Consumer Power Report #308: Who Pays for Medicaid Expansion? - Health Care News

Consumer Power Report #308: Who Pays for Medicaid Expansion?
Health Care News
“This will further exacerbate the fiscal problems in the states with Medicaid funding, forcing states to make further cuts to providers like mental health professionals and physicians, and jeopardizing services for poor children, pregnant women, ...

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Phoenix Launches New Distribution Agreement with National Agents Alliance - MarketWatch (press release)

Phoenix Launches New Distribution Agreement with National Agents Alliance
MarketWatch (press release)
Both organizations are confident this product offers great value while meeting continually changing consumer needs." This redesigned product contains several features that make it attractive to consumers. Most notably, the simplified issue format ...

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Controlling Tuition Increases - University of Texas at Dallas (press release)


University of Texas at Dallas (press release)
Controlling Tuition Increases
University of Texas at Dallas (press release)
President Barack Obama recently said, “Let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down.” Some in higher education call his statement “political theater.

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Recommended: Senate approves long-stalled aviation bill - msnbc.com

Recommended: Senate approves long-stalled aviation bill
msnbc.com
The bill would provide more than $60 billion in funding through fiscal year 2015. The Senate voted 75 to 20, ending a streak of 20 short-term funding extensions for the Federal Aviation Administration since 2007 as Democrats and Republicans struggled ...

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Apple warns developers against manipulating App Store rankings - Fiercemobilecontent

Apple warns developers against manipulating App Store rankings
Fiercemobilecontent
The Guardian reports that Apple's warning follows after an unnamed developer posted to the Touch Arcade mobile games forum claiming he was contacted by a company charging $5000 in exchange for a guaranteed Top 25 App Store ranking.

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Cantor to Double Asset-Backed Bond Trading as Banks Rely on Secured Funds - Bloomberg

Cantor to Double Asset-Backed Bond Trading as Banks Rely on Secured Funds
Bloomberg
Asset-backed securities pool home and consumer loans that can be sold to investors as notes. Covered bonds are backed by mortgages or public-sector loans and guaranteed by the issuer. To contact the reporter on this story: Esteban Duarte in Madrid at ...
Cantor to Double Asset-Backed Bond Trading in Secured Debt SurgeBusinessWeek

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Confidence in Nabucco fades - Asia Times Online

Confidence in Nabucco fades
Asia Times Online
The commission's hard work to promote a trans-Caspian pipeline for Turkmen gas could also have enhanced investor and consumer confidence in the Nabucco project. Those unique advantages notwithstanding, the gas volumes and the funding are not yet lined ...

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Bank bashers 'risk economy' - The Australian

Bank bashers 'risk economy'
The Australian
PROFITABLE and well-funded banks are critical to the health of the Australian economy at a time of global uncertainty, bank leaders warned as they urged politicians to stop bashing the big four financial institutions. Ahead of the Reserve Bank of ...

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QCR Holdings, Inc. Announces Record Net Income of $2.7 Million for Fourth ... - MarketWatch (press release)

QCR Holdings, Inc. Announces Record Net Income of $2.7 Million for Fourth ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Additionally, we continue to have success in growing deposits at reduced pricing which has helped to continue the shift in our funding mix from higher cost wholesale funds to lower cost deposits. As a result, interest expense is down 22% year over year ...

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It's 2012 And The NLRB Is Off To A Fast – And Controversial – Start - JD Supra (press release)

It's 2012 And The NLRB Is Off To A Fast – And Controversial – Start
JD Supra (press release)
In the AT&T Mobility case, the Supreme Court upheld the validity of class action waivers and consumer arbitration agreements, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act, which favored the enforceability of such agreements, preempted a California state ...

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