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Some highlights of the budget include:
Read our analysis of the final budget here.
About that revenue
The state will raise an addition $7.4 billion over the next four years as follows:
The majority of the funds will come from increased property taxes. An estimated $6.6 billion will be generated by increasing the state property tax rate to $2.70 of assessed property value.
Another $1.3 billion is generated by closing tax loopholes by: 1) taxing out of state internet sales; 2) allowing sales tax to apply to bottle waters and certain fuels; and 3) applying a business and occupation tax to out-of-state retailers that aren't physically present in Washington (like ebay). In a piece of good news, the Governor also vetoed two big tax breaks to large corporations in manufacturing and coal-energy that to the tune of at least 40 million/year.
While we applaud the raising of new revenue, the way the revenue was raised does not increase equity in the state. The property tax is a mixed bag, hitting some middle income homeowners hard. Taxing assets like capital gains for the wealthiest households in our state and closing large tax loopholes would be much more equitable, sustainable solutions to our state revenue needs. We will keep advocating for fair revenue options in the years to come to invest in all our communities.]]>
On June 8, the US House passed the Financial CHOICE Act, aka the "Wrong Choice Act." By rolling back the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, HR 10 would expose consumers to the same dangerous financial practices that contributed to the last recession and foreclosure crisis. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration.
This bill is horrible for low-income communities and communities of color. Our friends at the Center for Responsible Lending combed through all 589 terrible pages of this bill and outlined its most egregious problems. Read all the things wrong with this bill.
Instead of applauding the CFPB's efforts to slow the exploitation of our communities, members of Congress are working to dismantle the entire bureau and return us to the days of unchecked banking greed. As you remember, the failure to have responsible regulation heavily contributed to causing the Great Recession, which led to more than eight million Americans losing their jobs, nearly eight million Americans losing their homes, trillions of dollars in lost family wealth, and trillions in taxpayer funded bailouts. Taking us back down that path is the wrong choice.
Call the US Capitol switchboard today at (202) 224-3121 and urge your Senator to oppose the Financial Choice Act. Consumers can't afford to return to the days of unchecked banking greed.
You can also take action at povertyaction.org/cfpb.
This week Poverty Action had the happy experience of representing our members and supporters at the bill signing of SB 5347, aka the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Vocational Educational Bill. The new law expands access to vocational education for parents on TANF.
All TANF recipients must meet a certain number of "work activity" requirements, such as applying for jobs, skills training, and some education or certificate programs. But after twelve months, parents enrolled in eligible vocational education and certification programs were faced with the need to fulfill additional work activities — often making it much harder to finish the programs that would set their families up for greater stability. This bill extends the time parents on TANF can count vocational education as a "work activity" from 12 months to 24 months. We know that kids do better when parents do better. This new law literally allows parents a better chance at obtaining degrees that can set them and their families up for long-term stability.
In addition to the steadfast work of Poverty Action, partner organizations, and coalitions, passing this bill has taken years of committed community advocacy. If it weren't for parents on TANF who helped put a human face on this story by meeting with lawmakers and sharing their story in pieces like "Getting to Know Who's on TANF" we wouldn't have been able to create this new law.
The 24 month Vocational Education bill was not the only one signed that day. The Attorney General's Office of Washington led the charge to pass a student loan disclosure bill. This bill will require lenders to be transparent about the terms of the loan and help students understand what they will owe, so they can make an informed decisions about how to fund their education. Poverty Action helped support this bill and were delighted to be there at the signing.]]>
Read our overview and comparison of each budget proposal.]]>
Instead of forwarding a vision that would make Washington stronger, this nonsensical budget doubles down on the harm in Trump's proposed federal budget. It attempts to fund education (although it is not clear whether it succeeds) on the backs of the very children we hope to teach. Through this budget, the Senate proposes a Washington state that harms its most vulnerable populations – children, people of color, people with disabilities, people living low incomes, people experiencing homelessness, immigrants, and more.
Here are some — but not all – of the reasons this budget is bad for our state:
1) It strips $63 million in federal funds allocated for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to pay for other state obligations. Rather than getting serious about raising fair revenue (like closing corporate task loopholes) the proposed budget strips our poorest families of the meager supports they have and would send thousands more spiraling into deeper poverty.
2) It places even more restrictions on TANF work participation requirements, which will make it harder still for parents facing additional barriers like mental illness, domestic violence, or homelessness to receive TANF.
3) After a lot of hard work and your advocacy, last year the legislature extended the eligibility authorization for Working Connections Childcare to 12 months. This made it so that parents who had slight changes in their financial situation no longer faced the threat of losing their childcare each month. This budget reverses this much-needed and highly practical 12-month authorization.
4) The budget also slashes the State Food Assistance (SFA) program by $8.5 million over the next four years. SFA provides food assistance to documented immigrants who are not eligible for federal food stamps, cutting off a primary source of hunger relief for our immigrant communities.
5) In a move that really makes no sense, this budget places a time-limit on the number of months a person can receive support through the Aged, Blind & Disabled program (ABD), despite the fact that these costs can be fully reimbursed by the federal government. This means someone with a permanent disability, who has not successfully transitioned to the federal SSI, will be cut off from the slim, but vital, support they get each month.
6) In one of the cruelest moves, the Senate budget eliminates Housing & Essential Needs (HEN), which provides a modest housing voucher to people with short-term disabilities to prevent homelessness when people can't work due to a temporary disability.
This budget is irresponsible, harmful, and does not represent who we are or what we can be as Washingtonians. While this is far from the final state budget, as the House will release its proposal next week, we need to flood Olympia with your resounding and immediate "No" to this proposal. We cannot fund education at the expense of vital services to our most vulnerable families, and expect anything to change for the better.]]>
The Poverty Action board – with input from our members, staff, and partners – has taken a position on critical statewide ballot initiatives that can have a great impact for years to come. In considering whether to support or oppose current initiatives, we take into our account whether it:
Each one of the following initiatives impacts our mission Washington where everyone can prosper. In order to work towards that vision, we've taken the following positions:
YES on I-1433: Raise Up Washington
Increases the state minimum wage and gives workers the opportunity to earn paid sick/safe leave
No one working full-time should still be struggling to meet their basic needs. No one should have to choose between getting a paycheck and staying home with a sick child or when sick themselves. Yet, that is the reality for hundreds of thousands of Washington workers. Initiative 1433 would raise the minimum wage over four years to $13.50 by 2020, improving the lives of more than 730,000 people. It would also allow over one million (yup, million) employees to earn one hour of paid sick and safe leave for every 40 hours worked. This policy is good for our workers, families, and communities.
Vote YES on Statewide Initiative I-1433
YES on I-1491: Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs)
Allows temporary prevention of access to firearms for people exhibiting demonstrated violent behavior
Gun violence deeply impacts our communities – from suicides to domestic violence to mass shootings. Yet, the majority of people who die by suicide using firearms or use them violently towards others show signs of their intentions. Loved ones and associates are often the first people to see these signs, and equally often are the most powerless to remove firearms from these individuals. Initiative 1491 would allow families, friends, households, and law enforcement to obtain a court order that temporarily prevents someone in crisis or displaying violent behavior from owning or buying guns for up to a year. The goal of the initiative is to prevent death by suicides, increase domestic violence protections, and make our communities safer for all of us.
