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Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is expected to unveil its new Internet search engine to the public this week, an attempt by the software heavyweight to grab back some of the Internet search market from behemoth Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG). The site of the coming-out party for the new Web search engine apparently will be a high-tech conference called “D: All Things Digital,” which is sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. The conference, slated for The Four Seasons Aviara in North San Diego, Calif., begins Tuesday and ends Thursday, and features as speakers some of the top executives in the media, entertainment and high-tech fields. Interestingly enough, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steven A. Ballmer is one of the scheduled speakers. According to a WSJ report, the new Microsoft search engine, code-named “Kumo, has been in private tests inside the company for months. This is the goal: 1) Decrease the amount of time they spend clicking their way across the Web in search of information. The technology is designed to cut down on the length of typical Web searches by grouping the results of a search for, say, a particular model of car into helpful categories like parts, used car listings, online discussion forums and videos showing the vehicle, and 2) Offer better ways of organizing search results. For instance, the search results for a special-interest car might be grouped into more-helpful categories such as sales listings of that type of car, parts distributors, car clubs and online discussion forums, and even videos of that model car.

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As US health care costs rise, so do insurance premiums and the amount of money employers spend on them, from 1996 to 2005, the average contribution rose by 5 % a year in real terms, to $5,068. Some employers are rescinding health care benefits altogether, while others are limiting the number of eligible employees, so enrollment in employer-paid schemes is stagnating or declining, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study. This research also reveals growing disparities in the % of employees at different income levels receiving employer-paid health benefits: only 22 % of employees in the lowest income group (earning an average of US$14,800 a year), but 56 %, 81 %, and 89 % of those in the lower-middle, upper-middle, and top income groups, respectively.

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Shares of OpenTable Inc (OPEN.O) closed their first trading session up 59 % last Thursday following the restaurant reservation company’s initial public offering, in the best first day performance for a US company in over 18 months. The stock ended up US$11.89 at US$31.85 on NAS, a day after the company raised a more-than-expected $60 million in its IPO.

The stock started trading at a 22.5% premium over the US$20 IPO price, which was above the expected range, reaching an intraday high of US$35.50. “It’s such a small deal and people are interested in the brand name, plus it’s the first real VC (venture capital)-backed IPO by a Silicon Valley firm in a while,” said Nick Einhorn, an analyst with Connecticut-based Renaissance Capital.

OpenTable sold a modest 3 million shares, something Einhorn said will make the stock more volatile and could explain its strong debut. The stock’s run-up had many analysts scratching their heads and saying it may be ridiculously overvalued, with a high risk of a big pullback

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