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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued the following bulletin:. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement a quantitative liquidity…

Carole M. Bass, a partner in the Trusts& Estates practice at Moses& Singer LLP, spoke on a panel on “Life, Death and ART” at the 2013 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys and the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, held in Charleston, SC from Nov. 10 to Nov. 12. Approximately 270 professionals attended the conference.

For residents of Kansas City MO, being unfamiliar with the benefit process and the law can make it difficult to obtain your rightful social security disability benefits. The introduction of no-cost consultations with a knowledgeable social security disability attorney in Kansas City MO offers local residents a place to go to ask questions and get answers…

Nov. 30– PANAMA CITY– An area within the Cove was selected this week by city commissioners for a pilot program to allow golf carts on city streets. A final vote on the ordinance is scheduled for Dec. 17. Commissioner Mike Nichols suggested Bunkers Cove Road, a mile-long street that winds along the eastern edge of the Cove with areas of limited visibility around curves,…

The broad coalition backing Medicaid expansion, including groups representing business and hospitals that have traditionally supported Republicans, remains intact. Jay Nixon, who’ve made expansion a legislative priority, have signaled a willingness to accept a host of Republican ideas for reforming Medicaid in the hopes of winning GOP support.

Lori Trentacoste and the team at Island Better Hearing have recently relaunched the practice website at islandbetterhearing.com making it more user-friendly and informative. The new website is designed to help Long Island residents quickly find reliable information about hearing loss and hearing aids explained in a way that is easy to understand.

Nov. 30– Prices at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare and Gundersen Health System will increase by the smallest amount in years next year, hospital officials say. Mayo-Franciscan’s revenue forecast is about $415 million for the La Crosse hospital and its 10 area clinics, Tiggelaar said. “We’ve had some pretty significant negative impacts,”…

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation will start servicing the deposit insurance claims of depositors of the closed Rural Bank of Alaminos, Inc. on December 4, 2013. Depositors whose accounts have balances of more than P15, 000 and who have outstanding obligations with the Rural Bank of Alaminos regardless of type of account are required to file…

Nov. 30– NORFOLK– Local lawyer Richard Tavss, a former director and chairman of Bank of the Commonwealth, is accused in a lawsuit of gross negligence and conflicts of interest in handling loans to several of the bank’s troubled borrowers. The FDIC sent Tavss a letter in February demanding $11.9 million in repayment of bad loans Tavss signed off on while serving on…

Nov. 30– A former church on a high-profile spot in West Knoxville has undergone a conversion. Now, the 33,000- square-foot building has been reopened as an event center, and is hoping to benefit from a prominent location on the north side of Interstate 40, near the Bridgewater Road exit. On a recent afternoon, Kim Robertson, the manager for Bridgewater Place, gave a…

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 30– CyArch, Fargo, N.D., has been assigned a patent developed by Matthew B. Schoen, Stamford, Conn., and Jean-Philippe Khodara, Chemin de la Calotte, France, for a “computer apparatus and method for illustrating, issuing, and managing disability coverage for retirement plans with individual accounts.” The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2007.

The Department of Finance Canada issued the following news release:. Canadians of all ages, whether it is those paying down student debt, saving to buy their first home or planning their retirement, often feel overwhelmed when they try to set short or long-term financial goals. Today, the Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State, and Lucie Tedesco,…

Nov. 30– Doorbuster events drew packs of shoppers to Fresno stores and shopping centers on Thanksgiving night and in the wee hours Friday. Oh, there were still plenty of people cruising parking lots at malls such as River Park or Fashion Fair, or at the Walmart store at Shaw and Peach avenues in Clovis, and ample shoppers clogging sidewalks and store aisles.

urban agriculture Follow the progress of Convivium Urban Farmstead, launched by Leslie Shalabi and Mike Muench, of Dubuque, on Facebook.Two Dubuque entrepreneurs, Leslie Shalabi and Mike Muench, plan to inject new life into an almost century-old greenhouse complex in the city’s North End. Called Convivium Urban Farmstead, the complex consists of two long…

Protective Life Insurance Company announced it has signed a multiyear agreement to be one of the sponsors of UAB men’s basketball team. “We are proud to support the UAB Blazers basketball program,” said Richard J. Bielen, vice chairman and chief financial officer for Protective Life Corp. “As a world-class university, UAB contributes a great deal to the region in…