Vote YES on I-1491
YES on I-1501
Increased penalties of identity theft and fraud of "vulnerable" populations and their in-home caregivers
Identity theft and fraud is a growing issue that affects everyone but some populations, like seniors, are especially vulnerable. I-1501 increases penalties on identity theft and fraud, and prevents the release of personal information by the state for seniors and other people who receive home health care, as well as their in-home caregivers.
Vote YES on I-1501
YES on I-735: WAmend
Moves to put WA state on record calling for a constitutional amendment against Citizens United
In the 2010 Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Committee decision, the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the government to restrict "independent" political spending by corporations (read: money not given directly to candidates). Stating that the First Amendment protects not just a person's right to speak but the act of free speech, regardless of who the speaker is, it essentially equated corporations to people, and money to free speech. Since then, we've seen a sharp, and damaging, increase in spending by PACs/SuperPACs, and undisclosed, untraceable political contributions. Suffice to say, this has created even less equity and transparency in our campaigns.
I-735 seeks to eventually overturn Citizens United by having Washington state go on record calling for a constitutional amendment to the ruling. The idea is have enough states go on record calling for this to trigger federal lawmakers to action. It won't happen immediately. It may not happen. But it is important to say that Citizens United is failing our democratic system.
Vote YES on I-735
Recommend NO on I-732: Carbon Tax
Would create a carbon tax in WA state
On the surface, I-732 enacts a carbon tax that is meant to be revenue neutral, by lowering the sales tax by 1% and some Business & Operating taxes. It also purports to fund the Working Family Families Tax Rebate, which has remained unfunded since Poverty Action members helped pass it years ago.
So why do we recommend a no vote? For one, revenue forecasts on the bill show that the initiative is actually revenue negative, with conservative estimates costing the state $80 million/year. In a climate where lawmakers need to fully fund public education, yet repeatedly fail to generate fair revenue sources, and attempt to balance the budget by cutting social service and infrastructure investments – a greater strain on the budget is unacceptable; it works against our most vulnerable communities. Funding the Working Families Tax Rebate, should it occur, does not compensate for the squeeze created by the shortfall on our existing programs and needs.
Secondly, the tax does not take into account adaptive strategies like investing in communities most affected by climate change, or creating programs that transition workers from a fossil fuel based economy to a more sustainable one. Finally, the initiative bypasses the momentum built by organizations and communities of color to create and pass climate change solutions that take into account the voices of people most affected by climate change.
While we agree that we need to take action on climate change, we believe that, due to its strong flaws, I-732 is not the way to achieve this goal.
Vote NO on I-732
This election is a big one – from candidate races to ballot initiatives. Make sure you vote, and vote your whole ballot. Please mail in your ballots by Tuesday November 8th!
Important 2015 Election Dates to Remember
August 4 – Primary Election:
July 7 – last day to update your registration online or by mail
July 28 – last day to register in person at the county auditor's office
November 3 – General Election:
October 6 – last day to update your registration online or by mail
October 27 – last day to register in person at the county auditor's office
"Kids do better when their parents do better. So policymakers should look for ways to leverage and enhance the tools we have to ensure that they are improving outcomes for the entire family. A great place to start is by strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a major pathway to employment for parents with low incomes…"
Read more at: http://budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/invest-in-TANF-to-help-strengthen-families
Check out an amazing infographic about the impact of TANF at: http://budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/TANF%20Factsheet.pdf]]>
Please consider signing onto our letter to lawmakers encouraging them to oppose a bill that would increase predatory lending and debt settlement in our state.
Right now in Olympia, payday lenders are again attempting to skirt Washington's consumer protections, this time by creating a new financial product. HB 1922/SB 5899 are bills that create a "new" installment loan product that is outside the scope of the current payday lending regulation. The proposed loans would be for 12 months and up to $1,000 with expensive fees and triple digit interest rates! This effort was attempted in March of 2013, and was killed by consumer protection advocates like you. We can do it again with your help.
Also, HB 1398/SB 5321 are bills sponsored by the debt settlement industry to allow debt settlement companies to operate outside of Washington's consumer protections. National research and investigations of the debt settlement industry revealed dismal settlement rates, with many consumers having few, if any, of their debts settled. Recent federal rule changes restricting debt settlement companies from charging up-front fees before settling any debts have helped to curb some of the worst industry abuses, but that doesn't mean we should give them free rein here in Washington.
Please let Lara know if you would like to add your organizations' name no later than February 20, 2015.
Thank you!
A strong education system builds a strong state. When people have access to a high-quality education starting with K-12, people have a stronger chance of obtaining economic stability. In Washington, not all schools are meeting the challenge to build a strong foundation for success. Students of color and low-income students are disproportionately affected by the achievement or opportunity gap in Washington state. How will you reduce or eliminate the achievement gap and ensure that all people have access to a high quality education?
I will support increased funding for teachers and their professional development, smaller class sizes and universal kindergarten. Public private partnerships between businesses and schools can help to ensure that especially marginalized students will develop an understanding of the work place and what employers look for in applicants today.
Washingtonians need a strong infrastructure and the resources, critical investments, and community services to support a vibrant and inclusive community and economy. What changes will you propose to our state's revenue structure to ensure that we can adequately invest in our communities?
As a Washingtonian Congressmen, I will fight for federal funding on projects that will benefit my constituents. Revamping federal tax code for a modern era, closing loopholes, and ensuring that the poorest among us do not pay a higher percentage of their income than the wealthiest among us will be among my top priorities.
A strong safety net is the foundation of a strong state and workforce. Programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and similar programs such as Housing Essential Needs and Aged Blind Disabled (HEN and ABD), are keeping many of our families, children, and disabled adults alive. What will you do to protect funding for basic need services that provide a safety net for Washington families?
We live in a social democracy; we have already agreed that we should care for the disenfranchised in our communities. TANF and other programs are drastically underrated and currently are not even 1% of the federal budget. I will support increases in TANF and will fight to maintain its current level of funding/reauthorization.
Institutional racism is a daily burden that our communities face when accessing housing, credit, the ballot box, and interfacing with the criminal justice system. This oppression is often codified in the rules, allowances and governance of these institutions as "business as usual" and creates significant consequences for people of color. What will you do to address the consequences of institutional racism that create barriers for our members' ability to prosper?
Manufactured problems like the drug war, alleged voter fraud provide political cover for conservatives to lash out against minorities and contribute to a lack of affordable housing and educational opportunities. I am pro-marijuana legalization and so are the majority of Washingtonians. This policy can curtail discrimination that occurs within the drug war.
Wages have stagnated while cost of living has increased, making it difficult for low income families to meet their basic needs. What would you do to help low income families support themselves?
I believe that a strong middle class being paid a minimum wage job pays down our deficit, finances our social safety net and can create a more equitably distributed society. A thriving middle class is not the product of a vibrant economy; it is the cause of a vibrant economy.
