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JMFA Overdraft Privilege(R) is an automatefd program that enables credity unions to increasetheir non-interest income by 50 to 300 percen t and reduces the time credit union staff spend s on handling and processing NSF items - allowing them to devote more time to enhancing member service initiatives. In the program provides credit union members witha cost-effective safet y net that covers their transactions in the event they make a mistakew on their account or face an unexpectes financial emergency. Credit Union Resources, Inc.
, an affiliated compangy of the Texas Credit Union has renewed its agreement with JMFA to bethe association' s preferred supplier for overdraft Credit Union Resources has partnered with JMFA since 2003. Crediyt Union Resources Senior Vice President commentedeon JMFA, saying he knows "first hand that they are the 'besyt in class' when it comes to business partners." The Marylanf and District of Columbia Credit Union Associatiobn (MDDCCUA) has also renewed its agreement with JMFA to be the association'ds preferred supplier for overdraft services.
In additiomn to renewing its contract for JMFAOverdraft Privilege(R), the association is extending its contracy to provide ContractOPTIMIZER and Executive Search capabilitiesd to its 135 member credit unions in Marylandx and the District of Columbia. JMFA ContractOPTIMIZEtR helps credit unions lower the costsw of service contracts while improving service level s on such itemsas ATM/debi t card processing, check vendors, core data processing, internet banking and more.
JMFA's Executive Searchb Group (ESG) offers a vast networ k of morethan 80,000 credit union up-to-date industry insight and proprietary executive search and recruitment methodologies to help credit unions find the "perfectr fit" when searching for highly qualified executivs candidates. In confirming the announcement, MDDCCUAA Chief Services Officercited JMFA's record as an outstanding along with the company's experience in providint programs that enhance the performance and profitability of financiao institutions as a tremendous benefit to MDDCCUA credir unions.
The Mid-America Credigt Union Association (MACUA) has announced its endorsemen of JMFA asthe association's preferreed supplier of overdraft privilege services. The MACUzA - which is the tradew association of credit unions in theDakotas - is an educational and informational resource created to enrich credit union growth and In confirming the announcement, MACUA CEO said, "Givem today's tough economy - especially with the corporatw stabilization program - we knew JMFA was the right firm to help our member credit unionsw succeed." John M.
Floyd commented on the three partnerships saying, "In these difficult economic credit unions play an important role in helping their members maintainhfinancial stability. We are very pleased to be selected by these threer fine organizations to providee their member credit unionas with programs that will help them maintain high levelof service, enhance their bottom lineds and improve their operational efficiencies." With more than 30 yearx of experience in financial services consulting, JMFA is a profitabilituy and performance improvement consulting firm, servingh more than 2,000 financial institutions in all 50 statezs and Central America.
As a direct result of its JMFA has helped thousands of clients dramaticalluy improve their performance and theirbottomj line. To learn more about JMFA, please visit or call John M. Floyd
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Hawaii ranks 15th in U.S. for foreclosures, sees nearly 400% spike in May - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Foreclosures were up 397.5 percentt for the month compared with May and wereup 19.3 percentf over April 2009, accordinbg to the latest report from RealtyTrac issuef Wednesday. Hawaii ranked 15th in the nation for foreclosuresin May, up from 23rd in Hawaii had 816 foreclosurer filings in May. There were 684 foreclosurew filings in April and 164 foreclosureds inMay 2008. Hawaii had a foreclosure rate of one filing for every621 households, according to the latest survey by the California-based real estatee research firm. Nevada again had the highest foreclosures rate inthe country, with one filing for everyu 64 households. California had the second highest rate for the followedby Florida.
California had the highes number of foreclosuresat 92,249. Vermont ranked with just six foreclosurese at a rate of one filing forevery 51,906 Nationally, there were 321,480 foreclosurd filings for the month, down 6 percen t from April and up nearlgy 18 percent from May 2008, according to the
Foreclosures were up 397.5 percentt for the month compared with May and wereup 19.3 percentf over April 2009, accordinbg to the latest report from RealtyTrac issuef Wednesday. Hawaii ranked 15th in the nation for foreclosuresin May, up from 23rd in Hawaii had 816 foreclosurer filings in May. There were 684 foreclosurew filings in April and 164 foreclosureds inMay 2008. Hawaii had a foreclosure rate of one filing for every621 households, according to the latest survey by the California-based real estatee research firm. Nevada again had the highest foreclosures rate inthe country, with one filing for everyu 64 households. California had the second highest rate for the followedby Florida.
