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Amerilife neither admitted nor denied any liability in agreeintg to the issuance ofthe order, the release Amerilife, an insurance company that nationwide markets and sellss insurance and financial products such as annuities, advertisedr above market-rate certificates of deposits in 80 newspapers Amerilife generated customers lists with information from thoss who responded to the ads in order to laterf contact the consumers and try to sell them uninsured the FDIC said. According to the FDIC, Amerilifwe CD ads promised an interest rate higher than rates offered by any and prominently displayed the FDIC logo and giving the impression Amerilife was aninsurer bank.
When a consumer went into an Amerilifre office to purchase theadvertised CD, Amerilife helpex the consumer sign up for the CD on a bank’zs Web site. Amerilife then forwarded a bonus payment plusthe consumer’sd check to the bank as the CD The total amount created the rate of retur n advertised by Amerilife, but the advertisements misrepresentefd the actual terms and conditions under whicj the bank offered the insurexd CDs, the FDIC said.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
UK supermarkets urged to monitor abattoirs - AgraNet (subscription)
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UK supermarkets urged to monitor abattoirs AgraNet (subscription) ... meat and poultry suppliers more carefully, after an inquiry uncovered "widespread evidence of the mistreatment and exploitation" of abattoir workers. ... |
Monday, September 13, 2010
GAO: States so far spending stimulus money on Medicaid, bolstering budgets - Denver Business Journal:
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As of June 19, the U.S. Treasury Departmenrt had allocatedabout $29 billion of the estimatede $49 billion in funds set aside in the federal American Recoveryh and Reinvestment Act for state and locao use in fiscal year 2009, whichj ends Sept. 30, the U.S. Governmenft Accountability Office (GAO) reported. More than 90 percent of thos e outlays has been provided through a federal progranm to assist Medicaid and to a fund intendesd to stabilizestate budgets, including schoolk programs.
The report also founed that local spending on highway projects so far has mostly been for repaving rather than fornew construction, partlu because repaving work can be launched more Colorado was one of 16 states examinee in the GAO report. It said Medicaid enrollment in Coloradpo increased nearly 20 percent between October 2007 andMay 2009. Coloradl was one of five states that planned to use the additionakl stimulus money for Medicaid to free up statew money that otherwise would go to Medicaidc to help finance theirstat budgets, GAO said.
Separately, the head of a privatd company that tracks stimulus spendinyg told a congressional hearing Wednesday thatonly $21 billion of the $787 billion in economic stimulus funds authorizedx by Congress has been awardesd in contracts so far. Mike Pickett, CEO of Seattle technologhy company , which provides data for the private trackingwebsite Recovery.org, told the House Committeew on Government Oversight and Reform that whil the pace of contract awards has increased in the last four the full effect on job creation has yet to be felt. Accordinyg to Onvia’s data, 1,330 contractsz totaling $21 billion in stimulux funds have been awarded to localcontractors nationwide.
It estimatedd that about 230,000 jobs have been createdx or retainedso far. An estimated $213.8 milliob in funds from the federa stimulus plan has been spent in Colorado to a June 11 state report The money spent locally from the Recovert Act so far includes increased payments forMedicaisd services, increased unemployment benefits to laid-off workers, and one-tim e $250 checks to Socia l Security recipients, the state reportr said. More than $1 billion is coming to the statre from the stimulus program over the next four thereport said.
Colorado expects to receive a tota lof $7 billion througn the stimulus plan over the next two years, some of it in fundingy for programs and some of it in tax
As of June 19, the U.S. Treasury Departmenrt had allocatedabout $29 billion of the estimatede $49 billion in funds set aside in the federal American Recoveryh and Reinvestment Act for state and locao use in fiscal year 2009, whichj ends Sept. 30, the U.S. Governmenft Accountability Office (GAO) reported. More than 90 percent of thos e outlays has been provided through a federal progranm to assist Medicaid and to a fund intendesd to stabilizestate budgets, including schoolk programs.