Everyone, regardless of their income, should have fair and reasonable consumer protections when they borrow money. Fringe financial industries like debt settlement companies and predatory lenders push our communities into a cycle of debt. How would you protect Washingtonians' ability to avoid this cycle of debt?
The finance industry has run amok in recent years ever since the abolishment of the Glass-Steagall Act. Curtailing predatory lending on Wall St and on Main St is a key culture shift that needs to take place immediately. I will promote the work of consumer protection advocates like Elizabeth Warren and Washington's Patty Murray.
People leaving the criminal justice system face many roadblocks to reentering their community. This includes housing and employment discrimination and mounting debt from legal financial obligations. What changes would you make to the criminal justice system? Please include any ideas you have to reduce these roadblocks to reentry.
I would support reevaluating which crimes receive felony sentences and the ability of convicted non-violent felons to vote. There are various obstacles in housing and in employment that should be mitigated by treating felons like the humans they are.
Health and well-being is critical for all Washingtonians to thrive. Everyone should have high quality, essential health care services including reproductive health and preventative medicine. What will you do to ensure that all Washingtonians have access to affordable, high quality, and culturally appropriate health care?
The Affordable Care Act is the right step forward at this time. Yes, there are issues, but they are issues that can be and will be overcome. Fostering a cultural shift away from reactionary medicine to preventative care will have a significant and lasting impact on Americans and Washingtonians' health.]]>


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Game's main goal is to collect a certain amount of points (stardust).
You can see it in left top corner. Example 0/150. 0 - that you have. 150 - that you need
Game divides by turns. Every turn you need to get certain points
The current target point you need to get you can see in the right top corner
You can get this number by clicking on two stars.
If sum or difference of two stars = current target - that's it! You click on 'collide' button to collect points
After that stars desaper.
If you dont have suitable stars to collide you need to press 'supernova' button to get new one.
But be cereful. If you get more stars that edge param - you lose
If timer ends - you lose
If you collect all needed points - you win!

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ICG Brexit Update –
17 March
Picture the scene. It's Monday morning in Downing Street. Despite all the debate, the Whips Office is convinced that the Article 50 Bill will pass without amendment and the House of Lords will back down. This is the Prime Minister's moment of triumph. She has swept away all opposition from both within and without. Theresa May has the full authority to negotiate a Brexit deal of her own making. But then, out of the corner of her eye, she spots it. BBC News: Nicola Sturgeon to hold a surprise press conference at 11.30. What could possibly go wrong…?
The First Minister, of course, used the likely passage of the Article 50 Bill to make her long expected bid for a second independence referendum. In one sense this was unsurprising – Sturgeon has been laying the groundwork for a new poll from the moment the EU referendum result was clear. It was the timing that was the shock. The SNP had everything ready to go, including a website, an audacious fundraising plea and even a Twitter-ready, referendum-themed, set of gifs. Yet despite all this preparation, nothing had leaked in advance. Some had expected Sturgeon to use her upcoming speech at the SNP's conference to announce a referendum but such a deliberate intervention into the Article 50 debate took commentators by surprise. If it wrong-footed the media, it also certainly wrong-footed Theresa May.
The Scottish Government's arguments for a second independence referendum were simple. Scotland overwhelmingly supported Remain, and yet faces a "material change of circumstances brought about by the Brexit vote". It argues that a vote should be held once the terms of a Brexit deal are known, but before the UK's exit from the EU is finalised. Furthermore, the SNP claims Theresa May's own personality has made this inevitable. Sturgeon told the press that attempts to negotiate with Westminster over Brexit were "met with a brick wall of intransigence" from May and her team.
All of this puts May in an unenviable position. Opinion polls around 'IndyRef2' suggest a photo finish. The collapse of Labour in Scotland, worsened under Jeremy Corbyn, means much of the fighting force behind 2014's Better Together campaign has dissipated. Fighting on two fronts – independence and Brexit negotiations – is almost the last thing Theresa May wants. Even worse would be becoming the Prime Minister who presided over the disintegration of the Union. Can Westminster deny Holyrood a vote?
The answer is yes – sort of. Theresa May finally responded to Sturgeon on Thursday and declared that "at this point, all our energies should be focused on our negotiations with the European Union about our future relationship". The caveat there is clear. A referendum seems inevitable, but May won't countenance one before Brexit has been finalised. Whether May or Sturgeon will get their way, and if they can come to a deal without precipitating a constitutional crisis along the way, remains to be seen.
The Final Countdown
The first material impact of the SNP's demands has been on the triggering of Article 50. Initially expected to be as early as Tuesday, the Government delayed Royal Assent of the Bill until Thursday. Formal notification to European leaders might now have to wait until the 27th. Downing Street reportedly felt it had to leave enough time after Sturgeon's announcement to stop the two stories becoming intertwined. May's advisers are still locked in intense debates about how long her 'Article 50 letter' should be and what she should say in it.
The delay has done Theresa May few favours with Europe. A summit for the 'EU27' leaders had been set for the start of April, in expectation that negotiations would begin this week. That has had to be rearranged. Meanwhile, the hole in the news cycle where Article 50 should have been has been filled with further debate around whether "no deal is better than a bad deal". Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, was unimpressed. He tweeted that the EU "will not be intimidated by threats that no Brexit deal is good for UK & bad for EU".
Deal or No Deal?
For all the Brexit Secretary's bravado around the prospect of 'no deal', David Davis had few answers for the Chair of the Brexit Select Committee, Labour's Hilary Benn. Under sustained and incisive questioning from Benn, it became clear that Davis and his Department had conducted no assessment of the impact of not getting a deal and leaving the EU on WTO terms. Davis did acknowledge that not having a deal would likely be "not as good an outcome as a free-trade, friction-free open agreement".
Meanwhile, former WTO director Pascal Lammy shared his thoughts on the negotiations with the Institute for Government this week. He struck a slightly mixed tone, suggesting that the outcome would be "complex, permanently costly but not the apocalypse". He also stressed that, despite claims to the contract from some quarters, the EU would not want to punish the UK for leaving. This doesn't mean that the negotiations are without risk for Theresa May though. As Lammy put it, "this is a wetland and sometimes you get drowned".
Week in Quotes
"The simple fact remains that you have changed your mind since the excellent speech you made in the Referendum campaign arguing that we should remain in the European Union. I have not". Sacked Government adviser Lord Heseltine issues a stinging rebuke in a letter to Theresa May.
"That's my job as prime minister. Right now we should be working together, not pulling apart. And so, for that reason, I say to the SNP, now is not the time."– Theresa May rejects the SNP's demand for a second independence referendum.
"It's an argument for independence, really, in a nutshell, that Westminster thinks it has got the right to block the democratically elected mandate of the Scottish government and the majority in the Scottish parliament. History may look back on today and see it as the day the fate of the union was sealed." – An unimpressed First Minister responds.


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Hilton Revenue Beats Estimate As Occupancy Increases
(Reuters) – Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (HLT.N), owner of the Conrad and Waldorf Astoria hotel brands, reported a better-than-expected 7 percent rise in quarterly revenue, as increased business travel in United States drove up occupancy rates.
