Long Realty Cares Foundation Contributes $8,000 to Relief Efforts in Haiti

Feb 112010
 

Default Swaps Signal Bond Rebound as GMAC Sells: Credit Markets
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — The cost to protect bonds from default fell the most since November and companies with speculative credit ratings sold more than $3 billion of debt, a signal the rally in corporate securities may resume.

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Camco Financial Promotes Olson to SVP Residential Lending
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio — Camco Financial Corporation parent company of Advantage Bank has announced that Mark Olson has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President Residential and Consumer Lending for Advantage Bank. James E. Huston, President, Chair and CEO of Advantage Bank, made the announcement.

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City businesses given bidding preference
Fillmore Senior Center Tuesday night’s city council meeting began with a report from Deputy City Manager Bill Bartels, reviewing the Fillmore Senior Center. Bartels touched on the background of the City and Center’s relationship, Use and Service Agreements, On-site staff and volunteers, and budget.

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Long Realty Cares Foundation Contributes $8,000 to Relief Efforts in Haiti
(TUCSON, AZ.) Long Realty Cares Foundation has collected $8,000 in donations from Long Companies sales associates and staff towards the continued relief efforts in Haiti.

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Letters to the editor: Jan. 29, 2010

Jan 292010
 

Letters to the editor: Jan. 29, 2010
Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of Jan. 29, 2010:The way I see itEditor, Daily News:These past days, Haiti has been in big trouble.I was thinking about how Haiti just had an earthquake there.We have to give them food, water and money for bandages and medicine.That is what they need right now.So, please, help somebody in Haiti.— Jose ChangNaples* * *Letter of the Day: Stop …

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Breaking News-Middle Class

Jan 252010
 
I just caught the tail end of Mr.Obama’s ‘middle class’ focus group, and the wind up speech by Joe Biden. The focus group, which you undersatand is composed of, well, er, middle class individuals. Their findings, recommendations are 3 fold; Student Loan relief, a $500 bonus for contributing to a 401K, and an additional child care tax deduction.
 
Questions, 1. What incomes constitute ‘middle class’? $50-150,000? And why not those earning less?
2. Would the middle class be considered a ‘special interest group like unions?
3. If there are 300 million Americans, and 200 million work, the government would ‘give’ cash, not a tax break, if they open or save $1000 in a 401K. What if their employer doesn’t offer 401ks, and that could cost America 150,000,000 X $500, or $75 billion dollars.
4. Where are we going to get that? Seems he’s spending again, or buying votes.
Finally, Biden used 401Ks and IRAs interchangably. They are not the same, even though the purpose is. Was this a slip, or doesn’t he and Obama know the difference?
 
And lastly, if Obama calls a focus group together for the middle class, and Unions, why not ‘seniors’, latinos, blacks, Poles, the super rich and plain old rich?
 
Of course any group he calls together will tell him what they want, but that’s not the way to run government.
 
Finally, on the matter of student loans. Many are set up for 10, 15, and 20 years. To restrict payback to 10% of the balance, puts the payback right where it is, 10 years, plus interest!!! Or, no change to student loans..
 
This is nothing more than the old Louisana, Nebraska and union sell out.  Just another twist on buying votes.
 
It’s almost comical, I switched off between CNN and Fox news yesterday, and Massachusetts and Haiti shared the spotlight.
 
Not once did CNN mention the anger/angst of the back room dealings, with Nebraska, Lousiana or the unions. The public is upset, buy CNN doesn’t say why.
 
Obama wants everyone, from Iran, Yemen the unions to love him. And he’ll pay anyprice for your vote.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nationwide Insurance Foundation Donates $150,000 to Red Cross Haiti Disaster Relief Fund

Jan 232010
 

Nationwide Insurance Foundation Donates $150,000 to Red Cross Haiti Disaster Relief Fund
COLUMBUS, Ohio—-The Nationwide Insurance Foundation announced today a $150,000 donation to the Red Cross Haiti Disaster Relief Fund. Additionally, the Nationwide Insurance Foundation will match contributions of Nationwide employees of $25 or more to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Relief Fund, which is providing assistance to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

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Lynn president calls for students, faculty missing in Haiti to be returned home

Jan 222010
 

Lynn president calls for students, faculty missing in Haiti to be returned home
Lynn president calls for students, faculty missing in Haiti to be returned home

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Mertztown church group home from Haiti

Jan 212010
 

Mertztown church group home from Haiti
Fourteen members of the Christ (Mertz) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dryville are back on American soil after being rescued from earthquake-devastated Haiti where they had been serving on a missionary trip.

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Minnesotans on front lines, helping out Haitians

Jan 192010
 

Minnesotans on front lines, helping out Haitians
Governments and relief agencies from around the world mobilized to bring help when Haiti was devastated by an earthquake last week, but among the first international aid sources to hit the ground might have been a young mortgage broker from Minnesota.

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