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If the operation of the gold standard from the last two decades of the nineteenth century, until the outbreak of the world war was in essence a sterli...
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His shop brims with musical instruments, watches, TVs, video games, tools, knives, swords, rings, antiques, clocks, paintings, necklaces, DVDs, luggage, cameras, chain saws, computers and a slew of other items.
His clients include drug addicts, gamblers, alcoholics, deceivers, hustlers and other such types, but also include just regular folk down on their monetary luck.
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Almost 30,000 people in Western Pennsylvania who can't get health insurance anywhere else are facing a 10 percent hike in their monthly rates under a plan submitted by Highmark Inc. to state insurance regulators.
Highmark, the nonprofit "insurer of last resort" in Pennsylvania, this week asked the state's Department of Insurance to allow it to increase rates an average of 9.9 percent on five plans it sells to people who don't receive insurance coverage through their employer and can't get health insurance from other providers because of their medical conditions.
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The federal lawsuit filed by two of the state's largest Indian tribes against Oklahoma City, state water officials and Republican Gov. Mary Fallin was spawned, the nations' attorney said, by Oklahoma City's efforts to develop infrastructure to take tribal water.
In an Aug. 18 letter to Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma City attorney Michael Burrage described Oklahoma City's efforts to control the Sardis reservoir as a key component in the decision to go to court. He said the development and expansion of water infrastructure was designed to make the city's right to take tribal water a done deal before any talks about the Sardis reservoir were held.
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The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) has launched a spirited defense of its industry and challenged credit professionals to justify their wide-held belief that factoring is 'finance of the last resort'. Speaking at the latest ICM 'Think Tank' in May, Kate Sharp, the ABFA Chief Executive, blamed a succession of so-called 'experts' -- especially from within the banking community -- who simply didn't understand what Invoice Finance is all about: The wrong kind of business for the banks might be the right kind of business for their members, she explains. The principal advantage to factoring, Sharp says, is that it is dynamically linked to business performance. Sharps comments prompted other Think Tank members to admit that they had never viewed factoring in any way other than negative...
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Call it "the loan of last resort." As more workers enter retirement relying on cash from a 401k plan or similar account instead of a company pension, fears are growing that some could mismanage their money and outlive their savings.
Typically viewed as the retirement income source of last resort - - due in large part to its fees -- the reverse mortgage has gained little traction over the years.
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Dr. Cathryn Harbor was volunteering at her children's camp outside Charlottesville last summer when she noticed a startling phenomenon: In the span of one week, 10 of her 100 campers came to her complaining of flulike symptoms.
Each reported being bitten by a tick, and four were spotted with suspicious rashes. All 10 cases were a ringer -- at least in Harbor's mind -- for suspected Lyme disease.
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For the average skier, they will have no idea that the resort is actually being operated by a receiver," he said. "Tamarack is clearly a unique situation because there are a lot of moving parts. It's a four-season resort, it's a new operation. We've only been involved now six weeks, but I feel very comfortable that we've gotten our hands around the key operational issues.
"It's our mission to help this company find buyers," [John Blaye] said. "It's drastically affected the whole economy of Valley County." He's convinced tliat Tamarack is here to stay, reminding people to keep in mind how young the resort is. "We're the young kid on the block," he said.
"And now I'm still sitting on three of those lots and have also built a spec house that I'm sitting on," he said. "It's hurt me becaus...