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- Blue Cross tops health insurers Sunday, September 20, 2009 @ 2:38AMNearly $149 million in health insurance premiums are paid to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma every year, translating to a 77 percent market share among the top 10 companies that provide individual comprehensive ...
- Effort is still needed - Obama Saturday, September 19, 2009 @ 11:24PMBarack Obama says much work remains in stabilising the global financial system.
- Facts and the Financial Crisis Saturday, September 19, 2009 @ 9:28PMThe commission examining the financial crisis has had a slow start. It should mount a rigorous inquiry to explain the underlying and immediate causes of the crisis.
- Weekly Address: President Obama Promotes Tougher Rules on Wall Street to Protect Consumers Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:07PMIn this week’s address, President Obama highlighted the need for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to implement clearly enforced rules to help strengthen our financial markets and protect the interests of American consumers.
- TeamStaff Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Notice Related to the Market Value of Its Publicly Held Shares Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 5:14PMSOMERSET, N.J., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TeamStaff, Inc.
- American Dental Partners to Present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Investor Conference Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 3:21PMWAKEFIELD, MA--(Marketwire - September 18, 2009) - American Dental Partners, Inc. ( NASDAQ : ADPI ) announced today that Breht T. Feigh, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Small and Midcap Conference on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The presentation will be webcast live and will be available in ...
- Griffith’s small-business bill generates debate Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 5:13PMBy Trevor Stokes Staff Writer A House bill introduced Monday by U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith that’s meant to divert federally-mandated contracts to small businesses and away from multinational giants may have the opposite effect, according to critics.
- Transfer of Securities positions Van der Moolen Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:29PMAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - September 17, 2009) - Today, Van der Moolen nearly completed the transfer of its European securities position. Several subsidiaries of Van der Moolen had a total position of 2.5 million option contracts with a total market value of approximately EUR 1.2 billion. Besides these contracts Van der Moolen owned about 90 million Swiss warrants, and had shares and ...
- Transfer of Securities positions Van der Moolen Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 1:14PMAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - 09/17/09) - Today, Van der Moolen nearly completed the transfer of its European securities position. Several subsidiaries of Van der Moolen had a total position of 2.5 million option contracts with a total market value of approximately EUR 1.2 billion. Besides these contracts Van der Moolen owned about 90 million Swiss warrants, and had shares and ADR ...
- FSA Asset Management Sector conference on the EU Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 7:57AMI would like to thank Lord Myners for setting out the Government’s views on the Directive. I am also very grateful to David Wright from the European Commission and to Mats Odell, Jean-Pierre Jouyet and David Vaughan for engaging with us today.
- The Fraser Institute: National Conference to Discuss Eliminating Licensing of Health Care Practitioners and ... Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 7:40AMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2009) - Eliminating licensing of health care professionals, including physicians, and dumping a government agency that monitors natural health care products are two of the topics to be discussed at the upcoming Fraser Institute conference on complementary and alternative medicines. The conference, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy ...
- ObamaCare? Bring it on, Grayson says Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 5:21AMIt is refreshing to see a Central Florida Democrat who is not afraid of being a Democrat.
- Allied Gold to Make Agreed Takeover Offer for ASG Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 6:06PMBRISBANE, QUEENSLAND--(Marketwire - Sept. 16, 2009) - THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND SHALL NOT BE DISSEMINATED TO UNITED STATES NEWS SERVICES. Allied Gold Limited (Allied Gold) and Australian Solomons Gold Limited (ASG) (TSX:SGA) today announce that Allied Gold will make an agreed off-market takeover offer through a wholly owned subsidiary for all of the ...
- State House Dome: Mental-health budget cuts on the table Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 11:53PMA BUDGET FIGHT is developing over a plan to cut funding in state mental-health services.
- Dalton woman at odds with assisted living facility Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 11:03PMDALTON, Ga. — Janice Wycherley said she removed her 83-year-old mother, Mildred, from a local assisted living facility because she was concerned for her mother’s well-being.
- Lebanon ranks 108th globally, 12th in MENA region on ease of doing business Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 1:36AMBEIRUT: The World Bank/International Finance Corporation Doing Business 2010 report ranked Lebanon in 108th place among 183 countries worldwide, and 12th among 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region in terms of ease of doing business, as reported by Leba-non This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.
