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Yellen Said to Be Obama’s Pick for Fed Vice Chairman - Bloomberg
March 11 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen is President Barack Obama ’s pick for vice chairman of the central bank in Washington, two people with knowledge of the selection process said. The nomination is

California Utilities Can Use Credits to Meet Renewables - BusinessWeek
March 11 (Bloomberg) — California utilities won regulatory approval to buy tradable renewable-energy credits to comply with state clean-energy standards. PG&E Corp.’s Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Edison International’s Southern California Edison

Democrats move closer to healthcare deal - Reuters
Democratic party lawmakers (L-R) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) confer during a bipartisan health reform summit with U.S. President Barack Obama and lawmakers

Greendale planners OK senior housing near Southridge - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The housing is part of a larger plan to develop a parking lot and the old blood center adjacent to the mall. It would involve up to $16 million in public and private money and create as many as 75 jobs, according to a plan presented to the village

Yellen Said to Be Obama’s Pick for Fed Vice Chairman - Bloomberg
March 11 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen is President Barack Obama ’s pick for vice chairman of the central bank in Washington, two people with knowledge of the selection process said. The nomination is

California Utilities Can Use Credits to Meet Renewables - BusinessWeek
March 11 (Bloomberg) — California utilities won regulatory approval to buy tradable renewable-energy credits to comply with state clean-energy standards. PG&E Corp.’s Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Edison International’s Southern California Edison

Democrats move closer to healthcare deal - Reuters
Democratic party lawmakers (L-R) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) confer during a bipartisan health reform summit with U.S. President Barack Obama and lawmakers

Greendale planners OK senior housing near Southridge - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The housing is part of a larger plan to develop a parking lot and the old blood center adjacent to the mall. It would involve up to $16 million in public and private money and create as many as 75 jobs, according to a plan presented to the village

Developer hopes to bring Target, senior apartments to - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
That’s the word from two real estate industry sources who spoke to me about the project on the condition that I don’t publish their names. A Ryan executive hasn’t returned my phone calls yet. A Target spokesman said the company hasn’t announced plans

State House passes $1 billion public works bill; Senate - Minneapolis Star Tribune
But opponents likened passage of the bill to a financially-strapped family charging expenses on their credit cards. Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, attacked spending on arts education and state parks — including “$3 million to plant trees

Developer hopes to bring Target, senior apartments to - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
That’s the word from two real estate industry sources who spoke to me about the project on the condition that I don’t publish their names. A Ryan executive hasn’t returned my phone calls yet. A Target spokesman said the company hasn’t announced plans

State House passes $1 billion public works bill; Senate - Minneapolis Star Tribune
But opponents likened passage of the bill to a financially-strapped family charging expenses on their credit cards. Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, attacked spending on arts education and state parks — including “$3 million to plant trees

GE Capital Launches Finance Program for McAfee Value Added Resellers - Yahoo Finance
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Capital and McAfee, Inc. today announced that GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance business has launched an extended distribution financing program for McAfee value-added resellers (VARs). This

GE Capital Launches Finance Program for McAfee Value Added Resellers - Yahoo Finance
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Capital and McAfee, Inc. today announced that GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance business has launched an extended distribution financing program for McAfee value-added resellers (VARs). This

Denbury Closes Encore Acquisition; Announces New $1.6 Bln Credit - RTT News
Denbury also entered into a new $1.6 billion 24-bank credit facility and briefly extended its tender offers for Encore senior subordinated notes. The company stated that the merger closed Tuesday evening following approval by the stockholders of both

LGBT Center looks to San Francsico for bailout - San Francisco Chronicle
The LGBT Center at the gateway to the Castro district wants the city to bail it out with a $1 million line of credit. Eight years after opening with great fanfare, San Francisco’s city-subsidized, $12.3 million Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender

Under 21? Credit cards hard to get - Bankrate.com
After years of snapping up credit cards with ease, the Credit CARD Act of 2009 will make it much more difficult for anyone under the age of 21 to qualify for a credit card. Under the new law , which takes effect in February 2010, no one under the age

New Car Finance At Low Rates Often Starts With The Dealer - PRLog (free press release)
Dealers don’t actually do new car finance, leases or used car loans. Dealers are not bankers and don’t set new car loan rates. They do not directly finance cars they sell or lease. They work with some financing companies or banks to provide the

Chase’s Ads: How Many Businesses Sought “Second Look?” - BusinessWeek
JPMorgan Chase has been trumpeting increases in lending to small businesses in full-page print ads . One running today in business lending” can cut across banking segments: retail, business, commercial mortgages, credit cards, etc.

