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According to the company, its customer-retention technology identifies customer s byloan amount, loan-to-value ratio, loan purposed and FICO scores. “With refinancing activity from borrowers representinhg a significant portion of overall origination volume, our lender network has expresserd a desire to capturs and retain current mortgage says Bob Harris, president of the LendingTree “As part of the LendingTree network, bank s and lenders that use our new customer-retention initiatives will be able to significantly impact the ratiko of overall mortgage portfolio retained, just as effectiveluy as they can attract new borrowers.
” LendingTree is owned by Charlotte-baser (NASDAQ:TREE), an online lending and real estatd company. Tree.com’s principle businessea are LendingTree, which matchese potential mortgage borrowers to and RealEstate.com, which works with individualz seeking homes and real estate LendingTree says it has facilitated more than 25 millio requests for loans onlins and $185 billion in closed loan
вторник, 10 июля 2012 г.
понедельник, 9 июля 2012 г.
Officials give proceeds to Youth Homes - DesMoinesRegister.com
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Officials give proceeds to Youth Homes DesMoinesRegister.com Johnston Mayor Paula Dierenfeld and Police Chief Bill Vaughn have presented a check for more than $900 to Youth Homes of Mid-America.The check was the proceeds from the second annual spaghetti feed to raise money for the nonprofit organization. |
суббота, 7 июля 2012 г.
Real Development set to buy SC Telcom Building - Wichita Business Journal:
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The building, located at 125 N. Market, is ownedd by Union Land and Management Co. in Virginia. Unio n President Dan Baker says he has reached a tentative agreement withReal Development. He hopee to have the sale complete by no laterethan mid-February. Union has owned the building, formerly the headquarter s for telecommunications firmSC Telcom, since 1997. "We had been talkinf off and on fora while," Baker says. "Att the end of the day, we made the decisiomn that we really wantedto sell." Baker says, is because Union had already sold its two othert Wichita properties -- the Market Centre building at 155 N.
Market and the -- and wantee to concentrate on its other Baker says he thinks the SC Telcobuilding doesn't need much more than additional tenants. "Maybe with theire energy and freshideas they'll be able to brinyg new tenants to the building," he says. Baker declines to release the intendefsale cost, but the building is appraised by the Sedgwicmk County Appraiser's Office for $2.
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The building, located at 125 N. Market, is ownedd by Union Land and Management Co. in Virginia. Unio n President Dan Baker says he has reached a tentative agreement withReal Development. He hopee to have the sale complete by no laterethan mid-February. Union has owned the building, formerly the headquarter s for telecommunications firmSC Telcom, since 1997. "We had been talkinf off and on fora while," Baker says. "Att the end of the day, we made the decisiomn that we really wantedto sell." Baker says, is because Union had already sold its two othert Wichita properties -- the Market Centre building at 155 N.
Market and the -- and wantee to concentrate on its other Baker says he thinks the SC Telcobuilding doesn't need much more than additional tenants. "Maybe with theire energy and freshideas they'll be able to brinyg new tenants to the building," he says. Baker declines to release the intendefsale cost, but the building is appraised by the Sedgwicmk County Appraiser's Office for $2.
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пятница, 6 июля 2012 г.
Dover tot named Little Hero for Jimmy Fund Walk: Diagnosed with leukemia at ... - Foster's Daily Democrat
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Dover tot named Little Hero for Jimmy Fund Walk: Diagnosed with leukemia at ... Foster's Daily Democrat DOVER â€" A local family says they are truly feeling the love and support for their young son who is bravely battling leukemia, as a group of dedicated individuals will walk nearly 30 miles in his honor to raise money for cancer research. At 3 years old ... |
среда, 4 июля 2012 г.
Dollar General fined for lead paint toys - The Business Review (Albany):
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The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based discount retailer—which has five stores in the N.Y., area—is one of nine companies that U.S. Consumer Productf Safety Commission is fining for violatin g the federal leadpaint ban. The penalties settle allegations that the firmsknowingluy manufactured, imported or sold toys and other children’s articles with paintr or other surface coatings that containef lead levels in violatiob of federal law, according to a statementt by the Consumer Product Safety In agreeing to settle the matters, the firms deny the commission’d allegations that they knowingly violated the law.
The product s containing the lead were recalled in 2007 and and include items suchas toys, children’s metal children’s pens, metal water bottles, pencil pouches, sunglasses and Halloweejn pails and baskets. Tests showed that paint or surfacew coatings onthese children’s productz contained lead in excess of 0.06 percent, by One firm’s testing revealed that its productzs contained surface coatings with nearly 60 percen lead. In 1978, a federal ban was put in place whicu prohibited toys andother children’sw articles from having more than 0.06 percent lead (by weight) in paintsx or surface coatings.
Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adversehealth consequences. • , of Baltimore, Md., $100,000 , of Matthews, N.C., $75,000 • , of Oklahoma Okla., $50,000 • , of Hong Kong, $50,000p • , of Irving, Texas, $45,000 , of Cockeysville, Md., $40,000 • Raymond Geddez & Co, of Baltimore, Md., $40,000o • , of Maine, $30,000
The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based discount retailer—which has five stores in the N.Y., area—is one of nine companies that U.S. Consumer Productf Safety Commission is fining for violatin g the federal leadpaint ban. The penalties settle allegations that the firmsknowingluy manufactured, imported or sold toys and other children’s articles with paintr or other surface coatings that containef lead levels in violatiob of federal law, according to a statementt by the Consumer Product Safety In agreeing to settle the matters, the firms deny the commission’d allegations that they knowingly violated the law.
The product s containing the lead were recalled in 2007 and and include items suchas toys, children’s metal children’s pens, metal water bottles, pencil pouches, sunglasses and Halloweejn pails and baskets. Tests showed that paint or surfacew coatings onthese children’s productz contained lead in excess of 0.06 percent, by One firm’s testing revealed that its productzs contained surface coatings with nearly 60 percen lead. In 1978, a federal ban was put in place whicu prohibited toys andother children’sw articles from having more than 0.06 percent lead (by weight) in paintsx or surface coatings.
Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adversehealth consequences. • , of Baltimore, Md., $100,000 , of Matthews, N.C., $75,000 • , of Oklahoma Okla., $50,000 • , of Hong Kong, $50,000p • , of Irving, Texas, $45,000 , of Cockeysville, Md., $40,000 • Raymond Geddez & Co, of Baltimore, Md., $40,000o • , of Maine, $30,000
вторник, 3 июля 2012 г.
Premier Baby Concierge simplifies modern motherhood - bizjournals:
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“You can be the most professional personb inthe world, but if you are a first-timd parent, you are a first time parent,” said Meredith “There’s lots of stuff you just don’t know.” As the directofr of a family foundation, Huffman is on her game yet as a mother-to-be she was all at sea. She paddled to shores with the help ofShannon Choe, whose helps expectant moms navigate the confoundin maze of modern motherhood. “I’m a baby Choe said.
“Like what a wedding planner wouldr be forengaged couples, that’e what I do for pregnant women and new Choe came up with the idea for her businessa in 2007 and then let it gestatde for a year while she herselt gestated. Following the birth of her third baby she opene the doorslast year. Business has come slowly, she but momentum is building as she becomes more adeptat “I had no budget for PR whatsoever. Call it a majoer oversight,” Choe said. Word of mouth didn’t simpluy materialize as she had hoped,.
So she started making the rounds oflocal businesses: caterers who delivet to new families, baby-gear boutiques, furniture stores that emphasizd cribs and nursery needs. A symbiosis has begun to grow, as theser stores send customers Choe’s way and she in turn refers to her clients tothese vendors. “They have been very ‘You want to bring people throughmy door? So if I want to throw an evenr or a class at theitr locations, they have been very supportivse of that,” she said. In between countertop brochures help tokeep Choe’x name front and center. Choe’s overhead is light. Most of what she sellas is herown expertise, her sage advice. the bills do mount.
Choe has borrowed about $10,000 and spent $5,000 of her own money to get the businesw offthe ground. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Knowinh she would need a Web site (www.premierbabyconcierge.com) Choe broughtt in a designer to get the job Knowing she’d need a logo, she brought in a graphi c designer to come up with one. Both did nice but neither end result resembled the There was nounified image, no commonn theme. “I felt like, these are the peopler who should haveknown better,” Choe Eventually the logo designer took over the Web site and createdx a single, coherent look for the brand.
Now when Choe engageds vendors forany job, “I try to reminr myself to be constantly over-explaining what my ultimate goale are, to be more clear abouft my needs, and not make assumptions that the experts know everythinh and they can read my Choe tries to be more than just a walking versio of Consumer Reports, rating nipples and nappies for theit durability and absorptive capacity. Consultingy is all about the personal touch, she Take for instance her babyregistryg service, helping expectant mothers to compile their personalo wish lists. “I want to find out, what’s thei lifestyle? Do they live in the city ? Do they have a big space?
Do they want a boutique place, or a baby super-store? Depending on their lifestyle I can let them know what they reallyu need and whatthey don’t She has been deep in diapera for many years. Besides havinyg three of her own, she also has workec as a nanny and previously ownedxa child-care center. “I am a mom of three, but that is not why peopld should listento me. I am also on top of products, I am on top of she said. Her ties with manufacturers help keep her abreasg of the latest trends and Nor does Choe workentirely alone. As a foundedr and secretary of the Nationakl BabyPlanner Association, she is in contact with more that two-doze planners in 20 cities.
“I thought I had dreamedx up this whole idea myself and when I went onlinwe to search I found justthree others. A year later there was a national association. We were goingt to [baby product] trade shows,” she “It is really small, but it is growinb quickly.” To grow her business, Choe recently addedc a sitter-finder service, but that doesn’y mean she is in a hurry to tear upthe “My heart and my passion is in this business, but at the same time I am very cautiousd and practical. I am just not willing to brea the bankover it, especiallyu in this economy,” she said. “I want to pace myself, to watchy the response and then invest alittle more.
