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In 1995, my wife and I purchased
a modular double wide from Oakwood
Homes. Oakwood also had it’s
own financing group called
Oakwood Finance.
We signed a mortgage note for
$385 a month payments.
For 14 yrs, we paid on this mortgage
without failure.
In 2009, Oakwood Finance was bought
out by Vanderbilt Mortgage, which is
a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
owned by Warran Buffet.
After Warran bought out Oakwood Finance,
Warran changed the original contract
mortgage note and our mortgage premiums
increased to $527 a [...]
From Jeff Thomas for Casey Research:
… As the recent events in Cyprus have been unfolding, each iteration has seemed to me to be not only logical, but almost predictable. As Jim Sinclair has recently been stating frequently, the EU has run out of options… The next step is confiscation.
There will, of course, be endless rhetoric and debate, followed by minor adjustments in method and percentage taken, but, ultimately, the powers-that-be [...]
Tens of thousands of health care professionals, union workers and community activists hired as “navigators” to help Americans choose Obamacare options starting Oct. 1 could earn $20 an hour or more, according to new regulations issued Wednesday.
The 63-page rule covering navigators, drawn up by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, also said the government will provide free translators for those not fluent in English — no matter what their native language is.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/obamacare-to-pay-navigators-20-to-48-an-hour-provide-free-translators/article/2526167
Flavia Krause-Jackson
bloomberg.com
March 27, 2013
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon recommended that as many as 11,200 United Nations peacekeepers and a special counterterrorist unit be deployed to Mali to take over the fight against Islamic insurgents in the land-locked African nation, relieving France.
Ban laid out the options for Mali in a 26-page report obtained by Bloomberg News, as France seeks to pull back 4,000 troops following its January intervention to rid [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Stock Exchange is being sold to a rival exchange for about $8 billion, ending more than two centuries of independence for the iconic Big Board.
IntercontinentalExchange Inc., an upstart exchange based in Atlanta, said Thursday that NYSE Euronext Inc. shareholders can chose to receive either $33.12 in cash, .2581 IntercontinentalExchange Inc. shares, or a combination of $11.27 in cash plus .1703 shares of stock.
http://www.kxan.com/…/intercontinentalexchange-to-buy-nyse-for-82b
NYSE [...]
SARAH CWIEK
michiganradio.org
November 29, 2012
Detroit is at a political impasse that could lead to a financial collapse next month.
Now, one state legislator is saying Lansing should consider “all its options”—including possibly dissolving the city as a municipality.
The idea of dissolving Detroit—and effectively merging it with Wayne County—has popped up occasionally in some business and political circles recently.
But mid-Michigan senator Rick Jones is the first official to publicly discuss that as an [...]
by Mike Shedlock, Global Economic Analysis:
On the near 100% probability that Germany will not voluntarily give money to Spain, nor will Germany voluntarily modify its trade policies, the choices facing Spain are quite bleak.
Michael Pettis, writing for Carnegie Europe describes Spain’s unpleasant choices in Spain Will be Forced to Choose.
In the great debate over the economy we sometimes forget the simple arithmetic of economic rebalancing. This arithmetic, like it or not, severely [...]
Facebook is in the middle of three major new “lockup” releases in which early investors and employees can finally sell.
The first came on October 29. The stock has dropped from $22 to $19 since then as many insiders have headed for the exits.
The second release, which is much larger, will hit this Wednesday, November 14.
The third will hit December 14.
Additionally, several of Facebook’s senior executives, including COO Sheryl Sandberg, have received the [...]
As people begin to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Sandy, the big question on most people’s minds is whether insurance will kick in or if they will be ignored.
When we spoke to residents of Little Ferry on Thursday after the storm, they were not optimistic about their insurance. When we returned on Sunday, some had gotten through to insurance but were still not sure what would and wouldn’t be covered.
Residents [...]
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Springfield’s budget director says the city is out of options to be reimbursed for expenses associated with hosting then-Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign stop in the fall of 2008.
“Short of suing the campaign, which isn’t really going to do anything — it would drag on forever — there’s really nothing we can do,” said Bill McCarty. “We’ve tried.”
Obama introduced his running mate, Joe Biden, at [...]
From Resource Investor:
Now that you’ve decided to buy silver, it’s time to think about properly storing and protecting it.
It is often said that silver bullion has no counter-party risk, and in a monetary sense, this is indeed true.
Although silver bullion requires no counter-party to sustain its value, there is and always remains the very real threat of theft.
With the threat of burglary in mind, there are two intelligent options in [...]
Economist John Williams of Shadowstats.com says, “You’re likely going to see a dollar sell-off . . . That should evolve into hyperinflation.” Williams predicts, “Hyperinflation is virtually assured because the Fed doesn’t have any options left.” Williams says people should get prepared because we are facing a “man-made disaster.” Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he goes One-on-One with John Williams.
Barack Obama’s Democrats have formally nominated him for re-election in November, during the second day of the Party’s National Convention in North Carolina. Ex-President Bill Clinton took center stage to praise Obama and hit back at Republican claims that he has the worst economic record of any President in modern history. For more, RT talks to Lawrence Freeman, from Executive Intelligence Review Magazine.
RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air
With the pensions crisis looming large over Britain, people are beginning to realise that they need to start saving for retirement earlier than ever.
And according to investment platform operator Skandia, it is never too early to start.
The company has revealed that grandparents putting just £240 a month into a pension for their grandchild can make them a millionaire by the time they’re 60.
Make your grandchild a millionaire: new research shows [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Organic produce and meat typically isn’t any better for you than conventional varieties when it comes to vitamin and nutrient content, according to a new review of the evidence.
But organic options may live up to their billing of lowering exposure to pesticide residue and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers from Stanford University and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System found.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/organic-food-no-healthier-non-organic-study-210536314.html
Mohamed El-Erian, the CEO of PIMCO, the world’s biggest bond fund, doesn’t think that’s going to happen.
In an interview with CNBC, El-Erian said he and his team think it’s being discussed at a high level, but that it’s probably not going to happen:
We suspect – we do not know, we suspect – that this is one of the options – capping yields – that the ECB is looking at. We do not think it’s [...]
Mario Draghi claims he can save the Euro.
I don’t buy it… even for one second. As far as I can see the ECB has one of two “Bail Mary” options. They are:
1) Massive money printing and buying of sovereign debt
2) The issuance of Euro-bonds along with across the board banking backstops.
As I noted in a recent article, #1 is impossible. If the ECB does this it will implode the bond market, which means [...]
From MoneyCrashers:
In June of 2010, my husband and I relocated from Columbus, Ohio, to Lafayette, Indiana, so that he could start a new job. Our house in Columbus was in a well-established and highly attractive neighborhood that had historically been immune to dips in the housing market.
Despite the fact that we were placing our house on the market after spring – the prime real estate season – and the fact [...]
After last week’s shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., the city of Houston has released a how-to video on surviving a shooter event.
The video was created with funds from the Homeland Security Department.
“I can’t imagine the horror and grief. If it is at all possible for any good to come out of it, perhaps it can be letting people know the options to consider if it happens again,” [...]
Ian Sample
guardian.co.uk
July 25, 2012
The NHS must find more than 1,000 extra school nurses to give the flu vaccine to healthy children under plans announced on Wednesday to expand the vaccination programme to all children aged two to 17.
Millions more people will be offered the vaccine, a nasal spray called Fluenz, under the scheme that is expected to run from 2014, the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, said. Options being considered to [...]
Newsweek will eventually transition to an online publication, owner IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI)said today, marking the beginning of the end for the magazine’s 79-year run as a print weekly.
IAC Chairman Barry Diller made the announcement during a quarterly earnings conference call, saying the New York-based company aims to curb investments in the money-losing business. Still, he stopped short of saying it would be a “total” shift to the Internet.
“The transition to online from hard print [...]
http://www.businessinsider.com/traders-playing-poker-in-the-30-year-pit-2012-7
By MarketWatch
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — For years now, the refrain from the Federal Reserve on inflation has gone something like this:
Yes, we see oil (and therefore gasoline) prices rising, and no, we’re not happy about it, but when forecasting future inflation, it’s best to look at the core.
And, it should be quickly added, the Fed was absolutely right. Spikes in oil didn’t lead to massive increases in [...]
From FT:
Chastened by the explosive growth of credit-financed expenditures from the past stimulus program, China’s system now has to rely on the recently announced fiscal efforts to accelerate expenditures on infrastructure projects including roads, rail and power plants. While more transparent and less prone to waste, the fiscal channel is more bureaucratic with its expansionary impact less readily felt compared with the banking channel. Thus there continues to be a [...]
London Telegraph
May 16, 2012
Europe’s financial crisis lurched into a perilous new phase as dire predictions emerged of a collapse in Greece’s economy, with a run on its banks bringing an inevitable end to its membership of the euro.
As leaders in Athens accepted the need for a new general election to end a national stalemate, the International Monetary Fund said Europe’s leaders should prepare for the possibility of a Greek departure [...]
From FT:
Mitt Romney has two options to consider if he were to face the same problems experienced by Barack Obama in advancing his agenda.
On Monday morning, JCPenney relayed another message down to the workers in its stores.
CEO Ron Johnson is eliminating commission at JCPenney. Previously, sales staff in six departments received commission — such as jewelry and the salon.
The new policy begins on May 20th, which was confirmed by the Dallas Morning News and JCPenney yesterday.
Also, some commission associates were told they were being laid off.
We spoke with some employees about what went down that day. We’ve withheld their [...]
Facebook Just Did Something Absolutely Brilliant On Android
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One of our biggest problems with Facebook’s mobile app is that it’s nearly impossible to shoot and upload a new photo without lurching through a bunch of different screens and options.
The latest update to Facebook’s Android app fixes that.
Now Facebook includes a separate “Camera” app that lets you shoot and upload your photos directly to Facebook. You no longer have to dig through the main app’s menus.
All [...]
100GB is for paying customers. 5GB frer storage is merely “meh”. I really was expecting more from Google:
The rumors about Google Drive have been coming fast and furious lately, and now we’ve got one more piece to add to the puzzle — as well as a possible launch date. Reuters is reporting that Google’s cloud-storage service will indeed launch with 5GB of free storage as was reported last week, but adds that users will be [...]
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