It sounds so simple. Insurers that offer very expensive health insurance policies will have to pay a tax and the revenue raised will help pay for health reform and possibly lower health care costs.

DENVER—-ISYS® Search Software , a global supplier of enterprise search solutions for information access, management and re-use, today announced it has been positioned in the Challengers quadrant of Gartner Inc.’s 2009 Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology.

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as strong commodity prices and a weak dollar before a Federal Reserve meeting gave a boost to Wall Street.

TEMPE, Ariz.—-Due to identity theft complaints hitting a five-year high and thieves using stolen information faster, according to Javelin Strategy & Research, LifeLock, Inc. and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association are hosting an upcoming Identity Theft Summit in North Kansas City to provide law enforcement officials with the latest information on identity theft trends, scams and investigative methods.

Maryland is the nation’s top-earning state for the third year in a row, with a median household income of $70,545 in 2008, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Monday.

Net emigration has returned to recession-ravaged Ireland for the first time since the Emerald Isle’s economy began to boom in 1995, according to government statistics released Tuesday.

Energy Transfer Partners LP will pay $5 million to the federal government as part of a previously announced settlement over claims by regulators against the natural gas and propane gas distributor’s trading activities.

Shares of coal companies rose on Tuesday along with the broader market as an analyst upgraded some coal companies due to an improving outlook on certain coal prices.

WASHINGTON — Federal Open Market Committee announces results of rate-setting meeting, 2:15 p.m. WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on financial regulatory reform.

An analyst boosted the price targets of casino operators Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Tuesday, citing Wynn’s pricing of its Hong Kong initial public offering.