Denbury Closes Encore Acquisition; Announces New $1.6 Bln Credit - RTT News
Denbury also entered into a new $1.6 billion 24-bank credit facility and briefly extended its tender offers for Encore senior subordinated notes. The company stated that the merger closed Tuesday evening following approval by the stockholders of both

LGBT Center looks to San Francsico for bailout - San Francisco Chronicle
The LGBT Center at the gateway to the Castro district wants the city to bail it out with a $1 million line of credit. Eight years after opening with great fanfare, San Francisco’s city-subsidized, $12.3 million Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender

Under 21? Credit cards hard to get - Bankrate.com
After years of snapping up credit cards with ease, the Credit CARD Act of 2009 will make it much more difficult for anyone under the age of 21 to qualify for a credit card. Under the new law , which takes effect in February 2010, no one under the age

New Car Finance At Low Rates Often Starts With The Dealer - PRLog (free press release)
Dealers don’t actually do new car finance, leases or used car loans. Dealers are not bankers and don’t set new car loan rates. They do not directly finance cars they sell or lease. They work with some financing companies or banks to provide the

Chase’s Ads: How Many Businesses Sought “Second Look?” - BusinessWeek
JPMorgan Chase has been trumpeting increases in lending to small businesses in full-page print ads . One running today in business lending” can cut across banking segments: retail, business, commercial mortgages, credit cards, etc.

Real Estate Tips - Seattle Post Intelligencer
I’ve been a big fan of agents requiring their short sale clients to obtain attorney representation. A big reason for this position is that I keep seeing and hearing horror stories of transactions involving some short sale processors, and I have sat

BrickStreet reports lower profit in 2009 - Charleston Daily Mail
Virginia granted preliminary license approval earlier this year and requests for licenses are pending in Alabama and Pennsylvania provides credit ratings and financial data products and services for the insurance industry. BrickStreet wrote $317

United States: The Ninth Circuit Clears The Way For Tip-Pooling - Mondaq
com/yj5dm34), No. 08-35718 (Feb. 23, 2010), the court confirmed that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allows employers that do not take a tip credit against the profit margins in a down economy, the court’s approval of greater flexibility in

Chase’s Ads: How Many Businesses Sought “Second Look?” - BusinessWeek
One running today in The New York Times describes the bank’s new policy to give a “second look” to rejected business loan applicants who request another review: This means our credit team gives a second look—and makes every reasonable effort

Paterson’s No. 2 Sets Broad Plan on New York Fiscal Crisis - New York Times
The plan would also require significant spending cuts and abolish some of Albany’s much-criticized budgeting practices, forcing lawmakers and the governor to account for how they will pay for spending expansions when they are approved. Mr. Ravitch

Financial reform tips toward bankers - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - As Congress this week inches toward a new set of rules to avert another global financial collapse, it is focused on two conflicting goals: reforming the banking system to protect consumers while still giving lenders the freedom to take

Real Estate Tips - Seattle Post Intelligencer
I’ve been a big fan of agents requiring their short sale clients to obtain attorney representation. A big reason for this position is that I keep seeing and hearing horror stories of transactions involving some short sale processors, and I have sat

BrickStreet reports lower profit in 2009 - Charleston Daily Mail
Virginia granted preliminary license approval earlier this year and requests for licenses are pending in Alabama and Pennsylvania provides credit ratings and financial data products and services for the insurance industry. BrickStreet wrote $317

