| Independence Holding Company Announces the Introduction of a New ...
STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2007--Independence Holding Company (NYSE: IHC) today reported that it is introducing a new one-life dental product to its portfolio of niche health insurance products through its member company GroupLink, Inc. ("GroupLink"). GroupLink, which has over 20 years experience in dental products, will market and administer this benefits program, which is available nationwide and to people of all ages. It is specifically designed for those individuals and families who do not have access to employer-based dental benefits, and affords individuals a choice of plans and a PPO option available at a reduced premium. General agents and brokers will have the ability to market this new product through a link to GroupLink's online system via their own websites, and enroll and bind coverage using an exclusive online enrollment system.
Time to trim the tax on wireless service
Florida's cell-phone taxes, fees and surcharges are at an astounding 19 percent, with our state having the third-highest wireless tax rate in the nation. This enormously high tax rate must be lowered to level the playing field for Florida with the rest of the nation. Legislation introduced by Rep. Ron Reagan and Sen. Mike Haridopolos would allow for Florida's unfair 9.17-percent Communications Services Tax to be lowered by 1.17 percent this year, saving Florida's 12.5 million wireless consumers an estimated $185 million the first year alone. .
Neighborhoods: Miccosukee Land Co-op a close-knit, self-sustaining ...
Lucia Maxwell celebrated her 60th birthday with neighbors from the Miccosukee Land Co-op and other friends at "Gardeners of the Spirit," a nonsectarian community church. People read poetry, sang love songs and brought food in honor of Maxwell's and her husband, Rob Lombardo's, birthdays, which were Feb. 4 and Jan. 15, respectively. .
Governor Perdue Announces Executive Appointments
John G. McColskey, 41, Atlanta, 4th Congressional District Representative McColskey is a principal of Homrich & Berg, Inc. He serves as a member of the board of directors of The Alliance Theatre Company and The Theatre of the Stars. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and the Rotary Club of Atlanta. McColskey earned a bachelor's degree from High Point University. McColskey and his wife, Lauren, have two children.
State Board of Education
Mary Sue Polleys, Ph.D., 63, Columbus, 3rd Congressional District Representative Polleys is a former assistant professor of leadership and the director of the Servant Leadership Program at Columbus State University. She served as chair of the Muscogee County School Board. She led community service programs for Columbus State University students including work with Habitat for Humanity and the Callaway Gardens Student Leadership Conference.
Calendar of events
Heaven Sent Children Adoptive Family play group:10 a.m. to noon, indoor swimming pool at Patterson Community Center, 521 Mercury Blvd., Murfreesboro. Lots of fun activities for children in shallow water. Admission $3 for adults; $2 per child. (615) 893-7439. Yard sale to benefit Invisible Children:Today and Tuesday,9 a.m. to 4 p.m., outside Keathley University Center, MTSU campus. All proceeds go to Invisible Children (www.invisiblechildren.com). Jessie Ensminger, (615) 618-6857. .
How To Get Your First Mortgage
Editor's Note: First time home buyers can be confused by the process. There is the loan process, pre-qualification, looking for a home, documents for title, loans, insurance taxes etc. Here is an article on the subject: When it comes to lifetime markers getting a first mortgage is a major event. With a mortgage you''re magically transformed from occupant to owner and from tenant to titleholder. Applying for a mortgage used to be seen as a battle of sorts, a competition where the only winners were those who sold headache remedies and paper by the truckload. But now finding the right mortgage is faster and easier than ever -- but only if you know how to make the system work for you. If you compare loan applications today with the ordeals of even ten years ago you can see a marked difference.
SPORTS >>LR Lutheran easy for Lonoke
Martin started out sending Lutheran three up and three down in the top of the first inning, with a strikeout on Steven Francis to retire the side. Glen Evans led off for Lonoke in the bottom of the first with a bunt for an infield single, and then proceeded to steal second and third base while Luke Mitchell stood at the plate. Mitchell flew out, but Martin followed with a pop up that resulted in the first of many Lutheran errors. Lions right fielder Brandon Crawford misjudged the ball, as it landed right beside him to score Evans and allow Martin to second.Martin came in on a passed ball moments later to make it 2-0. The loose pitch was actually the third strike for Lonoke batter Lewis, but he scrambled to first while the Lions hustled to try and avoid the second run. The Rabbits put two more runs on the board in the bottom of the second with a two-run RBI from Evans that scored Josh OBannon and B.J.
The Quitting Business
The cost of smoking goes beyond the price of the pack. Businesses and the government are feeling the effects in terms of health care costs, setting the stage for new products and therapies to help smokers quit. By Kimberly Adams Think the price of that pack of cigarettes doesnt exceed the LE 10 bill you just handed over? Think again. Smoking costs far more than the price of the pack and were not just talking about the health effects. Smoking is no longer a personal habit financed solely by the smoker. Government subsidies on medical care for smokers translate to increased overall health costs. Individual businesses may also soon feel the impact of nicotine-addicted employees in terms of increased healthcare and insurance costs. In a country with 16 million smokers, there is certainly a business for quitting, yet very few have capitalized on the growing niche market for products and services to help people quit.