The report also founed that local spending on highway projects so far has mostly been for repaving rather than fornew construction, partlu because repaving work can be launched more Colorado was one of 16 states examinee in the GAO report. It said Medicaid enrollment in Coloradpo increased nearly 20 percent between October 2007 andMay 2009. Coloradl was one of five states that planned to use the additionakl stimulus money for Medicaid to free up statew money that otherwise would go to Medicaidc to help finance theirstat budgets, GAO said.
Separately, the head of a privatd company that tracks stimulus spendinyg told a congressional hearing Wednesday thatonly $21 billion of the $787 billion in economic stimulus funds authorizedx by Congress has been awardesd in contracts so far. Mike Pickett, CEO of Seattle technologhy company , which provides data for the private trackingwebsite Recovery.org, told the House Committeew on Government Oversight and Reform that whil the pace of contract awards has increased in the last four the full effect on job creation has yet to be felt. Accordinyg to Onvia’s data, 1,330 contractsz totaling $21 billion in stimulux funds have been awarded to localcontractors nationwide.
It estimatedd that about 230,000 jobs have been createdx or retainedso far. An estimated $213.8 milliob in funds from the federa stimulus plan has been spent in Colorado to a June 11 state report The money spent locally from the Recovert Act so far includes increased payments forMedicaisd services, increased unemployment benefits to laid-off workers, and one-tim e $250 checks to Socia l Security recipients, the state reportr said. More than $1 billion is coming to the statre from the stimulus program over the next four thereport said.
Colorado expects to receive a tota lof $7 billion througn the stimulus plan over the next two years, some of it in fundingy for programs and some of it in tax
Sunday, September 12, 2010
State awards Triad roadwork contracts - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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In Davie County, a $10.2 million contrac was awarded to the divisionjof Inc. in Greensboro for the wideninhg of the bridge on NC 801over I-40 and to make interchangwe improvements, including building additional ramp lanes and new traffic The work may begin as earlt as Oct. 29, with final completion set for Nov. 1, 2009. The Thompsojn Arthur division was also awardeda $1.1 million contract to replacr a bridge over Hasketts Creek on West Centrakl Avenue in Randolph County. That project can also begin as earlyuas Oct. 29, with completion scheduled for 15, 2008. Inc. won a $2.
8 millionn contract to replace a bridge on NC 801 over the Soutgh Yadkin River in Davie and Rowan That project can begin as earlyas Oct. 29, with fina completion scheduled forJune 1, 2009. Co. of Lynchburg, Va., won a $15 milliohn design-build contract to replace a bridger on US 158 over the Yadkinb River in Davie andForsyth counties. Work on that projecr will begin as earlyas Oct. 29, with finapl completion scheduledfor Oct. 1, 2010. In addition to the road the board of transportationawarded Inc. of Burlingto two contracts, worth $278,800 and $426,400, to rent snow and ice-removal equipmen t for maintenance yards in Guilford Those contracts are in effectfrom Nov. 1 to Oct.
31, with a five-year renewable option.
In Davie County, a $10.2 million contrac was awarded to the divisionjof Inc. in Greensboro for the wideninhg of the bridge on NC 801over I-40 and to make interchangwe improvements, including building additional ramp lanes and new traffic The work may begin as earlt as Oct. 29, with final completion set for Nov. 1, 2009. The Thompsojn Arthur division was also awardeda $1.1 million contract to replacr a bridge over Hasketts Creek on West Centrakl Avenue in Randolph County. That project can also begin as earlyuas Oct. 29, with completion scheduled for 15, 2008. Inc. won a $2.
8 millionn contract to replace a bridge on NC 801 over the Soutgh Yadkin River in Davie and Rowan That project can begin as earlyas Oct. 29, with fina completion scheduled forJune 1, 2009. Co. of Lynchburg, Va., won a $15 milliohn design-build contract to replace a bridger on US 158 over the Yadkinb River in Davie andForsyth counties. Work on that projecr will begin as earlyas Oct. 29, with finapl completion scheduledfor Oct. 1, 2010. In addition to the road the board of transportationawarded Inc. of Burlingto two contracts, worth $278,800 and $426,400, to rent snow and ice-removal equipmen t for maintenance yards in Guilford Those contracts are in effectfrom Nov. 1 to Oct.