United States: The Ninth Circuit Clears The Way For Tip-Pooling - Mondaq
com/yj5dm34), No. 08-35718 (Feb. 23, 2010), the court confirmed that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allows employers that do not take a tip credit against the profit margins in a down economy, the court’s approval of greater flexibility in

Chase’s Ads: How Many Businesses Sought “Second Look?” - BusinessWeek
One running today in The New York Times describes the bank’s new policy to give a “second look” to rejected business loan applicants who request another review: This means our credit team gives a second look—and makes every reasonable effort

Paterson’s No. 2 Sets Broad Plan on New York Fiscal Crisis - New York Times
The plan would also require significant spending cuts and abolish some of Albany’s much-criticized budgeting practices, forcing lawmakers and the governor to account for how they will pay for spending expansions when they are approved. Mr. Ravitch

Financial reform tips toward bankers - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - As Congress this week inches toward a new set of rules to avert another global financial collapse, it is focused on two conflicting goals: reforming the banking system to protect consumers while still giving lenders the freedom to take

Frontier Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results - FierceWireless
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Frontier Communications (NYSE:FTR) today reported fourth-quarter 2009 revenue of $521.0 million, operating income of $157.5 million and net income attributable to common shareholders of Frontier of $4

Defending Against IRS Collections - Part Two - WisBar
Instructions for accessing the seminar and links to materials will arrive via email one business day prior to the start of this teleseminar. You must have a valid email on file. Update your profile at myStateBar . This course will be submitted to the

Fixed Rate Auto Finance Loan Rates Do Not Change - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 09, 2010 – A fixed rate auto finance loan is a kind of auto finance loan (http://www.loans4drivers.com) that has a fixed interest rate. The lender normally fixes the interest rate. The interest rate of a fixed rate

Title Loans in Los Angeles | Personal Loans Hassle Free - PRLog (free press release)
A person facing bad credit or no credit is still eligible to receive a title loan. Car title loans are approved very quickly. The process of loan approval is very easy and hassle free because it is totally risk free for lenders. You can use car title

Frontier Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results - FierceWireless
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Frontier Communications (NYSE:FTR) today reported fourth-quarter 2009 revenue of $521.0 million, operating income of $157.5 million and net income attributable to common shareholders of Frontier of $4

Defending Against IRS Collections - Part Two - WisBar
Instructions for accessing the seminar and links to materials will arrive via email one business day prior to the start of this teleseminar. You must have a valid email on file. Update your profile at myStateBar . This course will be submitted to the

Fixed Rate Auto Finance Loan Rates Do Not Change - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 09, 2010 – A fixed rate auto finance loan is a kind of auto finance loan (http://www.loans4drivers.com) that has a fixed interest rate. The lender normally fixes the interest rate. The interest rate of a fixed rate

Title Loans in Los Angeles | Personal Loans Hassle Free - PRLog (free press release)
A person facing bad credit or no credit is still eligible to receive a title loan. Car title loans are approved very quickly. The process of loan approval is very easy and hassle free because it is totally risk free for lenders. You can use car title

Message Maven Finds Fingers Pointing at Him - Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON — David Axelrod was sitting at his desk on a recent afternoon — tie crooked, eyes droopy and looking more burdened than usual. He had just been watching some genius on MSNBC insist that he and President Obama’s other top aides were

CEAD’s seed money and your tax bill: An owner’s manual - Burlington Free Press
Point No. 1: The creation of a clean-energy assessment district doesn’t raise taxes. Point No. 2: It’s voluntary. Vermont law prohibits non-participants from funding it. Point No. 3: It has already emerged (in California and Colorado) as an

Delta tries to land new JFK terminal - Crain’s New York Business
Delta Air Lines’ terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport rank among the dingiest, most cramped facilities in the area—JFK’s “disasters,” according to one local official. After nearly a decade of on-again, off-again plans to demolish

Prattville to file suit over incomplete subdivision - Montgomery Advertiser
PRATTVILLE — Pratt­ville officials are dealing with an unusual growth is­sue that’s a spin-off of the fal­tering economy — subdivi­sion developers going under before projects are com­pleted. The City Council voted Tuesday night to sue Lexon