HealthMarkets Leases 33400 SF on W. Memorial Avenue
Mega Life and Health Insurance Co. leased 33,400 square feet at Cross Rock Office Plaza II at 3595 W. Memorial Ave. in suburban Oklahoma City from Continental Group Investments LP. Mega Life and Health Insurance, doing business as HealthMarkets Co., will move into the office space in July. Cross Rock Plaza II is a 13-year-old, 50,570-square-foot, Class B medical office building in the Northwest submarket. The two-story property is 66.2% leased with an additional 17,100 square feet available for rent. The property includes 70 surface parking spaces on 4.31 acres. Tom Fields of Price Edwards & Co. represented HealthMarkets. Medallion Management Inc. is the primary leasing company. .
County board members attack Gov's tax plan
Several Lake County Board members strained at the leash in attacking the recent proposal by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to provide health insurance to all Illinois citizens. Covering the estimated 1.4 million Illinois residents who have no health-care coverage will cost more than $2 billion. Funding for Blagojevich's "Ilinois Covered" plan will be raised with a 1 percent tax on gross corporate revenues and taxing employers who don't provide health insurance. .
Home Foreclosures Hit Record Numbers In Michigan
Janet Laitis leaned on a chain-link fence in her front yard, dragged on a cigarette and pointed to the homes on her block that lenders have seized in just the past two weeks. "There. There. There," said Laitis, 70, pointing across the street, down the street and then to the modest ranch house next door. "This neighborhood is deteriorating before my eyes." Within a square mile of Laitis' house in this bedroom community outside Detroit, more than half the 96 homes on the market are foreclosed properties. The situation is not uncommon in pockets of the industrial Midwest, where a record number of people are missing their mortgage payments and losing their homes. While lax lending policies have been blamed for the unfolding home-mortgage crisis across the country, the distress in the Midwest has been exacerbated by fundamental problems with the economy.
Sunway Medical mulls listing in FY 2009
PETALING JAYA: Sunway Group's healthcare arm Sunway Medical Centre may consider the possibility of seeking a Main Board listing in financial year 2009 after the completion of its RM150 million expansion plan, chief executive officer Dr Chong Su-Lin said here Wednesday. She also said that Sunway Medical was projecting a turnover of RM114 million for this year from RM100 million in 2006 and RM86 million in 2005. Issues to be ironed out before listing included placing some the group's properties under a real estate investment trust (REIT) to ensure long-term rental earnings, she told Bernama in an interview. Sunway Medical is 70 percent-owned by property firm Sunway City Bhd while the remaining equity is controlled by a group of specialists. Sunway Group is reportedly planning to launch one of the biggest REITs in Malaysia later this year while Sunway City, part of the group, is armed with commercial, retail, residential, hotel and college properties.
Five Minutes With: Ralph Nader
If any American of the past 50 years can be called a professional citizen, it's the famous—and infamous—Ralph Nader. Since the 1960's, Nader has led the charge against environmental degradation, consumer manipulation, and all the dangers of a country dominated by large corporations. Flanked by hundreds of Nader's Raiders, Nader successfully lobbied for the consumer protections that Americans now take for granted—without his activism, we would most likely not have the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's workplace protections, the EPA's environmental reforms, the Freedom of Information Act, and much more. Being the man responsible for seat belts is an understandably hard act to follow—yet, sure enough, Ralph found a way to expand upon his legacy. “He made the cars we drive safer," explains The Atlantic Monthly.
Save money on DIY: don't bodge it - dodge it
The weather forecast is terrific: it's going to be a warm and sunny Easter. Yet about three million people are preparing to leave the country. This is not as paradoxical as it may seem. Good Friday is traditionally the start of our DIY season, a time when the Great British Bodger dusts down his tool box and gets cracking on those irksome jobs that have built up over winter. Wickes, a DIY chain, estimates that we will spend about £1.5 billion on home-improvement supplies this weekend. B&Q alone will sell more than one million litres of paint - an emulsional experience. Intentions are good, but for many over-enthusiastic handymen (and women), DIY activity is spectacularly counter-productive, converting homes from havens of tranquillity into danger zones. Those heading for airports and ferries aren't just off for a short break; they are, in effect, escaping life-threatening encounters with power drills, carpet cutters and Stanley knives.
Nine-game win streak snapped
"We've been doing all the right things and making all the right moves, and guys had been getting it done in the right situations. Today was tough to stomach from the standpoint that we had a nice 6-1 lead, and we're playing well and hitting on all cylinders; even more so than we have this season. Then it kind of fell apart for us. The bottom line is they had a guy step up with two out and hit a two-run homer on us on a very good pitch." The teams will complete the series with a single game today at 1 p.m. Ultimately, Govs starter Shawn Kelley was probably left in a few pitches too long in the first game. Though the loss went to David Vicini (1-1), Kelley, with a 1-1 count, on the next pitch gave up a two-run home run to Allen Rose that tied the game at 6-all. Kelley, who was almost taken out before pitching to Rose, had been cruising to that point and helped keep the Govs on top 6-4.
NeoStem Highlights Business Model to Capitalize on Projected $8.5 ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 21, 2007 - NeoStem, Inc. (OTCBB:NEOI), the first company to specialize in the collection, processing and storage of stem cells from healthy adult donors for personal use in times of critical medical need, invites investors to review a new Investor Fact Sheet that outlines the Company's unique technologies and strategy to capitalize on the growing market for stem cell-related services and potential medical treatments. Stem cell therapy sales in the United States are projected to reach more than $700 million by 2010 and $8.5 billion by 2016, based on therapies being investigated. .
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