- SEC, CFTC Coordination Worries Exchange Chief Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 3:21PMSeptember 2, 2009 (Associated Press) WASHINGTON - Two agencies with oversight of the financial markets on Wednesday started coordinating their rules to eliminate differences involving similar types of investments, while the head of a major U.S. exchange said those efforts could do "more harm than good."
- Q&A: Austins Coastal Neighbors Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 12:10AMHow Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin
- Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan to sign economic partnership deal Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 7:11PMAlberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan will sign an economic partnership deal Friday at a joint cabinet meeting in Calgary and one of the first initiatives will likely be a trip to China in the spring.
- Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC Announces Change to Investment Policy of PIMCO High Income Fund Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 4:21PMNEW YORK----Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC , investment manager to PIMCO High Income Fund , announced today that effective November 13, 2009, the Fund’s non-fundamental investment policy regarding minimum investment in below investment grade securities will be revised.
- Streamline Health(R) Solutions Reports Second Quarter Results Wednesday, September 9, 2009 @ 5:14PMCINCINNATI, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc.
- Scientific Games and the Israel Sports Betting Board Finalizes Agreement for New Online Terminals, New Games and ... Wednesday, September 9, 2009 @ 3:05PMScientific Games announced that it has finalized an agreement with the Israel Sports Betting Board in Petach-Tikva, Israel for new online terminals, which includes the delivery of up to 2,000 state-of-the-art WAVE terminals with 17" customer display units.
- Streamline Health(R) Solutions Reports Second Quarter Results Wednesday, September 9, 2009 @ 3:01PMStreamline Health Solutions, Inc. today announced financial results for the second quarter and six months, ended July 31, 2009.
- Truckers complain of weight limit Monday, September 7, 2009 @ 7:57AMMoving and shipping companies are losing dozens of contracts because of a Government regulation that bans container trucks weighing more than 30 tonnes from the nation’s roads.
- Truckers complain of weight limit Monday, September 7, 2009 @ 3:09AMA 30-tonne cap on containers has logistics companies crying foul. HCM CITY — Moving and shipping companies are losing dozens of contracts because of a Government regulation that bans container trucks weighing more than 30 tonnes from the nation’s roads.
- Budget cuts to reduce nursing home advocate program Monday, September 7, 2009 @ 1:05AMSome of the sickest and loneliest Illinoisans may suffer the most when state budget cuts scheduled to take effect Oct. 1 reduce the number of trained advocates who visit nursing homes to expose and prevent abuse and neglect.
- Insurance law disadvantages consumers making a claim Monday, September 7, 2009 @ 12:52AMThe Law Commission consumer groups and charities want insurance law changed to boost customer protection.
- CoA looks at Oslob’s non-working abbatoir Sunday, September 6, 2009 @ 11:15PMClose to P1 million was spent in constructing the abattoir in Oslob town but the infrastructure project had not been used to date “depriving” the municipal government and its taxpayers of the benefits of the project.
- Top 10 technology tussles Sunday, September 6, 2009 @ 3:59PMScouring the history books for the biggest battles in the technology industry.
- Deutsche Bank owner can ignore city laws Sunday, September 6, 2009 @ 3:10PMLower Manhattan Development Corporation exists outside purview of city or state government
- SEC, CFTC coordination worries exchange chief Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 12:15PMTwo agencies with oversight of the financial markets on Wednesday started coordinating their rules to eliminate differences involving similar types of investments, while the head of a major U.S. exchange said those efforts could do "more harm than good." The... Sponsored Topics: United States - Commodity Futures Trading Commission - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Business - Financial ...
- SEC, CFTC coordination worries exchange chief Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 12:12PMTwo agencies with oversight of the financial markets on Wednesday started coordinating their rules to eliminate differences involving similar types of investments, while the head of a major U.S. exchange said those efforts could do "more harm than good."
- Charges to fund water shake-up Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 12:06PMWater charges will help fund the biggest shake-up of water management in Canterbury.
