Businesses Preparing for ‘Cadillac Tax’
St. Louis — Thought you had seen the end of major controversy over the Affordable Care Act? Think again. One of the last pieces to take effect promises to soon reignite the fierce debate on President Obama’s landmark health overhaul. It’s known as the “Cadillac tax” — a hefty surcharge on relatively generous employer-sponsored health insurance. The tax won’t take effect until 2018, but many businesses are already bracing for it. Some...
Wheels: Lincoln MKZ Sedan Offers the Luxury of Common Sense
It is a beautiful car. That is the essence of it. Forget prestige, intangible quality — all those things that have everything to do with the price inflation of an automobile but little or nothing to do with enjoyment of the car itself. Think sculpture. Think art. Think the 2015 Black Label edition of the Lincoln MKZ sedan. It is an exquisitely beautiful car, inside and out, pure and simple. Note to Cadillac chief executive Johan de...
Wheels: The Marketing Pitch Has Swagger
This column is about the 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque sport-utility vehicle. But the annoyance of two General Motors television commercials — one for Buick, the other for Cadillac — keeps grating on my nerves. My mind can’t turn them off, and maybe that is the point of such advertising. You can’t jettison the message, albeit upsetting, from the creative precincts of your head. Both GM spots ultimately are self-defeating for the...
