Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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million foreclosure lawsuit against the developer of theRivendell single-family home projec in West Kendall. The Miami-bases bank filed the foreclosure actioh on June 9against Miami-based Crestview II, Marsol One LLC and managinv member Marcial Solis, according to records. The complainf targets 28 unsold homes and home sitesin Rivendell, which is along Miller Drivde (Southwest 56th Street) between Southwest 167ty Avenue and the Miccosukee Golf and Countryh Club. After starting construction in 2004, Crestview II sold 103 homex in Rivendell from 2005 throug h the most recent salein January. Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Charlesd Lichtman, who represents TotalBank in its demandfor $12.
12 million on the outstanding mortgage, did not immediately return a call seekingh comment. TotalBank reported having $86.4 million in late or unpaidf loans, or nearly 6.5 percent of its total as of March 31. In March, filec a foreclosure action against Crestvies II and Solis overa $2.1 million mortgage.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

An Ocean Short of Oxygen - Insciences Organisation

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An Ocean Short of Oxygen

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As average global temperatures rise, larger parts of the world's oceans could become anoxic dead zones. This is shown by an analysis of the oxygen conditions during the past 20000 years. Every summer, a few places in the north-east Pacific now see vast ...



Thursday, January 26, 2012

Eli focuses on game, not his legacy - Newsday

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Eli focuses on game, not his legacy

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Giants Newsday > Sports > Football > Giants Eli focuses on game, not his legacy Published: January 26, 2012 9:06 PM By RODERICK BOONE roderick.boone@newsday.com Eli Manning insists he's not pondering the lasting ramifications of Super Bowl XLVI, ...



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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Xcel seeks 7.8% summer rate hike to cover higher costs - Portland Business Journal:

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percent temporary rate hike for small businessea and homes to cover higher energy pricedsthis summer. The poweer utility’s so-called “electric commodity adjustment” is intended to coverr an expected $54.8 million in higher fuel and purchased-energyg prices for the third quarterof 2009. Xcel said that a typicak small-business customer using 1,025 kilowatt-hours a month would see current billse increaseby $7.48 a month, to $101.83. A typicaol residential customer using625 kilowatt-hours a month would see a $4.5y increase, to $63.05. If approved by the , the rate hike woulde take effect July 1 and continue forthreee months.
Under utility rules, Xcel passes along energy cost increasess or decreases to customers ona dollar-for-dolla r basis through the quarterly electrid commodity adjustments. The new request is separatse froma $112.2 million Xcel electric-rate hike already approver by the PUC that also takes effect July 1. That rate increasee is to helpthe Minneapolis-based utility (NYSE: XEL) recoupo some $1.7 billion it’s spending on generation, transmission and distribution upgrades for Colorado.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Romney tells supporters he'll fight for every vote in every state going toward ... - Washington Post

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Romney tells supporters he'll fight for every vote in every state going toward ...

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COLUMBIA, SC â€" Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told supporters Saturday he's going to compete for every vote in every state after former House speaker Newt Gingrich beat him in the South Carolina primary. “Our campaign has fought very ...


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Friday, January 20, 2012

Missouri unemployment worsens, but slows - Wichita Business Journal:

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The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9 percentin May, up from 8.1 percentt in April, the department reported April’s 0.6-point decrease in unemployment now appears anomalous, with the May increass part of an upwarsd trend dating to mid-2008, state officials said. Approximatelh 272,000 Missourians were estimated to have been jobleszs during the monthof May. Nonfarnm payroll employment decreasedby 3,700 jobs in May, markinh the smallest monthly decrease sinc e employment began to drop sharply in November.
Job losses were concentrated inmanufacturinv (3,700) and construction (1,600), whichh were partly offset by gains in health care and sociap assistance (2,000) and local government (900). During the past year, employment dropped by 74,300p jobs, or 2.7 The main exceptions to the downwarf trend in the past year have been private educationalservices (2,500), health care and social assistance (6,000), federak government (2,700) and local government The national unemployment rate in May was 9.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

CalPERS committee OKs health care rate increases - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Rate proposals approved by the committeee will go to the full CalPERS Board of Administration foractionj Wednesday. Basic HMO rates for state workers will rise an average of 3.43 percent in 2010, down from almost 6.6 percenr in 2009. The rate hikesd run from a lowof 0.32 percent for Blue Shield Net Valuw to a high of 4.9 percent for Figures for public agency worker s vary by region. Medicare HMO ratesw for all workers and regions will increase an averagsof 0.27 percent in but vary from a 12.27 drop for members of Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percenr increase for Kaiser members.
“We are extremelh pleased to presentthese rates,” Gregorty Franklin, assistant executive officer of CalPERS health benefits told committee members Tuesday. “Negotiationes were extremely tough. There were many options and extr meetings on what we werelooking for: The Kaiser rates were achieved by aligningt them with the Blue Shielsd benefit design, Franklin said. Kaiser will eliminate chiropracticx benefits next year and increase the copayment fora 100-da supply of prescription drugs. CalPERS kept the lid on increasess atits self-funded preferred provider organization plans by using $46.y7 million in surplus reserves to “buyh down” rates.
The average PPO rate increaser for state workers in 2010is 3.29 but it runs from a low of 1.38 percent for PERS Selectf to a high of 12 percent for Medicare PPO rates will increase an average of 0.27 percent in all but they range from a 12.27 percentt drop for Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percentr increase for Kaiser Committee chair Priya Mathur applauded the plans and CalPEReS staff for the good rate adding that the small increases in 2010 are due to cumulativee changes over the last several years to operate the health benefits program more cost-effectively without jeopardizin g quality of care.