Lantana water districts raise rates on water, sewer
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:45:07 -0700

The rate increases go into effect Nov. 1. The increase is put in place to reflect costs of wholesale water from the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, which buys water from three lakes. The least expensive water comes from Lake Jim Chapman, ...

Obesity and diabetes rates drop when neighborhoods improve
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:47:17 -0700

A new study co-authored by Robert Whitaker of Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education, has found that low-income women who were given the opportunity to move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experienced lower rates of extreme ...

Suicidal behavior higher among young adults, women and the unemployed
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:30:17 -0700

By tony pugh the first study ever to compare US suicide data state by state found that women, the unemployed and young adults have higher rates of non-fatal suicidal behavior than other people. While Georgia logged the lowest statewide rates among ...

Checking Account Rate Deal of the Day: Workers' Credit Union Fitchburg ...
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:55:53 -0700

Workers' Credit Union provides its members with an incredible checking account rate of 2.20% APY through their Xtreme checking account program. Investing in your financial stability is attainable with checking account rate that rivals today's top CD ...

Fitch Rates Philadelphia, PA's $200MM 2011A-D Water & Sewer Revs 'A+'; Outlook ...
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:13:24 -0700

Sound Management and Stable Operations: Consistent operating results, sound liquidity, and the ability of management to establish rates independent of city council approval offsets narrow debt service coverage levels. ...

Rising Rates Threaten Refi Plans
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:01:50 -0700

Take a look at this chart of weekly interest rates on the 30-year fixed vs. weekly refinance applications: Rates dropped to record lows a month ago, and while more borrowers went to refinance, the volumes were still very low. ...

Fitch Rates Garland, TX's 2011A Electric Revs 'AA-'; Upgrades Outstanding
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:13:24 -0700

GP&L's rate mitigation fund (RMF) increased to $156 million in fiscal 2011 (unaudited) versus expectations of $143 million by fiscal 2012. The sizable RMF will enable GP&L to maintain financial flexibility and comfortably cover debt service without a ...

Proposed Duke rate increase meets opposition at forum
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:07:22 -0700

Peggy Parris of Boiling Springs, center, listens during a Public Service Commission hearing Wednesday night about a proposed Duke Energy rate increase. By Andrew Doughman Duke Energy's proposal for an at least 15-percent rate increase met opposition ...

Thomson Reuters Releases Indirect Tax Update Report with Q3 2011 Tax Changes
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:01:34 -0700

Internationally, there were 14 increases, 2 decreases, 4 new taxes, 4 end dated rates and 98 product taxability changes. In the US, there were 97 increases, 96 new taxes and 9 decreases. There were 9 state changes, 29 county changes, 122 city changes ...

S&P: Health Care Costs Rise In August; Fourth Month In A Row
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:41:01 -0700

The highest rate for Medicare growth was 8.02%, set in November 2009. "As the summer of 2011 ended, we continued to observe the recent trend of a deceleration in the annual growth rates of Medicare costs and a sustained acceleration in the annual rates ...

Cain's Tax Plan Means Higher Rates For Over 80 Percent Of Americans
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:18:24 -0700

Republican presidential contender Herman Cain's tax plan would raise about the same amount of money as under our current system but significantly shift the burden from the wealthiest Americans to the poorest, according to a study released Tuesday by ...

Merchants Say 2012 Postal Rate Increase Means Less Catalogs Mailed
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:23:17 -0700

The US Postal Service's 2.1% average rate increase, announced Tuesday, won't stop merchants from mailing catalogs next year. But some mailers say they will look at other options to increase their non-mail channels. Mailers will see an average 2.1% ...

GATX 3Q profit rises, lease rates rising
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:19:24 -0700

The company said nearly all of its fleet was in use at quarter's end, and lease rates were still climbing. Net income rose to $32.9 million, or 70 cents per share, from $21.1 million, or 45 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding a one-time tax ...

Spain pays high rates in latest auction
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:21:25 -0700

Spain paid high borrowing rates to raise EU3.9 billion in its first bond auction since Moody's slashed its sovereign debt rating. Spain paid high borrowing rates to raise EU3.9 billion in a bond auction today, its first since Moody's slashed the ...

Societe Generale Sees 'Aggressive' Rate Increases in Turkey
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:00:40 -0700

By Selcuk Gokoluk Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey may be forced to raise interest rates aggressively like Hungary did in 2008 because the central bank can't sustain its sale of dollar reserves to prop up the lira, according to Societe Generale SA. ...

Life Insurers Facing New Financial Challenges
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:19:05 -0700

While analysis of life insurers' 2010 assets and investments reveals recovery from the credit crisis, a longer-term set of challenges stemming from the lowest interest rates seen since the 1950s also abound. It's been a challenging two years for the ...

The seven-percent solution to U.S. unemployment
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:02:35 -0700

It works like this: the Fed pledges to keep rates near zero for as long as it takes to get some real improvement in the labor market an unemployment rate , say, of 7 percent as long as inflation doesn't get out of hand. That way, every time some ...

Higher rates of depression linked to mortgage woes-study
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:06:39 -0700

(Reuters) - Adults who have fallen behind on mortgage payments exhibited higher rates of depression and are skipping meals and medications because they cannot pay the bills, a study published on Thursday found. More than 20 percent of adults over age ...

Poland's Central Bank Sees No Rate Change in Coming Quarters
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:40:39 -0700

By Dorota Bartyzel Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Polish interest rates may remain unchanged in the coming quarters as inflation slows amid weakening economic growth, the central bank's rate -setting Monetary Policy Council said. The Narodowy Bank Polski ...

Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage falls to 4.11 pct.
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:00:35 -0700

By AP October 20, 2011 2:58Pm washington the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage was nearly unchanged this week after rising sharply last week. Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan edged down to 4.11 percent from 4.12 ...