent of those surveyed for 2008 to 62 percent for 2009. Only 2 percent of respondents said their companies did not offer any health plan. Those with annual revenue of less than $100 million are shifting to self insurance while those with greater revenue are moving slightly to fully insured plans. The biggest change was the 4-percentage point drop in companies providing wellness programs. Again, the larger companies were more likely to have such offerings.  The findings were part of the firm's fourth annual Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution National Survey. The online survey drew responses from 923 executives.

The Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000, made exclusively for Bluetooth notebook and desktop computers, includes a stand-alone Bluetooth Number Pad that can be used with the keyboard or by itself, and also features a portable Bluetooth Number Pad which has its own carrying case.

TIW Technology has released Alere Accounting v6.5 with VAT & Auto Email which has the ability to implement and manage value-added-taxes with support for VAT built into the tax tables. GST check boxes added to customer and supplier records can identify which companies are subject to VAT rules while separate general ledger accounts track outbound sales and inbound purchases. Labels entered into the Federal and Regional tax label fields are used on sales order, invoice, and purchase order reports to identify the tax