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Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Rise Following Job News
Mortgage rates increased for a third straight week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rising to 5.35 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.47 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage hit a new high-water mark for 2010 at 4.69 percent and the [...]
Continue reading...CA Ushers in New Level of Agility with CA Agile Vision for Application Development from the Cloud
10. April 2010
Proven and Robust Agile Planning App Built and Delivered Fast on Salesforce.com’s Force.com Platform Helps Accelerate the Market Shift to Cloud 2 Salesforce.com Cloudforce 2 Tour today announced the general availability of CA Agile Vision™ Team Edition, the first native Force.com agile development planning tool, designed to enable business companies to unlock the competitive advantage of [...]
Continue reading...Bank of America Commits to Clarity for Small Business Customers
6. April 2010
Two Million Small Business Customers Receive Credit Card Clarity Commitment and Improvements to Account Terms In line with its commitment to provide customers with clear and concise information, Bank of America has expanded its industry-leading Clarity Commitment® to its two million small business credit card accounts. The Clarity Commitment – a one-page summary of each customer’s [...]
Continue reading...Landrieu: Economy Improving, But More Help Needed
3. April 2010
United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, made the following statement on the announcement that approximately 162,000 Americans were put back to work in the month of March: “Last month, approximately 162,000 Americans were put back to work - a sign that the measures Congress is [...]
Continue reading...More Businesses Dismissing Banks for Business Loans
27. March 2010
As traditional bank loans become scarce, more small business owners are turning to alternatives like business cash advances offered by BusinessCashAdvance.com. The company has provided an attractive option to a growing number of entrepreneurs seeking business loans in this tough economy. It expects this trend to continue as credit tightens even further. While many of BusinessCashAdvance.com’s [...]
Continue reading...Financial Literacy Month - A Good Time to Have ‘the Talk’ With Your Teen About Money
27. March 2010
The Illinois CPA Society offers suggestions on raising savings smart teens April is Financial Literacy Month, and the recently announced findings of the annual “Teens and Personal Finance Survey” conducted by Junior Achievement (JA) and the Allstate Foundation, indicate it might be wise to pay a little more attention to the importance of financial literacy – [...]
Continue reading...New Study Shows S Corporation ESOPs Outperformed Other Companies During the Recent Recession
25. March 2010
A Georgetown University/McDonough School of Business study released today found that, in the most recent economic recession, Subchapter S business companies owned by their employees through employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) demonstrated considerable resilience and performed better than other companies in providing for workers’ retirement security, job creation, and revenue growth. Economists Phillip Swagel and Robert [...]
Continue reading...Lockton Advises Employers to Focus on Immediate Health Reform Changes
25. March 2010
Employee business benefits consultant urges patience during webinars Health reform enacted into law Tuesday means short-term and long-term changes for employers. Lockton, a leading employee benefits consultant, advises employers to remain patient and focus first on provisions that take effect as early as October of this year. On a webinar, Ed Fensholt, an attorney and Lockton’s [...]
Continue reading...Cheap TV Spots Offers Top Ten Business Savings Tips
22. March 2010
Businesses are seeking smart ways to keep in the public eye - Cheap-TV-Spots.com offers ten savings tips to help your business get there. One. Help your customers win their budget war - by buying from you. Can you save your customers money? Offer discounts? Cheap TV Spots can create a national quality, affordable TV ad featuring [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Outlines New Opportunities at MIX10
18. March 2010
Unveils end-to-end development platform with free tools for Windows Phone 7 Series and advances with Silverlight that will bring new applications, businesses, games and experiences to life. Today at MIX10, Microsoft Corp. showcased advancements in its platform technologies that enable the developer and designer community to deliver compelling user experiences across a broad set of devices. Building [...]
Continue reading...Foresters Launches Financial Helpline for Members
17. March 2010
Service is one of many ways Foresters commits to “be there” for members in need In response to the challenges posed by the economic downturn, Foresters(TM), a life insurance provider committed to the well-being of families, has added Everyday Money, a new toll-free confidential phone-based financial helpline, to its complimentary benefits for members. The Everyday Money helpline [...]
Continue reading...Morgan Keegan to Offer Farmer Mac Programs to Commercial Banking Clients
15. March 2010
The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac; NYSE: AGM and AGM.A) and Morgan Keegan & Company, a regional investment firm in Memphis, Tennessee, today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Morgan Keegan will begin marketing Farmer Mac programs designed specifically for Morgan Keegan’s commercial banking business clients that hold agricultural mortgage [...]
Continue reading...The Average AMC Appraiser Has More Than 15 Years Experience: TAVMA
15. March 2010
Study also finds AMCs use of certified appraisers exceeds the national average On average, an appraiser working with major appraisal management companies (AMC) has more than 15 years of experience appraising real estate properties, according to a new survey conducted by the Title/Appraisal Vendor Management Association (TAVMA). In addition, the survey showed that the vast majority [...]
Continue reading...MassMutual Survey: Finding Work-Life Balance Difficult When Family Business Is Your Life
3. March 2010
Finding a healthy balance between work and home life is tough enough, but when you work for a family business and your colleagues are your kin, it can require a sense of coordination worthy of a high-wire circus act. But striking a balance is not impossible, and can make a family business even more enjoyable and [...]
Continue reading...Straight Answers at a Premium in US Insurance Market
2. March 2010
Five years ago today, underwriters at Beazley USA Services Inc., a subsidiary of Beazley Group, one of the largest insurers in the Lloyd’s business market, bound their first professional liability policy on US soil. Beazley’s locally underwritten US business has since grown to more than $370 million in annual premiums and Beazley’s US underwriters [...]
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10. April 2010
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