July 19, 2010 – On Sunday’s CBS “Early Show” Carol Browner, White House energy advisor, said that there may be seepage from the BP oil well less than two miles from the site.
Late Sunday Coast Guard Am. Thad Allen, the Obama administration’s point man for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, sent BP a sharply [...]
BP Says Early Results from Gulf Oil Well Are EncouragingJuly 16, 2010 – On Friday BP vice president Kent Wells said the company was encouraged by the results of shutting the valves on a new cap on the well that has been spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20.
Seventeen hours after the [...]
July 13, 2010 – A multi-coverage life insurance product called GoodForLife has been announced by Allstate.
In addition to providing the policy holder a benefit in the event of accident, death, or sickness, the policy holder may ultimately become eligible for having a percentage of their premiums returned and their death payment paid up.
Life coverage for [...]
July 10, 2010 – With unemployment in the country approaching 10% it is challenging for anyone to find a job. There are now five potential job applicants for every available job in the United States.
Many women who are obviously pregnant feel that their pregnancy might be considered as a strike against them.
Lily Garcia, a [...]
July 9, 2010 – The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for the week ending July 3, 2010 has been released by the US Department of Labor.
The data is a compilation of reports from the fifty states that reflects the actual claims for unemployment benefits for the week. Here are some of the unadjusted numbers:
New [...]
July 7, 2010 – Wells Fargo & Co., the top mortgage lender in the United States and the fourth largest bank by assets announced today that it will close Wells Fargo Financial, its consumer-finance unit.
Wells Fargo Financial was the division that sold mortgages and consumer loans, including home equity loans and subprime loans, to borrowers [...]
July 6, 2010 – NASA is preparing to retire its space shuttle fleet in early 2011. As the process continues an ever increasing number of Florida Space Coast employees will be losing their jobs.
Most recently, United Space Alliance (USA) – which currently employs eight thousand people – announced that effective October 1st it will [...]
July 6, 2010 – According to a study released on Tuesday by Prudential Individual Life Insurance, the 1,514 consumers between the ages of 21 and 29 that were polled – Gen Y – want to feel empowered before making a life insurance purchase.
People born between 1979 and 1994 are looking to see people who are [...]
July 5, 2010 – In his weekly address on Saturday President Obama announced $1.85 billion in loan guarantees for two solar energy projects that are anticipated to create approximately 5,000 jobs.
He looks at these projects as “accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy and doubling our use of renewable energy sources like wind and [...]
July 3, 2010 – Selling a timeshare can be a rather daunting experience, especially during these challenging economic times.
A new company says that they can make it a lot easier for people who own timeshares that they no longer want to keep.
Elizabeth Gordon, now a principal with selling-a-timeshare.com formed the company after jumping [...]
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