The increase in travel due to the strengthening U.S. economy has resulted in tight supply of hotel rooms. Hilton gets about three-quarters of its revenue from the United States.
Revenue per available room (RevPAR) increased 6.8 percent at U.S. hotels open for at least a year in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, Hilton said.
Worldwide comparable RevPAR rose 6.6 percent. RevPAR, a metric of hotel health, is calculated by multiplying a hotel's average daily room rate by its occupancy rate.
Revenue rose to $2.83 billion from $2.64 billion a year earlier.
Net income attributable to shareholders rose to $158 million, or 16 cents per share, from $26 million, or 3 cents per share. On an adjusted basis, Hilton earned 17 cents per share.
Analysts on average expected a profit of 18 cents per share on revenue of $2.72 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Hilton's fourth-quarter 2013 profit was adjusted for $306 million of pre-tax general, administrative and other expense, and $23 million of pre-tax interest expense, offset by a pre-tax gain on debt extinguishment of $229 million and an $87 million income tax benefit.
The company said it expects an adjusted profit of 10-12 cents per share for the first quarter. Analysts were expecting a profit of 15 cents per share.
Rival Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (HOT.N), owner of the Sheraton and Westin brands, which has nearly half its properties outside North America, blamed a strong dollar for its lower-than-expected full-year profit forecast of $2.87-$2.97 per share.
Hilton's shares had risen about 10 percent this year up to Tuesday's close of $28.65 on the New York Stock Exchange, outperforming an about 1 percent rise in the Dow Jones U.S. Travel & Leisure Index <.DJUSCG>.
(Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
© Copyright 2014 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved.
Burger King/Tim Hortons Parent Posts Quarterly Loss
(Reuters) – Restaurant Brands International Inc (QSR.TO), formed out of Burger King's takeover of Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons last year, reported a net loss in its first quarterly results after the merger.
U.S. fast-food chain Burger King bought Tim Hortons for C$12.64 billion last August, creating the world's third-largest fast-food restaurant group.
Investors and industry experts say Tim Hortons' coffee products can help Burger King chip away at McDonald's Corp's (MCD.N) dominance in the quick-serve breakfast market, while Burger King can help Tim Hortons expand in the United States and abroad.
Burger King and Tim Hortons are being managed as distinct and separate brands under the parent company.
Comparable sales at Tim Hortons grew 4.1 percent, while comparable sales at Burger King increased 3 percent in the quarter, Oakville, Ontario-based Restaurant Brands said.
Restaurant Brands, which has more than 18,000 restaurants in 100 countries, posted a net loss attributable to shareholders of $514.2 million, or $2.52 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31.
The company reported total revenue of $416.3 million in the quarter.
Up to Friday's close, Restaurant Brands' stock had risen about 14 percent since its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Solarina Ho in Toronto and Sneha Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon Jennings)
© Copyright 2014 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved.
Alibaba's Jack Ma Seeks To Reassure Employees Over U.S. Lawsuits
BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Executive Chairman Jack Ma urged employees to relax about U.S. lawsuits against the firm over possible failure to disclose information to investors, in a letter to staff posted on his official microblog on Friday.
A series of lawsuits have been filed in the United States after an unusually public fracas with a Chinese regulator last month over the issue of fakes being sold on Alibaba's websites.
"As for the lawsuits that came about from recent events, I ask that Alibaba employees be at ease," Ma said in his annual letter, sent out before Lunar New Year.
"The Group will attach high importance to these, and we will uphold the principles of objectivity, transparency and honesty to handle this."
Since the beginning of the year, Alibaba has faced a number of setbacks, with shares down 16.2 percent. Last month's third-quarter results failed to impress investors after revenue growth missed expectations, initially wiping off more than $25 billion from the e-commerce titan's market value.
Also on Friday, a Chinese antitrust regulator said pricing tactics in the nation's e-commerce sector would be probed to ensure a "fair" market, potentially putting new scrutiny on businesses such as Alibaba and JD.com Inc.
Last month, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said in a now-retracted 'white paper' that it had met with Alibaba before the firm's blockbuster New York listing to discuss the issue of fakes sold on its platform, but had withheld publishing any report so as not to affect the initial public offering in September.
Shares fell 4.4 percent the day the SAIC report was published, spurring U.S. law firms to file lawsuits alleging Alibaba failed to disclose risk factors to investors and thus harming their investments.
"We are monitoring the lawsuits triggered by the so-called 'White Paper' and the related events," said an Alibaba spokeswoman by email on Friday.
"We have always been transparent in our corporate governance and daily business operations, and make our best efforts to protect the interest of each and every shareholder. We will vigorously defend ourselves and our business practices."
In his letter to Alibaba employees, Ma said the lawsuits were an inevitable result of going public, as well as being a Chinese company.
"Almost every large multinational company runs into these kinds of challenges – IBM, Microsoft, Wal-Mart," Ma said.
(Reporting by Paul Carsten; Editing by Mark Potter)
© Copyright 2014 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved.
Japan Display In Talks With Apple To Build Iphone Screen Plant: Source
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan Display Inc <6740.T> is considering building a plant to supply smartphone screens for Apple Inc and is negotiating with the U.S. company for investment in the project, a person familiar with the situation said on Friday.
The Japanese screen maker aims to be the primary supplier of high-tech screens for Apple's wildly popular iPhones, the person told Reuters. Global iPhone sales, notably in China, have surged to make Apple the most profitable company in history.
Japan Display wants Apple to shoulder much of the expected 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion) investment in the plant, which aims to be in operation next year, the source said on condition of anonymity as the talks remain confidential.
The Japanese company said in a statement that it was constantly pursuing opportunities to strengthen its competitiveness, including building a new plant. "No formal decision has been made regarding any matter that we need to disclose," it said.
The most likely site for the plant is in Ishikawa, central Japan, the source said. It would have a capacity greater than an existing facility in Mobara, southeast of Tokyo, which makes 50,000 of the 1.5 by 1.85 metre sheets a month for iPhone 6 screens and other uses, he said.
Japan Display Chief Executive Shuichi Otsuka said last year that the company needed a new plant as it was reaching capacity at Mobara.
The company, formed in a government-backed deal in 2012 from the ailing display units of Sony Corp <6758.T>, Toshiba Corp <6502.T> and Hitachi Ltd <6501.T>, has endured a rocky spell since its listing in Tokyo last year.
But Japan Display this month reported a rebound to profit from two quarters of losses, boosted by demand from Apple and Chinese smartphone makers, in stark contrast with Japanese competitor Sharp Corp's <6753.T> shrinking panel business.
Extra orders from Apple would boost Japan Display in its rivalry with Sharp.
Japan Display's shares jumped 14 percent in early trade on the latest news before closing up 5.4 percent. Sharp fell 2 percent, while the benchmark Nikkei share index <.N225> rose 0.4 percent.
Apple and Sharp both declined to comment on the reports.