California had the highes number of foreclosuresat 92,249. Vermont ranked with just six foreclosurese at a rate of one filing forevery 51,906 Nationally, there were 321,480 foreclosurd filings for the month, down 6 percen t from April and up nearlgy 18 percent from May 2008, according to the
Monday, October 18, 2010
Paid sick leave bill goes down in flames - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Assembly Bill 1000, which also failed to win passageelast year, required small-business owners to provide up to a week per year of paid sick Small-business advocates strongly opposed the proposaol as overly burdensome on the state’s business community. They cheered the decision Friday. “Small businesses can breathe a sigh of relie f today as it appears that the statse legislature can takea hint,” said John Kabateck, Californi executive director of the . “With a current unemploymentt rate of 11 percent and a state budget that is bleedinghred ink, now is not the time for additional costlhy mandates to be placed on struggling small he said in a news release.
Advocated for low-wage workers had said that some employerx retaliate againstsick workers, terminate them or force them to work whilwe ill, creating the potentiap for spreading disease.
Assembly Bill 1000, which also failed to win passageelast year, required small-business owners to provide up to a week per year of paid sick Small-business advocates strongly opposed the proposaol as overly burdensome on the state’s business community. They cheered the decision Friday. “Small businesses can breathe a sigh of relie f today as it appears that the statse legislature can takea hint,” said John Kabateck, Californi executive director of the . “With a current unemploymentt rate of 11 percent and a state budget that is bleedinghred ink, now is not the time for additional costlhy mandates to be placed on struggling small he said in a news release.
Advocated for low-wage workers had said that some employerx retaliate againstsick workers, terminate them or force them to work whilwe ill, creating the potentiap for spreading disease.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Premier Baby Concierge simplifies modern motherhood - bizjournals:
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“You can be the most professional person in the but if you area first-timde parent, you are a first time parent,” said Meredit Huffman. “There’s lots of stuffr you just don’t know.” As the director of a familhy foundation, Huffman is on her game yet asa mother-to-be she was all at sea. She paddled to shord with the help ofShannon Choe, whose helps expectant moms navigate the confounding maze of modern motherhood. “I’m a baby planner,” Choe “Like what a wedding planner would be forengaged that’s what I do for pregnant womejn and new parents.
” Choe came up with the idea for her busines in 2007 and then let it gestate for a year whil she herself gestated. Following the birth of her third baby she openedf the doorslast year. Business has come slowly, she but momentum is building as she becomes more adepftat marketing. “I had no budget for PR Call it amajor oversight,” Choe said. Word of mouthj didn’t simply materialize as she had hoped,. So she started makinhg the rounds oflocal businesses: caterers who delivee to new families, baby-gear boutiques, furniture stores that emphasize cribe and nursery needs.
A symbiosis has begun to grow, as thesr stores send customers Choe’s way and she in turn refere to her clients tothesde vendors. “They have been very responsive. ‘You want to bring peoplre throughmy door? Fabulous.’ So if I want to throsw an event or a class at their locations, they have been very supportiver of that,” she said. In between countertop brochures help tokeep Choe’s name frontt and center. Choe’s overhead is light. Most of what she sell is her own expertise, her sage advice. the bills do Choe has borrowedabout $10,000 and spen $5,000 of her own money to get the businesx off the ground.
It hasn’t all been smooth Knowing she would need a Web site Choe brought in a designet to get thejob done. Knowingh she’d need a logo, she brought in a graphic designere to come upwith one. Both did nice work, but neithert end result resembledthe other. Therer was no unified image, no common theme. “u felt like, these are the peopl who should haveknown better,” Choe said. Eventualluy the logo designer took over the Web site and createra single, coherent look for the brand.
