Archive for November, 2009

Police chief denounces ‘cowardly’ iPhone users monitoring speed traps

Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of the cameras.

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Sweetwater hit by flood map

After 15 years of booming development and tropical deluges, federal emergency managers have redrawn Miami-Dade County’s badly outdated flood-risk maps. Broward is in the midst of a similar update, with preliminary maps due out for public review in June.

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RBA becomes Christmas Grinch with rate rise

The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates by 0.25 percentage points for a record third consecutive month.

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Flood-map updates could cost some in Dade, Broward

After 15 years of booming development and tropical deluges, federal emergency managers have redrawn Miami-Dade County’s badly outdated flood-risk maps. Broward is in the midst of a similar update, with preliminary maps due out for public review in June.

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Madmen, Gamblers, Alcoholics, the US Dollar and Gold

If a lawless gang of madmen, gamblers and alcoholics seized control of a large company, how would you expect the business to perform? How would you expect the story to end?

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FICS Upgrades Commercial Loan Software

DALLAS—-Financial Industry Computer Systems, Inc.

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Report: Nearly 70 percent of LV homeowners underwater on mortgage

Homeowners in the Las Vegas area continue to be punished by dropping prices, with the number underwater in their mortgages surpassing 319,000 or 69.5 percent. That’s according to First American CoreLogic, which last week issued negative equity numbers for home mortgages and home equity lines of credit.

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A.M. Best Affirms PFG Ratings

The rating agency has affirmed Principal’s issuer credit ratings of “a-” as well as the group’s existing debt ratings.

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Fame and fortune: Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham is one of the country’s best-selling crime writers.

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Interactive Data to Launch BondEdge Analytical Platform for Fixed Income Asset Managers

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—-Interactive Data Corporation , a leading provider of financial market data, analytics, and related solutions, today announced that its Fixed Income Analytics business has released BondEdge® Asset Manager.

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