(Additional reporting by Yuka Obayashi and Ritsuko Ando; Writing by William Mallard; Editing by Stephen Coates and Mark Heinrich)
© Copyright 2014 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved.
Valeant To Buy Salix In $10.1 Billion Deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc agreed to acquire gastrointestinal drugmaker Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd in an all-cash deal valued at about $10.1 billion, the two companies said on Sunday.
The deal for Salix, known for its irritable bowel syndrome drug Xifaxan, was approved by the boards of directors of both companies, the companies said in a news release.
The companies said the deal had an enterprise value of $14.5 billion, which would include Salix's debt and any cash on hand. Valeant will pay $158.00 a share, valuing the all-cash transaction at about $10.1 billion.
The merger is expected to yield more than $500 million in annual cost savings within six months, the release said.
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015, and is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.
The deal is the largest ever for Laval, Quebec-based Valeant, which lost a takeover contest for Allergan Inc last year. The usually acquisitive Valeant slowed its buying pace dramatically while it pursued Allergan, and Chief Executive Michael Pearson said last month that it would focus on buying smaller, private companies in 2015.
Pearson said in the release that Salix, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, was an "ideal strategic fit" for Valeant.
The failure to acquire Botox-maker Allergan led Valeant to reassess its history of growth by acquisition and to target a higher stock price and debt-reduction in the next two to three quarters, people familiar with the matter told Reuters in December.
Valeant said on Sunday it had reduced long-term debt to $15.3 billion at the end of December, from $17.2 billion at the end of 2013.
Valeant also released its fourth-quarter results with the announcement, posting net income of $534.1 million, or $1.56 per diluted share, compared to $125.0 million in the year-earlier period, or 36 cents per diluted share.
Revenue rose to $2.28 billion, up from $2.06 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Valeant said it expects cash earnings of $2.30 per share in this year's first quarter.
British drugmaker Shire Plc as of last week had taken initial steps to acquire Salix and was working with advisers on a potential offer, according to people familiar with the matter.
Endo International Plc had expressed interest but was rebuffed by Salix, according to a source.
CNBC first reported on Friday that Valeant was close to a deal with Salix.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP served as Valeant's legal counsel, and Salix was advised by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.
(Reporting by Herbert Lash; Editing by Frances Kerry and Tom Brown)
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Home Depot Sets $18 Billion Buyback, Profit Beats Estimates
(Reuters) – Home Depot Inc , the world's No.1 home improvement chain, reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly same-store sales said it would buy back $18 billion of its shares.
Home Depot's profit also beat market expectations as an improving job market encouraged Americans to spend more on renovations, helping to send its shares up 3 percent in premarket trading on Tuesday.
The company's $18 billion share buyback replaces a $17 billion buyback authorized in 2013.
Home Depot's same-store sales rose 7.9 percent in the fourth quarter ended Feb. 1, beating the average analyst estimate of 5.5 percent, according to research firm Consensus Metrix.
Comparable sales increased 8.9 percent in the United States, where Home Depot has more than 85 percent of its 2,269 stores.
U.S. homebuilders remain upbeat about market conditions, according to a survey by the National Association of Home Builders published last week.
Home Depot's net income rose 36 percent to $1.38 billion, or $1.05 per share, in the quarter. Excluding items, the company earned $1.00 per share.
Net sales rose 8.3 percent to $19.16 billion.
Analysts on average had expected earnings of 89 cents per share on revenue of $18.7 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Home Depot also raised its quarterly dividend to 59 cents per share from 47.
The company said it expects full-year 2015 earnings of $5.11 to $5.17 per share, after accounting for share buybacks.
Home Depot shares closed at $112.28 on Monday on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose and Siddharth Cavale; Editing by Savio D'Souza)
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Target Beats Fourth-Quarter Sales Forecast, Sees First Quarter Growth
(Reuters) – U.S. retailer Target Corp reported a stronger-than-expected jump in same-store sales and profits for the key fourth quarter, helped by its expanding online business, and forecast modest earnings growth in the current quarter.
Target said comparable sales at stores open longer than a year rose 3.8 percent in the November-January quarter. That beat its forecast, unveiled last month when it announced plans to pull out of the Canadian market, for a rise of 3 percent.
Adjusted earnings per share, which excludes items including a massive loss related to the Canada exit, came to $1.50 in the fourth quarter. That was above the $1.43 to $1.47 per share range forecast by the company last month.
The results suggest that Target has moved firmly past a damaging breach of consumer data that hurt sales during the holiday season in 2013 and prompted a change of management last year. The company is now focusing its resources on its U.S. business after the Canada exit, which triggered a pre-tax loss of $5.1 billion in the fourth quarter.
The fourth quarter is the most important for retailers due to the boost in demand for Christmas
In an earnings release CEO Brian Cornell said the company enjoyed strong sales of focus product categories including baby, kids and wellness and that efforts to reduce costs were bearing fruit.
"We're confident that these efforts will allow us to grow our earnings while returning cash to our shareholders in 2015 and beyond," Cornell said in the release.
For the current quarter to end-April, Target forecast adjusted earnings per share of $0.95 to $1.05, up from $0.92 in the first quarter of 2014 and compared with the average analyst estimate of $1.04, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Target said it will unveil guidance for the full year at a meeting of analysts on March 3.
(reporting by Nathan Layne)
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IBM Targets $40 Billion In Cloud, Related Revs In 2018
(Reuters) – International Business Machines Corp , which ruled computing in the age of the mainframe, is targeting $40 billion in annual revenue from the cloud, big data, security and other growth areas by 2018.
The aggressive target, set by IBM executives at the company's annual investor meeting in New York on Thursday, is the latest step for the technology giant towards emerging, high-margin businesses and away from its previous strongholds in hardware and servers.
The $40 billion will come from areas which IBM calls its "strategic imperatives", namely cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security software. That would represent about 44 percent of the $90 billion in total revenues that Wall Street expects from IBM in 2018.
Those businesses generated $25 billion in revenue for IBM last year, or about 27 percent of its total $93 billion in sales.
The company said it would shift $4 billion in spending to its "strategic imperatives" this year.
IBM has been gradually shrinking its revenue over the past three years, as it sells unprofitable units such as low-end servers, semiconductors and cash registers.
IBM Chief Executive Virginia Rometty has said she is happy to jettison revenue from unprofitable businesses, what she has called "empty calories". IBM revenue has now fallen for the last 11 quarters, while earnings growth has been sporadic.
IBM says its long-term plan is to hit "low single-digit" revenue growth and "high single-digit" growth in operating earnings per share. Last year IBM withdrew its long-term plan to hit $20 per share in operating earnings for 2015.
(Reporting by Bill Rigby; editing by Andrew Hay)
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I have recently had the pleasure of celebrating my birthday, achieving the milestone age of 32. Excitingly, this is the only time in my life that my age is exactly half that of my Dads. I'm not sure if there is a word for that phenomenon, but there should be. A demi-père perhaps.
This birthday, which I celebrated in France with my folks (the first time in 17 years that I've spent my birthday with them) was particularly notable for being a white birthday. Europe being somewhat coated in the snowy stuff at the moment.