31, with a five-year renewable option.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Mortgage rates reach 6-month high - Business First of Columbus:
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says 30-year mortgages averaged 5.59 up from 5.29 percent last week. The last time long-terkm mortgage rates were that high wasin November. Adjustable-ratr mortgages also rose, with the average one-year ARM now abovw 5 percent at 5.04 percent. “Mortgagwe rates followed the increas in bond yieldsthis week,” says Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) Chiegf Economist Frank Nothaft. He says a better-than-expected unemploymen report movedyields higher. “Asa a result, federal funds futures rose after the signaling that the market expects the Federal Reserve may raisde its benchmark rate sooner ratherethan later.
” A report from the this week showexd rising mortgage rates are slowing the demand for mortgage Mortgage applications last week fell 7.2 led by a 12 percent decline in Refinancing of existing mortgages stil makes up about 60 percent of the mortgagse underwriting business.
says 30-year mortgages averaged 5.59 up from 5.29 percent last week. The last time long-terkm mortgage rates were that high wasin November. Adjustable-ratr mortgages also rose, with the average one-year ARM now abovw 5 percent at 5.04 percent. “Mortgagwe rates followed the increas in bond yieldsthis week,” says Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) Chiegf Economist Frank Nothaft. He says a better-than-expected unemploymen report movedyields higher. “Asa a result, federal funds futures rose after the signaling that the market expects the Federal Reserve may raisde its benchmark rate sooner ratherethan later.
” A report from the this week showexd rising mortgage rates are slowing the demand for mortgage Mortgage applications last week fell 7.2 led by a 12 percent decline in Refinancing of existing mortgages stil makes up about 60 percent of the mortgagse underwriting business.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
California asks contractors to cut prices up to 15% - San Francisco Business Times:
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“We need your help!” accordingb to a letter faxed to Riverside-basedd and posted on the Wall Street Journal’s web “Our goal is to help state agencies comply with thisrequirementr (to cut contract-related spending by 15 percent) while continuing to purchase the food commoditied they need.” The statse provides a worksheet for the businesses to completde on how they’ll achiev e that 15 percent cost savings.
The state’sw food vendors are wasting no time voicing how little profit such contracts Adam Clingerman, owner of grocerg supplier ABC Ventures in San was among those receiving the request for the price His company, which has had a contract with the state sincwe 1992, sells frozen pizzas, waffles, pastsa and other groceries to the state’s prisonh system. Clingerman, who says he makexs less than 10 percent on thestatde contract, is turning to his suppliers seeking price the newspaper reported.
Meridianb Food’s owner Rebecca Kitchings said she was surprised to get the letterr this week seekingthe “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” Kitchings told the Wall Streer Journal. “It’s a contract. If somethin g happened to my company andI ‘I mis-bid that and I need another half a they’d say no way.”
“We need your help!” accordingb to a letter faxed to Riverside-basedd and posted on the Wall Street Journal’s web “Our goal is to help state agencies comply with thisrequirementr (to cut contract-related spending by 15 percent) while continuing to purchase the food commoditied they need.” The statse provides a worksheet for the businesses to completde on how they’ll achiev e that 15 percent cost savings.
The state’sw food vendors are wasting no time voicing how little profit such contracts Adam Clingerman, owner of grocerg supplier ABC Ventures in San was among those receiving the request for the price His company, which has had a contract with the state sincwe 1992, sells frozen pizzas, waffles, pastsa and other groceries to the state’s prisonh system. Clingerman, who says he makexs less than 10 percent on thestatde contract, is turning to his suppliers seeking price the newspaper reported.
Meridianb Food’s owner Rebecca Kitchings said she was surprised to get the letterr this week seekingthe “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” Kitchings told the Wall Streer Journal. “It’s a contract. If somethin g happened to my company andI ‘I mis-bid that and I need another half a they’d say no way.”
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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