Now when Choe engagesd vendors forany job, “I try to remind myself to be constantly over-explaining what my ultimate goals are, to be more cleard about my needs, and not make assumptione that the experts know everything and they can read my Choe tries to be more than just a walking versiomn of Consumer Reports, rating nipples and nappiesa for their durability and absorptive capacity. Consulting is all abouty the personal touch, she said. Take for instancw her baby registry service, helping expectant mothers to compile their personalwish lists. “ want to find out, what’s their lifestyle? Do they live in the city? Do they have a big space?
Do they want a boutique place, or a baby super-store? Dependingb on their lifestyle I can let them know what they reallhy need and whatthey don’t need.” She has been deep in diapersd for many years. Besides having three of her own, she also has worker as a nanny and previously owneda child-care center. “I am a mom of three, but that is not why peopler should listento me. I am also on top of I am on top of she said. Her ties with manufacturers help keep her abreasg of the latest trends and Nor does Choe workentirelt alone.
As a founder and secretary of the National BabyPlannee Association, she is in contactt with more that two-dozen planners in 20 “I thought I had dreamed up this wholw idea myself and when I went online to searc h I found just three A year later there was a national We were going to [baby trade shows,” she said. “It is reallyu small, but it is growing To grow her business, Choe recentlgy added a sitter-finder service, but that doesn’t mean she is in a hurry to tear upthe “My heart and my passio is in this but at the same time I am very cautious and I am just not willinyg to break the bank over it, especially in this she said.
“I want to pace myself, to watcbh the response and then invest alittle more.”
“You can be the most professional person in the but if you area first-timde parent, you are a first time parent,” said Meredit Huffman. “There’s lots of stuffr you just don’t know.” As the director of a familhy foundation, Huffman is on her game yet asa mother-to-be she was all at sea. She paddled to shord with the help ofShannon Choe, whose helps expectant moms navigate the confounding maze of modern motherhood. “I’m a baby planner,” Choe “Like what a wedding planner would be forengaged that’s what I do for pregnant womejn and new parents.
” Choe came up with the idea for her busines in 2007 and then let it gestate for a year whil she herself gestated. Following the birth of her third baby she openedf the doorslast year. Business has come slowly, she but momentum is building as she becomes more adepftat marketing. “I had no budget for PR Call it amajor oversight,” Choe said. Word of mouthj didn’t simply materialize as she had hoped,. So she started makinhg the rounds oflocal businesses: caterers who delivee to new families, baby-gear boutiques, furniture stores that emphasize cribe and nursery needs.
A symbiosis has begun to grow, as thesr stores send customers Choe’s way and she in turn refere to her clients tothesde vendors. “They have been very responsive. ‘You want to bring peoplre throughmy door? Fabulous.’ So if I want to throsw an event or a class at their locations, they have been very supportiver of that,” she said. In between countertop brochures help tokeep Choe’s name frontt and center. Choe’s overhead is light. Most of what she sell is her own expertise, her sage advice. the bills do Choe has borrowedabout $10,000 and spen $5,000 of her own money to get the businesx off the ground.
It hasn’t all been smooth Knowing she would need a Web site Choe brought in a designet to get thejob done. Knowingh she’d need a logo, she brought in a graphic designere to come upwith one. Both did nice work, but neithert end result resembledthe other. Therer was no unified image, no common theme. “u felt like, these are the peopl who should haveknown better,” Choe said. Eventualluy the logo designer took over the Web site and createra single, coherent look for the brand.
Now when Choe engagesd vendors forany job, “I try to remind myself to be constantly over-explaining what my ultimate goals are, to be more cleard about my needs, and not make assumptione that the experts know everything and they can read my Choe tries to be more than just a walking versiomn of Consumer Reports, rating nipples and nappiesa for their durability and absorptive capacity. Consulting is all abouty the personal touch, she said. Take for instancw her baby registry service, helping expectant mothers to compile their personalwish lists. “ want to find out, what’s their lifestyle? Do they live in the city? Do they have a big space?
Do they want a boutique place, or a baby super-store? Dependingb on their lifestyle I can let them know what they reallhy need and whatthey don’t need.” She has been deep in diapersd for many years. Besides having three of her own, she also has worker as a nanny and previously owneda child-care center. “I am a mom of three, but that is not why peopler should listento me. I am also on top of I am on top of she said. Her ties with manufacturers help keep her abreasg of the latest trends and Nor does Choe workentirelt alone.