This meant that all kinds of exciting snow related shenanigans could take place, including the obligatory attempt to slide down a hill on a piece of plastic, and the creation of snow angels. Just because I'm 32 doesn't mean I have to be a grown up too.
It also nearly put a spanner in the works of our lunch plans, as both us and our local restaurant were entirely snowed in – this part of France not being used to dealing with snow of this magnitude, and things like grit and snow ploughs not featuring heavily in the local mairie's arsenal. As the photo below of our road demonstrates.
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So it was that we found ourselves walking through the heavy snow to the mill down by the river, and had lunch sitting next to an enormous log fire for warmth. The food was, as always, excellent, a warm goats cheese salad, followed by rabbit main and then, excitingly, a birthday cake which seemed to be some magical tiramisu layered concoction.
This was the first of three amazing cakes of the day – having both a mother and girlfriend in attendance for my birthday meant I was getting two cakes already. The third cake being the icing on the cake. As it were. I can report that all three were splendid.
Lunch was pretty damn splendid, as you can imagine, and being a French affair, lasted for over three hours. Lunch is a very serious thing round here. They also refused to let us pay for it, which was rather too incredible for words.
Post lunch, as I'm sure you can imagine, largely involved some lying around and feeling overly stuffed, followed by further cake eating, after which I did my best to wear myself out fully by rediscovering my inner child in the snow. All in all, a damn fine birthday!


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If I had to pick a certain meal to live off of for the rest of my life, It would most certainly be brunch. I will never understand what people have against it. You get to sleep in and also have your choice of coffee, Bloody Mary's, or Mimosas, which just happen to be three of my favorite beverages. You can have a full blue plate special complete with all the fixings, or you can have a short stack of pancakes with an endless supply of side options. The possibilities are endless and absolutely delicious! You never know when you're going to have a house full of people, and need to whip up something for brunch, and a casserole is ideal. Who wants to have every burner on, with a different item on each one, having to juggle cooking times…etc? I should have called this recipe the food pyramid casserole, because I feel like if you add a side of fruit, you can have a meal with all of the food groups included. I love a classic corned beef hash for brunch, and that is where I got my inspiration for this Corned Beef and Potato Breakfast Casserole. I just decided that all of the components needed to be baked together with some swiss cheese! How can that be bad?! I definitely think you should bookmark this one for those times that you need to feed a hungry bunch, but don't want a ton of dishes to clean up after. Enjoy!
- 1 lb yukon gold potatoes, sliced into ¼ inch slices
- 1 onion, sliced into rings
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk
- 1½ cups shredded swiss cheese
- 4 oz sliced corned beef
- 5-6 eggs
- salt and pepper to taste
- minced parsley
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 1 quart casserole dish.
- Layer ½ of the potatoes into bottom of the prepared casserole dish. Top with the onion slices, I like to sprinkle on some salt and pepper at this point and add the remaining potatoes. Season with more salt and pepper.
- In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Mix in the flour and salt, and stir constantly with a whisk for one minute. Stir in milk. Cook until mixture has thickened. Stir in cheese all at once, and continue stirring until melted, about 30 to 60 seconds. Pour cheese over the potatoes, and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Keeping oven at 400 degrees, remove potatoes from oven and uncover. Add a sold layer of corned beef on top, and then crack the eggs directly over that, being careful not to break the yolks! I like to use 1 egg per person you are serving. Salt and pepper eggs.
- Return casserole to the oven, uncovered, for 15 more minutes, until the eggs are just set but yolks still runny.
- Let rest for 5 minutes so the cheese isn't too runny, and devour!
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The polenta adds a lovely flavour to the cake. Serve with lightly whipped cream or an orange sauce.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 60 g reduced fat margarine
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- 4 egg whites
- 200 g gluten-free low fat vanilla yogurt
- 1 cup polenta
- 1⁄2 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 1⁄3 cup fresh orange juice
Directions See How It's Made
- In a medium mixing bowl, cream margarine, sugar and vanilla essence with electric beater.
- Add eggs and egg whites, one at a time, continue beating between additions.
- Blend in yoghurt, polenta, coconut, orange rind and orange juice.
- Beat well for further 2 minutes.
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The following policies apply to all programs offered at Piberry Institute.
1. If for any reason an applicant is not accepted by Piberry Institute, a full refund will be made of all monies paid.
2. For applicants who have cancelled their enrollment within three business days after signing an enrollment agreement and who have made initial payment, all monies will be fully refunded except the application fee.
3. For applicants who enroll but who do not attend class, tuition and monies paid are fully refundable, except for the application fee.
4. Students who cancel, are terminated, or who withdraw after beginning instruction but prior to 50% of the course completion, shall receive a prorated refund based upon the number of clock hours completed to the number of total course clock hours and the amount of monies paid minus the application fee. Withdrawing students receiving Federal Student Aid are entitled to refunds only after the Return of Title IV Funds Policy has been satisfied.
5. No refunds will be made after 50% of the program completed.
6. All refunds will be made within 30 days after the cancellation or termination.
7. Cancellation by the student should be in writing by certified mail or in person.
8. Official date of withdrawal from the program is the last date of attendance unless the school receives written notification indicating earlier withdrawal from the program.
Should Piberry Institute, Inc., cancel a course, the student will have the opportunity to complete the course at a later date. If a program is cancelled while there are current students enrolled in that program, students will have the opportunity to fully complete the program through a teach out.
Return to Federal Title IV Aid
The 1998 Higher Education Amendments, section 484B prescribes the amount of Title IV funds a student has earned at the time when a student stops attending and the amount of federal aid that has to be returned or disbursed. The amount earned is based on the amount of time the student has spent in attendance. It is based on a proportional calculation through 60 percent of the period of enrollment. Under these provisions, the calculation of Title IV funds is not concerned with refunding Institutional charges.
The Institute will calculate the percentage and amount of awarded Federal student financial assistance for all students. If the student withdraws up through the 60 percent point of the period of enrollment, then the student earns 100 percent of the Federal student financial assistance. If a recipient of Title IV grant or loan funds withdraws from the institute after beginning attendance, the institute must determine the amount of Title IV funds earned by the student. If the amount of Title IV grant or loan funds the student was disbursed is greater than the amount the student earned, unearned funds have to be returned. If the amount the student was disbursed is less than the amount the student earned, the student is eligible to receive a post-withdrawal disbursement in the amount of the earned aid that the student has not received but was otherwise eligible for. The percentage of the period completed is the number of calendar days completed in the payment period divided by the total number of calendar days in the same period.
Payment of Refunds. Refunds are made within 30 days following the date upon which the Student's withdrawal has been determined, or for a Student who fails to return from an authorized Leave of Absence (LOA), within 30 days of the date the Student was scheduled to return. Refunds are distributed in the following order:
1) Unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loans
2) Subsidized Direct Stafford Loans
3) Direct PLUS Loan
4) Federal Pell Grant
5) FSEOG Grant
6) Other Title IV Aid
7) Private sources of aid
8) The student or parent
Refunds for state aid programs and applicable third party funding agencies (e.g., Veterans Administration, WIA) will be calculated as stated in the Cancellation and Refund Provisions published in this catalog and in the student's Enrollment Agreement. Note, any state or third party funding agency refund due will be calculated in proportion to the amount of the benefits received.