Gibbons’ new ideas for education have a familiar ring to them - Las Vegas Sun
On Thursday, Gov. Jim Gibbons unveiled his plan for “an entirely new way of thinking” about how the state’s colleges and universities are funded — with the words italicized in the news release for emphasis. But in fact, most of the planks in

Blitz of new CVS store openings starts today - Gainesville Sun
CVS is opening a new pharmacy on Archer Road on Sunday, another is scheduled to open on Northwest 13th Street in April, and a third is officially a go for construction later in the year on Southwest 13th Street. The store opening Sunday at 7430

School board group faces fraud probe, money crisis - Des Moines Register
A group funded with taxpayer money is in the midst of a financial crisis and has asked forensic auditors to look for evidence of fraud and criminal activity at the organization. Two teams of auditors are going through records of the Iowa Association

Atlanta Meeting Highlights Split In SCLC - WSB-TV Atlanta
ATLANTA — Several board members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are calling for the resignation of the group’s embattled chairman and treasurer, who are being investigated over allegations of financial mismanagement. After a three

Message Maven Finds Fingers Pointing at Him - Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON — David Axelrod was sitting at his desk on a recent afternoon — tie crooked, eyes droopy and looking more burdened than usual. He had just been watching some genius on MSNBC insist that he and President Obama’s other top aides were

CEAD’s seed money and your tax bill: An owner’s manual - Burlington Free Press
Point No. 1: The creation of a clean-energy assessment district doesn’t raise taxes. Point No. 2: It’s voluntary. Vermont law prohibits non-participants from funding it. Point No. 3: It has already emerged (in California and Colorado) as an

Delta tries to land new JFK terminal - Crain’s New York Business
Delta Air Lines’ terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport rank among the dingiest, most cramped facilities in the area—JFK’s “disasters,” according to one local official. After nearly a decade of on-again, off-again plans to demolish

Prattville to file suit over incomplete subdivision - Montgomery Advertiser
PRATTVILLE — Pratt­ville officials are dealing with an unusual growth is­sue that’s a spin-off of the fal­tering economy — subdivi­sion developers going under before projects are com­pleted. The City Council voted Tuesday night to sue Lexon

Gibbons’ new ideas for education have a familiar ring to them - Las Vegas Sun
On Thursday, Gov. Jim Gibbons unveiled his plan for “an entirely new way of thinking” about how the state’s colleges and universities are funded — with the words italicized in the news release for emphasis. But in fact, most of the planks in

Blitz of new CVS store openings starts today - Gainesville Sun
CVS is opening a new pharmacy on Archer Road on Sunday, another is scheduled to open on Northwest 13th Street in April, and a third is officially a go for construction later in the year on Southwest 13th Street. The store opening Sunday at 7430

School board group faces fraud probe, money crisis - Des Moines Register
A group funded with taxpayer money is in the midst of a financial crisis and has asked forensic auditors to look for evidence of fraud and criminal activity at the organization. Two teams of auditors are going through records of the Iowa Association

Atlanta Meeting Highlights Split In SCLC - WSB-TV Atlanta
ATLANTA — Several board members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are calling for the resignation of the group’s embattled chairman and treasurer, who are being investigated over allegations of financial mismanagement. After a three

Neighbors wary of Woodbine farm plans - Baltimore Sun
Robert and Maxine Walker have sunk 15 years’ work and tons of money into restoring and improving their white 1840 farmhouse along with the barns, sheds, fences and 145 acres around them on Jennings Chapel Road in Woodbine, near the Patuxent River

China warns again against Hong Kong democracy push - The Sun News
HONG KONG — China has warned that a plan by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to use a special election as a de facto referendum on democratic reform is a threat to stability in the former British colony. While Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule

Marquis sets example for young staff - Major League Baseball
VIERA, Fla. — The Nationals’ exhibition season is only four games old, and Jason Marquis has already made an impact on the team’s young pitchers off the field. Marquis’ work ethic has rubbed off on Opening Day starter John Lannan, who recently said