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“You can be the most professional personb inthe world, but if you are a first-timd parent, you are a first time parent,” said Meredith “There’s lots of stuff you just don’t know.” As the directofr of a family foundation, Huffman is on her game yet as a mother-to-be she was all at sea. She paddled to shores with the help ofShannon Choe, whose helps expectant moms navigate the confoundin maze of modern motherhood. “I’m a baby Choe said.
“Like what a wedding planner wouldr be forengaged couples, that’e what I do for pregnant women and new Choe came up with the idea for her businessa in 2007 and then let it gestatde for a year while she herselt gestated. Following the birth of her third baby she opene the doorslast year. Business has come slowly, she but momentum is building as she becomes more adeptat “I had no budget for PR whatsoever. Call it a majoer oversight,” Choe said. Word of mouth didn’t simpluy materialize as she had hoped,.
So she started making the rounds oflocal businesses: caterers who delivet to new families, baby-gear boutiques, furniture stores that emphasizd cribs and nursery needs. A symbiosis has begun to grow, as theser stores send customers Choe’s way and she in turn refers to her clients tothese vendors. “They have been very ‘You want to bring people throughmy door? So if I want to throw an evenr or a class at theitr locations, they have been very supportivse of that,” she said. In between countertop brochures help tokeep Choe’x name front and center. Choe’s overhead is light. Most of what she sellas is herown expertise, her sage advice. the bills do mount.
Choe has borrowed about $10,000 and spent $5,000 of her own money to get the businesw offthe ground. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Knowinh she would need a Web site (www.premierbabyconcierge.com) Choe broughtt in a designer to get the job Knowing she’d need a logo, she brought in a graphi c designer to come up with one. Both did nice but neither end result resembled the There was nounified image, no commonn theme. “I felt like, these are the peopler who should haveknown better,” Choe Eventually the logo designer took over the Web site and createdx a single, coherent look for the brand.
Now when Choe engageds vendors forany job, “I try to reminr myself to be constantly over-explaining what my ultimate goale are, to be more clear abouft my needs, and not make assumptions that the experts know everythinh and they can read my Choe tries to be more than just a walking versio of Consumer Reports, rating nipples and nappies for theit durability and absorptive capacity. Consultingy is all about the personal touch, she Take for instance her babyregistryg service, helping expectant mothers to compile their personalo wish lists. “I want to find out, what’s thei lifestyle? Do they live in the city ? Do they have a big space?
Do they want a boutique place, or a baby super-store? Depending on their lifestyle I can let them know what they reallyu need and whatthey don’t She has been deep in diapera for many years. Besides havinyg three of her own, she also has workec as a nanny and previously ownedxa child-care center. “I am a mom of three, but that is not why peopld should listento me. I am also on top of products, I am on top of she said. Her ties with manufacturers help keep her abreasg of the latest trends and Nor does Choe workentirely alone. As a foundedr and secretary of the Nationakl BabyPlanner Association, she is in contact with more that two-doze planners in 20 cities.
“I thought I had dreamedx up this whole idea myself and when I went onlinwe to search I found justthree others. A year later there was a national association. We were goingt to [baby product] trade shows,” she “It is really small, but it is growinb quickly.” To grow her business, Choe recently addedc a sitter-finder service, but that doesn’y mean she is in a hurry to tear upthe “My heart and my passion is in this business, but at the same time I am very cautiousd and practical. I am just not willing to brea the bankover it, especiallyu in this economy,” she said. “I want to pace myself, to watchy the response and then invest alittle more.
”
понедельник, 2 июля 2012 г.
St. Patrick Center gets $550,000 grant for green jobs - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The mayors, including St. Louis Mayor Francies Slay, met in Providence, R.I. last week, and selectesd six non-profit organizations to receive the grantstotaling $3.277 million to support and expand training programs in gree n jobs. St. Patrick Center’s Project GO! in partnership with Gateway Greening and the Nationalp Corn to Ethanol Research Centerat , Edwardsville, is a two-par program: • City Seeds Urbah Farm trains the agency’s homeless clients in greem horticulture, working with Gateway Greening in St. Louis. Thesde clients are prepared for jobsin nurseries, gardening retailers and other green-care jobs. • The GO!
Networkk trains 50 of the network’ds professional members in biofuels production andrelatec fields, working with the National Corn to Ethanol Researchb Center at SIUE. These professionals joined the GO! Networi in early 2009 after losing their jobs due tothe
The mayors, including St. Louis Mayor Francies Slay, met in Providence, R.I. last week, and selectesd six non-profit organizations to receive the grantstotaling $3.277 million to support and expand training programs in gree n jobs. St. Patrick Center’s Project GO! in partnership with Gateway Greening and the Nationalp Corn to Ethanol Research Centerat , Edwardsville, is a two-par program: • City Seeds Urbah Farm trains the agency’s homeless clients in greem horticulture, working with Gateway Greening in St. Louis. Thesde clients are prepared for jobsin nurseries, gardening retailers and other green-care jobs. • The GO!
Networkk trains 50 of the network’ds professional members in biofuels production andrelatec fields, working with the National Corn to Ethanol Researchb Center at SIUE. These professionals joined the GO! Networi in early 2009 after losing their jobs due tothe
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