Jan. 09– I joined a gym once. Then I ate several pints of Ben&Jerry’s to drown the guilt of having wasted so much money. ¢Many gyms offer short-term, three-month trial memberships for $99 or less– especially during this time of year.
Newswires
AT&T* is extending its leadership in M2M application development with a U.S. reseller agreement with Axeda Corporation, an exclusive among major U.S. mobile carriers.
Cetera Financial Group, one of the nation’ s largest broker-dealer networks, has announced that it plans to acquire Genworth Financial Investment Services, Inc., from Genworth Financial.
The Jacobson Group and Ward Group announce the next iteration of the Semi-Annual Insurance Labor Outlook Study, to begin on January 9 and close on January 25, 2012.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 7, 2012– For bloggers, content creators, professional journalists and researchers seeking fresh and original news content, Send2Press- for the week ending January 6, 2012- issued news releases on behalf of Destination Earth, Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas, Haas Entertainment, Masterseek Corp., Smith McKenna LLC, and many others.
In 2012 you can make a deposit at Bank of Hawaii, buy bread from Love’s Bakery or a bicycle at Eki Cyclery. One hundred years ago, in 1912, you could have made a deposit at Bank of Hawaii, bought bread from Love’s Bakery or a bicycle at Eki Cyclery. In some ways Hawaii hasn’t changed that much in 100 years.
SAN DIEGO, Calif./ California Newswire/– MCT Trading, Inc., a leader in hedging and risk management services, announced that it has been named a 2011 Medallion winner for the annual Workplace Excellence Awards held by the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2012/ PRNewswire/– Penton’s Registered Rep, the source for financial advisors and wealth managers, announced today two new offerings on www.registeredrep.com to help advisors make investment decisions using social behavioral research. The tools were exclusively developed by Titan Trading Analytics.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9, 2012/ PRNewswire/– Vocollect Healthcare Systems, part of Vocollect, a business unit of Intermec, Inc., announces that Pine Grove Nursing Center has implemented AccuNurse ® voice technology.
A new Malta- based Lloyd’s managing agent specializing in nuclear insurance was launched with the backing of Amlin plc, broker Marsh Inc and Marsh’s sister company Guy Carpenter. The new managing agent, Northcourt Ltd., brings the first new capacity to the global nuclear insurance market “in more than a generation,” according to Northcourt.
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Jan. 08– Average at 15.14 percent nationally. For example, a cardholder who borrowed $5,000 on a credit card with an APR of 15.22 percent and consistently paid $150 per month would have to pay $6,541 to pay off the debt. That’s $74 more than would have been required at 14.71 percent– the average APR of the new card offer a year ago. “
KENNESAW, Ga., Jan. 9, 2012– Breckenridge Insurance Group, a specialty underwriting manager, wholesale broker and insurance services company, has formed Blue River Underwriters, which will manage and underwrite the Breckenridge portfolio of specialty program business.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 9, 2012/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce and the University of Miami School of Business Administration today announced a partnership to co-host the Puerto Rico Health& Insurance Conference 2012 “Economic Transformation in Health.”
October 1, 2012 is the expected launch date for two health care reform measures that will link Medicare reimbursements to the quality of a hospital’s care…
OKLAHOMA CITY– Motivated by a budget shortfall and one of the most underfunded public pension systems in the country, Oklahoma lawmakers took major steps last year to shore up the unfunded liability of the state’s major pensions by increasing the retirement age for new hires and changing how the state provides cost of living adjustments for retirees.
Well known for founding healthcare payer software powerhouse, The TriZetto Group, and growing it to return $1.4 billion to shareholders in just 10 years, as well as authoring The Healthcare Cure, Jeff Margolis is now focusing on the opportunity to improve healthcare value through social networking technology.
The Beth Abraham Family of Health Services– a leader in providing and managing long-term care services for disabled and chronically ill populations– announced today it will rename itself CenterLight Health System.
The management and staff of Syntesys will join SunGard and will be based in France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. Adyl Sayagh, chief executive officer of Syntesys said, “The addition of Syntesys solutions to the SunGard offerings will help our corporate and banking customers gain easier and faster connectivity.