Neighbors wary of Woodbine farm plans - Baltimore Sun
Robert and Maxine Walker have sunk 15 years’ work and tons of money into restoring and improving their white 1840 farmhouse along with the barns, sheds, fences and 145 acres around them on Jennings Chapel Road in Woodbine, near the Patuxent River

China warns again against Hong Kong democracy push - The Sun News
HONG KONG — China has warned that a plan by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to use a special election as a de facto referendum on democratic reform is a threat to stability in the former British colony. While Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule

Marquis sets example for young staff - Major League Baseball
VIERA, Fla. — The Nationals’ exhibition season is only four games old, and Jason Marquis has already made an impact on the team’s young pitchers off the field. Marquis’ work ethic has rubbed off on Opening Day starter John Lannan, who recently said

Mixed views on Block Island over proposed wind farm - Providence Journal
Nancy Pike, a Realtor, shops at Block Island Grocery, which had an electricity bill of $40,000 one month in the summer of 2008. Looking out beyond Block Island’s Southeast Light and the Mohegan Bluffs below, the Atlantic Ocean stretches to the

Mixed views on Block Island over proposed wind farm - Providence Journal
Nancy Pike, a Realtor, shops at Block Island Grocery, which had an electricity bill of $40,000 one month in the summer of 2008. Looking out beyond Block Island’s Southeast Light and the Mohegan Bluffs below, the Atlantic Ocean stretches to the

Merkel: No financial help for Greece - The Sun News
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has avoided giving debt-plagued Greece a commitment of financial assistance, as Athens was rattled by more strikes and violent protests by unions outraged by harsh economic austerity measures. Greece didn’t

ASU expects restored funding - Jonesboro Sun
JONESBORO — Arkansas State University System President Dr. Les Wyatt said during a meeting of the ASU Board of Trustees on Friday he expects the main category of state funding to be restored for fiscal year 2011. The meeting was held at the Heber

Mall redevelopment plans plagued by weak economy - Frederick News-Post
Frederick Towne Mall is almost empty on Friday afternoon. Many of the stores are closed and shuttered. Proposed development plans are now in question because of the state of the economy. A depressed economy continues to plague redevelopment of

Knight trustee gets deadline to prove she has bond | VIDEO - Evansville Courier-Press
The three-member board gave the unbonded Durham until 10 a.m. Thursday to prove she sent a check to her insurance company. The Knight Township board clashed Friday with Trustee Linda K. Durham over her bonding — or lack of it. Please wait while the

State needs more E85 fuel pumps - Traverse City Record-Eagle
LANSING — For ethanol to become the fuel of the future, it has to start at the pump. General Motors Co. Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said more ethanol gas pumps are needed to keep supplying flexible fuel vehicles for drivers. He noted that the

Merkel: No financial help for Greece - The Sun News
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has avoided giving debt-plagued Greece a commitment of financial assistance, as Athens was rattled by more strikes and violent protests by unions outraged by harsh economic austerity measures. Greece didn’t

ASU expects restored funding - Jonesboro Sun
JONESBORO — Arkansas State University System President Dr. Les Wyatt said during a meeting of the ASU Board of Trustees on Friday he expects the main category of state funding to be restored for fiscal year 2011. The meeting was held at the Heber

Mall redevelopment plans plagued by weak economy - Frederick News-Post
Frederick Towne Mall is almost empty on Friday afternoon. Many of the stores are closed and shuttered. Proposed development plans are now in question because of the state of the economy. A depressed economy continues to plague redevelopment of

Knight trustee gets deadline to prove she has bond | VIDEO - Evansville Courier-Press
The three-member board gave the unbonded Durham until 10 a.m. Thursday to prove she sent a check to her insurance company. The Knight Township board clashed Friday with Trustee Linda K. Durham over her bonding — or lack of it. Please wait while the

State needs more E85 fuel pumps - Traverse City Record-Eagle
LANSING — For ethanol to become the fuel of the future, it has to start at the pump. General Motors Co. Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said more ethanol gas pumps are needed to keep supplying flexible fuel vehicles for drivers. He noted that the