Student FA Verification
When Piberry Institute receives the student's ISIR and financial aid package through our internal processing system, we can begin the process of verification. If a student is selected for verification, we attempt to collect all necessary documentation within 14 days and corrections are made to the ISIR if needed. The student is then cleared from tracking for verification when documentation is received. If we do not receive the requested verification items for a student within 30 days, we cannot begin the process of awarding aid. There is a possibility of a change in award amount if the applicant's EFC changes due to not having received the supporting documentation. Student enrollment can also be cancelled when required documentation is not received within 30 days. Student will be notified of the above by the financial aid representative when they occur. For more detailed information regarding Student Verification, please contact the federal student aid department for the complete verification policy.
Return to Federal Title IV Aid Policy & Procedure
Within thirty (30) days of the date the school determined the student withdrew, they will be
notified in writing if they are required to return any federal grant aid (Federal Pell or Federal SEOG). The student is considered to be in overpayment status. A student who owes a federal grant overpayment remains eligible for Title IV funds for a period of thirty (30) days from the earlier of the date the school sends a notification to the student of the overpayment or the date the school was required to notify the student of the overpayment. If during the thirty (30) day period the student repays the overpayment to the school or signs a repayment agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, the student will remain eligible for further Title IV funds. If during the thirty (30) day period the student fails to repay the overpayment or sign a repayment agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, the student is considered to be in an overpayment status and thus ineligible for any additional Title IV aid until that amount is repaid.
If more Federal student financial assistance has been earned than has been received, the student may be eligible for a post-withdrawal disbursement. The Institute will notify the student of any post-withdrawal disbursement loan funds for which the student may be eligible and what steps need to be taken for the Federal financial assistance funds to be received. The student or parent, in the case of the Federal PLUS Loans, needs to provide permission before any loan funds may be disbursed on the student's account or disbursed to the student or parent. However, the school may automatically use all or a portion of the post-withdrawal disbursement of grant funds for tuition and fees, and, with the student's authorization, the school may automatically use the grant funds for other educationally-related charges. Any balance of grant funds that may be available will be offered to the student. If Federal student financial assistance funds need to be returned, the Institute must return a portion or all of the unearned funds equal to the lesser of:
a. The Institutional charges multiplied by the percentage of the unearned Federal student
b. financial assistance funds; or
c. The entire amount of unearned funds.
If there are remaining unearned Federal financial aid funds to be returned, the student must return any loan funds that remain to be returned in accordance with the terms and conditions of the promissory note. If the remaining amount of funds to be returned includes grant funds, the student must return any amount of the overpayment that is more than half of the grant funds received. The school will notify the student as to the amount owed and how and where it should be returned.
Credit Balances
Students who have a credit balance on their account are eligible to receive a refund. The type of credit on a students' account will determine the method of initiating the refund and the length of time for a student to receive their refund. If a student has a Title IV credit on their account then the credit balances related to Title IV federal aid funds, per federal regulations, must be refunded no later than 14 days. If a student's change of enrollment results in a withdrawal from the school, the level of Federal Student Aid awarded may need to be recalculated by the school's financial aid office, along with any aid earned or not earned by the student, and returned to the federal source or refunded to the student, depending on the specifics of the situation. The amount of federal aid that may need to be adjusted and the pro-ration of the tuition, if any, are based on the date of withdrawal.
Students who have had a change in enrollment or who are withdrawing from the school must consult their school's financial aid office to determine a refund. Credit balances may be related to
payments from several sources, including from personal funds; Title IV Federal Student Aid; and non-federal aid funds, such as private loans and grants, and other external awards.
The School policies and procedures for handling student account credit balances adhere strictly to federal and other regulatory requirements, as applicable, and vary depending on whether a credit balance is related to federal aid funds or not. Credit balances may also be related to and affected by changes in a student's enrollment status during a term; changes to expected enrollments status prior to a term, including non-enrollment; changes to academic workload that affect federal or other aid eligibility; leaves of absence; or withdrawal. If a student's enrollment status changes as a result of withdrawal, the student's federal aid award may need to be adjusted and this may affect the amount of any refunds.
Depending on the specifics of the situation, students who have a credit balance and are recipients of Title IV federal aid, the level of aid awarded may need to be recalculated by the school's financial aid office. If a student or parent overpays the student's account, related credit balances will be refunded to the student, regardless of the source of the payment. For students who did not enroll during the term for which a credit balance exists in the student's account, the credit balance will be refunded to the student. If a credit balance on a student's account is related to other, non-Title IV Federal Student Aid funds (for example, external awards, such as scholarships, grants, or private loans) the credit balance in the account may be reduced, may be returned to the source, or may be refunded to the student, depending on the specifics of the situation and the conditions of the award.
Piberry monitors student credit balances daily and also review student accounts for accuracy of charges and funds posted, as well as possible pending charges, and will automatically issue refunds for eligible credit balances related to Title IV Federal Student Aid funds. Credit balances related to Title IV federal aid funds, per federal regulations, must be refunded by either:
• The date the credit balance occurred on the student's account, if the credit balance occurred after the first day of class of a payment period, or
• The first day of classes of the payment period, if the credit balance occurred on or before the first day of class of that payment period.
• Credit balances related to Title IV funds are always prioritized for refund processing, except that, the school may hold credit balances in a student's account across terms within the same award year if the student (or parent borrower for Parent Plus Loans recipients) provides prior written authorization.
Tuition information for the program includes books, supplies as detailed below and on the student Enrollment Agreement. Should there be a reduction in tuition, fees, or other charges, all students entering the institution within the enrollment period that the reduction is offered are eligible for this reduction of tuition, fees, and other charges. Tuition is billed at $16.66 per clock hour. Tuition for the Practical Nurse program includes an iPad, textbooks and other electronic resources, and supplies.
Program Tuition Books & Fees Total Costs
Medical Assistant Technician, Diploma (Tuition: $15,000, Books, supplies & Fees: $750, Total Tuition: $15,750). Financial Aid available to those that qualify.
*Medical Billing & Coding Specialist (Tuition: $15,000, Books, supplies & Fees: $1,550, Total Tuition $16, 550)
*Practical Nurse, Diploma (Tuition: $21,491, Books, supplies & Fees: $1,050, Total Tuition: $22,541)
*Home Health Aide (Tuition: $500, Fees: $50, Total Tuition: $550)
(*Program is not eligible for participation in Title IV Funding and Federal Financial Aid)
*Additional fees that are not included in tuition are listed below:
Practical Nurse program:
HESI Entrance Exam $50
Background Check $90
Drug Test $50
Medical Assistant Technician and Medical Billing & Coding Specialist:
$90 per each certification exam in Phlebotomy, EKG, Certified Medical Assistant, Certified Professional Coding.