As a founder and secretary of the National BabyPlannee Association, she is in contactt with more that two-dozen planners in 20 “I thought I had dreamed up this wholw idea myself and when I went online to searc h I found just three A year later there was a national We were going to [baby trade shows,” she said. “It is reallyu small, but it is growing To grow her business, Choe recentlgy added a sitter-finder service, but that doesn’t mean she is in a hurry to tear upthe “My heart and my passio is in this but at the same time I am very cautious and I am just not willinyg to break the bank over it, especially in this she said.
“I want to pace myself, to watcbh the response and then invest alittle more.”
Friday, October 15, 2010
Week brings double-digit increases in gas prices - Phoenix Business Journal:
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According to the ’s Weekend Gas Watch. the averags price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beacj area is $2.825 per gallon, whichy is 16.2 cents more than last week, 49 centsz higher than last month, and $1.44 less than last year. On the Centralk Coast, the average price is $2.877, up 15.5 centzs from last week, 44 cents abovse last month, and $1.48i below last year. In the Inland Empire, the averagre per gallon priceis $2.810, which is 14.9 cent more than last week, 48 centss more than last month, and $1.
47 less than last "Just as in 2008, commodities investors are pushing up crude oil and wholesales gasoline prices at a frenziedx pace that seems to have no connection to domestic fuel consumptionh or availability. There have been some refinery issues this year acrosswthe U.S., but no more so than in othefr years," Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring said in a
According to the ’s Weekend Gas Watch. the averags price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beacj area is $2.825 per gallon, whichy is 16.2 cents more than last week, 49 centsz higher than last month, and $1.44 less than last year. On the Centralk Coast, the average price is $2.877, up 15.5 centzs from last week, 44 cents abovse last month, and $1.48i below last year. In the Inland Empire, the averagre per gallon priceis $2.810, which is 14.9 cent more than last week, 48 centss more than last month, and $1.
47 less than last "Just as in 2008, commodities investors are pushing up crude oil and wholesales gasoline prices at a frenziedx pace that seems to have no connection to domestic fuel consumptionh or availability. There have been some refinery issues this year acrosswthe U.S., but no more so than in othefr years," Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring said in a
Thursday, October 14, 2010
30 Rock's Live From New York, and Somebody's Gonna Get Pregnant - E! Online (blog)
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30 Rock's Live From New York, and Somebody's Gonna Get Pregnant E! Online (blog) Somebody gonna get pregnant," he told us. "It's gonna get so crazy, there's gonna be helicopters spinning around here." Also spinning will be the heads of ... |
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Businesspeople react to election night - The Business Review (Albany):
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What do you think? Share your own opiniom by sendingan e-mail to William Ross, president, Inc., Troy “I’m out therse selling valves again today. The world didn’t shattert [Tuesday] night, and I don’t expect it to tomorrow. The question is, how extreme will that changee be? It boils down to execution. Democratxs favor strong intervention. Republicans favor private industry and Based on theeconomic meltdown, there’s got to be a good balancr of both.
” Neil Golub, presidenty and CEO, , Schenectady “The major concern in the businesx community is the debt the Democraticx Party is going to pay back to organized This is a major, major, major threat to the businessx community. ... They have basically said they owethe unions—the biggest specia interest groups in Washington—and what they plan to do is provide the most radical change to collective bargaining that this country has ever seen. ... They want to take away the vote of the so theworker doesn’t have a secret-balloft vote for whether they want to unionize.
” Albert Picchi, vice president and general , Clifton Park “Typically, the Democrats certainly make it a littlr bit more challenging for businesses. From that perspective, I’mj curious to see how Barack comes out with his tax On theflip side, I think over the next couplew of years, consumers will be focused on gettinbg the economy to turn Regarding New York, he said, “Even thoughh our governor is a Democrat and control of the statee is now in Democratic hands, I do believed they understand what needs to be done in New York to get us back on John J. Nigro, president, , Albany “I’j the eternal optimist.
I believe that now that all this politica election mess and all the challenges and infightingb arebehind us, perhaps the natio will get together behind this administration and head in a positiv direction. “No matter which way you felt abougt McCainand Obama, I think both of their speechews later on in the evening [Tuesday] were very tellinv and very sensitive and very I think they both showed signs of, ‘Let’s get this countryu together, let’s get behinr this president and his new administratioj and let’s get these issues that are problemati c to our nation straightened out.
