DTV Coupon Program Out of Money

to prepare for next month's switch to digital television, you may have trouble getting one before the Feb. 17 deadline.
, which is running the coupon program, said it is nearing the program's $1.34 billion funding limit. That means people trying to order coupons will be placed on a waiting list until more funds become available.
Each $40 coupon expires after 90 days. Unredeemed coupons are redistributed to other households that need them. But Read the rest of this entry »

January 3, 2009 | , ,
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Lessons learned: Investing pros talk about 2008

Our portfolios shrank in 2008, yet we're rich as investors.
Rich, that is, in the wisdom that comes from bitter experience. After confronting what will surely go down as one of the worst financial crises of all time, we should all be much smarter about matters of investing.
Let's review some of the key lessons of 2008. One of the most important is that your risk of losing money rises sharply when you venture away from safe but low-paying investments Read the rest of this entry »

January 1, 2009 | , , , , , ,
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Assisted living sites face legal challenges Sunwest Management CEO …

In a last-ditch effort to save his company, Sunwest Management CEO Jon Harder placed himself and 14 individual assisted living centers — including Alpine Court in Eugene — into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In legal maneuvering that unfolded in the waning days of 2008, Harder sought an injunction to stop nine big investment banks from seizing the most profitable of the company’s nearly 270 assisted living centers across the country.
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December 31, 2008 | , , , , , , ,
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Ciena Solutions Joins SAP(R) PartnerEdge(TM) as an SAP Services …

Ciena Solutions, a NetSol Technologies, Inc.
"NetSol" (NASDAQ: NTWK) (DIFX: NTWK) company and provider of enterprise
application solutions and global business services, today announced it has
joined the SAP® PartnerEdge(TM) program as an SAP services partner. The
program gives partners access to resources, services and benefits that will
help Ciena Solutions build and maintain a successful partnership with SAP,
which will help it to optimize business Read the rest of this entry »

December 28, 2008 | , , , ,
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Patient care not as good at for-profit nursing homes, analysis shows

For-profit nursing homes are more likely to provide worse care than their nonprofit rivals, according to a USA TODAY analysis of the government’s first ranking of nearly 16,000 nursing homes.
The new Zagat-like rating system, released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, assigns homes one to five stars for their quality, staffing and health inspections, plus an overall score.
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December 27, 2008 | , , , , , , ,
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Sebelius not interested in Obama’s Commerce opening

— Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Monday she is not interested in becoming secretary of Commerce as President-elect Barack Obama searches for a new appointee.
Some national news organizations mentioned Sebelius as a possible replacement for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who withdrew because of a federal investigation into how some of his political donors received a lucrative state contract. Richardson has denied any wrongdoing but said the probe Read the rest of this entry »

December 27, 2008 | , , , ,
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EMS Technologies sees 2009 profit above analysts

EMS Technologies Inc.
on Monday issued a full-year profit forecast above Wall Street expectations, saying it expects improving results across all its businesses.
The Atlanta-based maker of wireless communications technology expects per-share earnings from continuing operations in the range of $1.55 to $1.65 in 2009, based on accounting standards used in 2008 and prior years.
The bottom end of the company's expected profit range is just above Read the rest of this entry »

December 26, 2008 | , , , , ,
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Ira Millstein’s Opinion Helped Steer Yeshiva’s Money to Madoff

Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- A legal opinion from
, a corporate-governance specialist for four decades,
helped set the stage for
’s millions of dollars
in losses in the Madoff scandal.
Millstein, a senior partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, said
in a letter seen by Bloomberg News that Yeshiva had “followed
procedures adequate to prevent either the appearance or the
reality of a conflict of interest.” The September 2000 opinion
cleared financier
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December 26, 2008 | , , , , , ,
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Speak Though Videos and Foster Online Business

(OPENPRESS) December 26, 2008 -- Quick cam Recorder is a portable Webcam recorder that helps to record your videos direct to your website through your browser, and also playback your videos. It is now so easy to both record videos of yourself and publish them to the internet.
One of the biggest challenges faced in business is to effectively communicate one’s message to customers. Sharing information through videos is one of the simplest and best Read the rest of this entry »

December 25, 2008 | , , , , ,
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New York Community Bancorp, Inc. to Issue Fourth Quarter 2008 …

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) (the "Company”) today
announced that it expects to issue its earnings release for the three
and twelve months ended December 31, 2008 at approximately 8:00 a.m.
Eastern Time (ET) on Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The release will be
posted to the Company’s web site,
,
upon issuance.
The Company will conduct a post-earnings conference call at 9:30 a.m.
(ET) on January 27th, during which Chairman, President, Read the rest of this entry »

December 24, 2008 | , , , , , ,
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