Mar 23
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island earned a C- for its transparency related to government spending, according to a second annual report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group released last week.
“The good news is that since last year’s report, state governments across the country have become far more transparent about where the money goes,” said Phineas Baxandall, senior analyst for tax and budget policy at US PIRG, “But Rhode Island still has a long way to go.”
The report – Following the Money 2011: “How the States Rank on Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data” – ranks Rhode Island’s transparency website, www.ri.gov/opengovernment/, as “emerging” but not a “leader” due to serious deficiencies.
The states that were most open about their spending included: Kentucky, Texas, Indiana, Arizona, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio and Oregon. On the other hand, those
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Mar 21
Find your target market, with accurate and current business mailing lists and sending emails at an appropriate time, the most important marketing tools. They play an important role in your success in the market and help you design an effective marketing strategy. Targeted mailing list can, you can concentrate on your business and help you to better response rates. Its all about deciding where to advertise your products and that will most likely be interested in purchasing what you offer the company.
What type of business or company that the first thing you need to advertise your product definitely here by individuals or companies is aligned.
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Mar 20
My wife and I put it off for as long as we could. Our friends teased us about it. We had visions of the both of us crouched over on our hands and knees scrubbing the floors all day. Potty training was the one aspect of parenthood that my wife and I absolutely dreaded. Unfortunately, we had to bite the bullet sooner than we wanted to because our preschool forced us to take action. In order for our daughter to advance to the next class level, she had to be potty trained or be held back with the younger kids. And to make things worse, we recently had brand new carpets installed. (Bad timing.
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Mar 18
According to early estimates, Japan’s recent devastation could result in the most expensive hit for the global insurance industry since Hurricane Katrina.
The impact from the earthquake and tsunami could cost the worldwide insurance sector as much as $60 billion.
Global insurance stocks plunged this week as investors reacted to news stories and broadcasts of water-filled towns and destroyed businesses. Read more…
Mar 04
BOSTON – Massachusetts No. 2 and No. 3 health insurers – Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan and Tufts Health Plan – have called off their plans to merge, according to the Boston Globe. The plan, revealed in January, would have created a more robust competitor to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state’s dominant health insurer, with a combined 1.75 million members, compared with Blue Cross’s 3 million members.
The insurers have been negotiating since January, and, according to the Globe, “have now determined that we are stronger as individual competitors than one company,” the newspaper quoted Eric Schultz, president of Harvard Pilgrim, as saying.
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Mar 04
2011 needs to be a positive year for liability insurance holders and the need for business growth is substantial, the business body claims.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the Government to ensure that the upcoming Budget promotes economic stability. It has put together a number of measures that will ease the pressure on small businesses.
The past few years have been tough for everyone, especially businesses.
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