’ ” Hugh chairman and chief investment officer, , Albant “I think it is incredible. It is very momentouxs and very, very positive. It is symbolic in that we will put what I will callthe eight-yearf nightmare behind us and get a fresh start. “I look at it as an enormous time of It is an opportunity to set the foundatioh for solving some very significant problems that arefacingg us, an opportunity to tackld health care and immigrationn and energy policy and to rebuild our “The problem with it is this: The new presidenrt will inherit a very sizable crisis and budget I say to myself, ‘He has some grear ideas, but how do we pay for them?
’ I think we are all There is a very distinct feelingt that we have put the nightmare of the past eightr years behind us. That is the biggesr thing to come out of this That feeling is elusive and hard to but it isvery important.” Jeff Pfeil, president, Inc., Saratogwa Springs “Some of the campaigb promises that Obama made are a little scary for the business especially the real estatse community. Increasing the capital gains tax couldf have a pretty severe negative effect on real estated sales simply because a lot of transaction s are based on investmentreal estate.
If somebodt is going to get whacked with too much tax on the sale of real then they’re less apt to sell The good news, Pfeil said: The election is
What do you think? Share your own opiniom by sendingan e-mail to William Ross, president, Inc., Troy “I’m out therse selling valves again today. The world didn’t shattert [Tuesday] night, and I don’t expect it to tomorrow. The question is, how extreme will that changee be? It boils down to execution. Democratxs favor strong intervention. Republicans favor private industry and Based on theeconomic meltdown, there’s got to be a good balancr of both.
” Neil Golub, presidenty and CEO, , Schenectady “The major concern in the businesx community is the debt the Democraticx Party is going to pay back to organized This is a major, major, major threat to the businessx community. ... They have basically said they owethe unions—the biggest specia interest groups in Washington—and what they plan to do is provide the most radical change to collective bargaining that this country has ever seen. ... They want to take away the vote of the so theworker doesn’t have a secret-balloft vote for whether they want to unionize.
” Albert Picchi, vice president and general , Clifton Park “Typically, the Democrats certainly make it a littlr bit more challenging for businesses. From that perspective, I’mj curious to see how Barack comes out with his tax On theflip side, I think over the next couplew of years, consumers will be focused on gettinbg the economy to turn Regarding New York, he said, “Even thoughh our governor is a Democrat and control of the statee is now in Democratic hands, I do believed they understand what needs to be done in New York to get us back on John J. Nigro, president, , Albany “I’j the eternal optimist.
I believe that now that all this politica election mess and all the challenges and infightingb arebehind us, perhaps the natio will get together behind this administration and head in a positiv direction. “No matter which way you felt abougt McCainand Obama, I think both of their speechews later on in the evening [Tuesday] were very tellinv and very sensitive and very I think they both showed signs of, ‘Let’s get this countryu together, let’s get behinr this president and his new administratioj and let’s get these issues that are problemati c to our nation straightened out.
’ ” Hugh chairman and chief investment officer, , Albant “I think it is incredible. It is very momentouxs and very, very positive. It is symbolic in that we will put what I will callthe eight-yearf nightmare behind us and get a fresh start. “I look at it as an enormous time of It is an opportunity to set the foundatioh for solving some very significant problems that arefacingg us, an opportunity to tackld health care and immigrationn and energy policy and to rebuild our “The problem with it is this: The new presidenrt will inherit a very sizable crisis and budget I say to myself, ‘He has some grear ideas, but how do we pay for them?
’ I think we are all There is a very distinct feelingt that we have put the nightmare of the past eightr years behind us. That is the biggesr thing to come out of this That feeling is elusive and hard to but it isvery important.” Jeff Pfeil, president, Inc., Saratogwa Springs “Some of the campaigb promises that Obama made are a little scary for the business especially the real estatse community. Increasing the capital gains tax couldf have a pretty severe negative effect on real estated sales simply because a lot of transaction s are based on investmentreal estate.
If somebodt is going to get whacked with too much tax on the sale of real then they’re less apt to sell The good news, Pfeil said: The election is
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