- SEC, CFTC coordination worries exchange chief Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 11:43AMTwo agencies with oversight of the financial markets on Wednesday started coordinating their rules to eliminate differences involving similar types of investments, while the head of a major U.S. exchange said those efforts...
- SEC, CFTC coordination worries exchange chief Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 11:41AMHead of major exchange worries about SEC, CFTC "harmonizing" regulations, oversight
- Candidates start down the long campaign road Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 1:52AMfor governor makes stop at Santa Maria Inn
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-09-02 04:58 Glance-PRESS DIGEST - British business - Sept 2 Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 11:27PMThe Times
- US-BUSINESS Summary Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 10:33PMAsia stocks hit by Wall St; Aussie GDP upbeat
- American Casino Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 7:06PMDire straits: A block of foreclosed row houses in Baltimore in a scene from Leslie Cockburn’s documentary “American Casino.”
- Western Union Enters Cross-Border Business-to-Business Market with Acquisition of Custom House Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 3:00PMENGLEWOOD, Colo.----The Western Union Company , a leader in the money transfer segment of global payments, today announced it has completed the acquisition of international business-to-business payments provider Custom House.
- Treasuries Increase as Drop in Stocks Offsets Data on Economy Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 11:40AMSept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries gained, reversing earlier losses, as a decline in stocks overshadowed manufacturing and pending home sales data that beat economists’ forecasts.
- Treasuries Fall as Factory Gauge, Pending Home Sales Increase Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 10:25AMSept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries declined after a report showed factories in the U.S. expanded in August for the first time in 19 months, adding to signs the economy is recovering and prompting investors to seek higher yields outside of U.S. debt.
- Treasuries Fall as Factory Gauge Rises Higher Than Forecast Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 10:14AMSept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries declined after a report showed factories in the U.S. expanded in August for the first time in 19 months, helping lead the economy out of the worst recession since the 1930s.
- Beacon Power Applies for DOE Grants to Fund up to 50% of Two 20 MW Energy Storage Plants Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 9:42AMTYNGSBORO, Mass.----Beacon Power Corporation announced that on August 26th it applied to the U.S. Department of Energy for grants totaling $46.7 million to support funding of the Company’s next two 20 MW flywheel energy storage plants.
- Labour and Employment Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 9:26AMOn Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued its much anticipated decision in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Janet Napolitano , No. 8:08-cv-03444-AW (D. Md. Aug. 26, 2009), upholding the legality of Executive Order 13464 and its implementing regulation, which require many federal contractors and subcontractors to use E-Verify.
- Telcos helped kill cellphone cost calculator Tuesday, September 1, 2009 @ 9:07AMp2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Millions of Canadians are forced to sort through, “a myriad of cellphone pricing plans in a marketplace still lacking in robust competition,” blogs Michael Geist. But, he says, previously unreported is that, “Industry Canada officials identified the same problem and worked for years to develop an online tool to address [...]
- Galvanising firm’s boss finds iron will to succeed Sunday, August 30, 2009 @ 4:27PMA renewed flurry of mergers and acquisitions activity in the oil and gas business may be a signal that hard-nosed financiers are confident about the prospects for the global economy. It will also trigger fears that control of a series of Scottish firms will pass outside the country.
- Debate remains civil, informative Sunday, August 30, 2009 @ 1:23PMCathy PerfectKern Valley Sun COMMENTARY: The Kern River Valley’s first public debate on healthcare reform, sponsored by the Democratic Club of Kern River Valley, drew a sizeable crowd Monday night at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella. Due primarily to the efforts of moderator John-Henry Strathmann, who spent the first 10 to 15 minutes of the meeting laying down the ground rules, the crowd ...
- Trust in free markets only solution to bad economy Saturday, August 29, 2009 @ 1:19AMSince the bailouts last fall, lawmakers have been behaving as quasi-owners of the bailed-out banks and businesses, leading to calls for increased regulation of executive compensation and other wasteful expenditures. We have heard much about bonuses and executive pay packages that sound more like lottery winnings than an honest salary.
- Corporate Sleuth Plans to Start Credit Rating Firm Friday, August 28, 2009 @ 7:11PMJules Kroll plans to use his corporate intelligence skills to analyze the creditworthiness of companies, an opportunity created by the subprime mortgage crisis.