*The Medical Billing and Coding Specialist and the Practical Nurse programs do not qualify for Title IV funding and Federal Financial Aid. The Practical Nurse program is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing, Florida State Commission on Independent Education and Council for Occupational Education. The Medical Billing & Coding Specialist program is approved by the Council for Occupational Education and The Florida State Commission on Independent Education. The HHA program is licensed by CIE, approved by COE, and is not Title IV eligible.
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The staff was not so friendly compared to other places
It is not good value for money, I will not recommend this hotel. Our others hotels in Sri Lanka had better services and rooms for half of the price we paid here.
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Kresge Eminent Artist monographs available for download and in print
One way The Kresge Foundation honors each of its Eminent Artists is in the production of a monograph tracing his or her life, career and artistry through biography, the presentation of their art and commentary from experts.
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2016: Leni Sinclair
A recognized leader of the 1960s-70s countercultural movement in Detroit, which she amply documented through vivid and dramatic photography, Sinclair may be best known for capturing the raucous rock n' roll scene of that era, including photographs of such rock legends as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and jazz icons such as Miles Davis and Sun Ra.
2015: Ruth Adler Schnee
Schnee's eye and imagination have brought colorful, abstract textiles and designs into personal, commercial and civic spaces. From living rooms, fitting rooms and hospital rooms to museums, showrooms and skyscrapers, her textiles appear in the most intimate and the most iconic settings. Schnee's textiles are in the collections of The Henry Ford, the Art Institute of Chicago and Cranbrook Art Museum, among other institutions.
2014: Bill Rauhauser
The dean of Detroit street photographers, Rauhauser has devoted more than 60 years to "being there" – being present and engaged on the city's streets, inside the studio and inside the classroom. Rauhauser's photographs have appeared in numerous exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington and at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
2013: David DiChiera
Founder and longtime music director of the Michigan Opera Theatre, DiChiera led the renovation of an abandoned, 1920s theater into the Detroit Opera House, and worked tirelessly to broaden the opera theater's audience and to promote understanding across racial, social, economic and geographic divides. He is also a composer, who's opera "Cyrano" debuted at the opera house in 2007.
2012: Naomi Long Madgett
An award-winning poet, editor and educator, Madgett nurtured aspiring poets through her teaching, annual poetry award and publishing company. Her poems have appeared in scores of anthologies and have been recognized with major awards including an American Book Award. She was named Poet Laureate of Detroit in 2001. Lotus Press, which she founded, has published many collections by emerging and established poets.
2011: Bill Harris
A renowned literary artist and educator whose poetry, prose, and playwriting have won him acclaim from Detroit to New York City, Harris also has cultivated creative writing talent and literary expression among young people in Metropolitan Detroit as a professor of English at Wayne State University as a community educator.
2009: Marcus Belgrave
A master trumpet player who played alongside some of jazz music's most famous figures, including Louis Armstrong. Belgrave enthralled audiences world-wide with his musical virtuosity and mentored scores of aspiring young musicians through his decades-long career.
2008: Charles McGee
McGee's long, distinguished career includes hundreds of exhibitions in the United States and abroad as well as contributions to Detroit's cultural community as a mentor, teacher and arts advocate. His paintings, assemblages and sculptures are in national and international collections, and are permanently installed at institutions such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.


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SmartStream Technologies, the Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist today announced the launch of a paper to help banks identify the implications and solutions needed to meet the intraday liquidity regulatory monitors, scheduled for enforcement from January 2015. The paper highlights concerns from an operational and regulatory perspective.
Without strategic intraday liquidity management, failing transactions will bring payment and security settlement systems to a standstill, which could have wide systemic implications given the interconnectedness of participants in the transaction value chain. The larger implications of delayed payments, throttling or not being able to settle obligations due to insufficient liquidity can be catastrophic for financial markets as was demonstrated during the financial crisis.
The paper titled 'Intraday Liquidity Management – The Time is Now' is available on March 26, 2014. It looks at intraday liquidity requirements, regulations, risk implications, data quality and the need for banks to have a duty of care. It also discusses the pressures on correspondent banks – how network managers will have a role to play in ensuring that correspondent banks provide full reporting coverage. Nick Noble, Product Manager, SmartStream, states: "Correspondent banks will bear the brunt of the changes as few today are able to provide the level of detailed real-time reporting that the monitoring tools call for. To overcome these data challenges banks will need to migrate from cash management solutions focused on settlement to systems that support the new T+0 operational paradigm".
Darryl Twiggs, Head of Product Management, SmartStream, states: "This paper is the result of forums we have held with those financial institutions who clearly see this as a major concern. Banks that continue to operate without visibility into their exposure will be left behind the curve and won't understand where their risks are."
He continues: "Most banks' legacy systems and processes work on an end-of-day or overnight basis and are not geared toward providing real-time or intraday information. In addition, trade information is dispersed across different trade and transaction processing solutions which in turn creates IT and data access challenges. Banks will need to find a way to aggregate data across these different silos in order to gain a holistic view of their positions, liquidity and exposure. They will then have to 'normalise' that data so that all parts of the organisation are singing from the same hymn sheet. We have been proactively raising these issues with our clients and they understand the strong arguments from both an operational and regulatory perspective".
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Most companies are adopting or evaluating container technology - Docker in particular - to speed up application deployment, drive down cost, ease management and make application delivery more flexible overall. As with most new architectures, this dream takes a lot of work to become a reality. Even when you do get your application componentized enough and packaged properly, there are still challenges for DevOps teams to making the shift to continuous delivery and achieving that reduction in cost ...
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DevOps is under attack because developers don't want to mess with infrastructure. They will happily own their code into production, but want to use platforms instead of raw automation. That's changing the landscape that we understand as DevOps with both architecture concepts (CloudNative) and process redefinition (SRE). Rob Hirschfeld's recent work in Kubernetes operations has led to the conclusion that containers and related platforms have changed the way we should be thinking about DevOps and...
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The question before companies today is not whether to become intelligent, it's a question of how and how fast. The key is to adopt and deploy an intelligent application strategy while simultaneously preparing to scale that intelligence. In her session at 21st Cloud Expo, Sangeeta Chakraborty, Chief Customer Officer at Ayasdi, will provide a tactical framework to become a truly intelligent enterprise, including how to identify the right applications for AI, how to build a Center of Excellence to ...
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Consumers increasingly expect their electronic "things" to be connected to smart phones, tablets and the Internet. When that thing happens to be a medical device, the risks and benefits of connectivity must be carefully weighed. Once the decision is made that connecting the device is beneficial, medical device manufacturers must design their products to maintain patient safety and prevent compromised personal health information in the face of cybersecurity threats. In his session at @ThingsExpo...
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FinTechs use the cloud to operate at the speed and scale of digital financial activity, but are often hindered by the complexity of managing security and compliance in the cloud. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Sesh Murthy, co-founder and CTO of Cloud Raxak, showed how proactive and automated cloud security enables FinTechs to leverage the cloud to achieve their business goals. Through business-driven cloud security, FinTechs can speed time-to-market, diminish risk and costs, maintain continu...
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