Monthly Archives: July 2011

USA Bank Chairman Fred DeCaro Named Violating Multipe Banking Laws

July 26, 2011
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The watchdog that inspects what went wrong after the FDIC seizes a bank has found USA Bank failed because of its Chairman’s actions. Today I report at The Distressed Debt Report , Fred DeCaro Jr was named as violating multiple banking and lending laws which lead to last summer’s seizure of USA Bank. DeCaro...

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Ct Teacher Pensions Cost 4 Percent Of State’s Budget As Higher Paying Towns Are Subsidized

July 26, 2011
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Connecitut’s formula for teacher pensions helps wealthy districts at the expense of small ones: http://www.raisinghale.com/2011/07/26/state-pension-fund-for-teachers-subsidizes/ State pension fund for teachers subsidizes wealthy school districts The state of Connecticut spends a lot of money supporting school districts, paying nearly 10 percent of the state budget in direct grants. And each year cities and towns put...

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Ct Attorney General Applauds Facebook For Privacy Improvement

July 26, 2011
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Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen credited Facebook Tuesday for making it easier for users of its social media website to report imposter profiles and for providing instructions to users who wish to opt out of its new “Tag Suggestions” feature. The company worked with attorneys in Jepsen’s office to address the privacy concerns and...

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Watch HBO and CNN On Your iPad and iPhone For Free

July 26, 2011
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While a lot has been said and written about the hundreds of thousands of applications available for your iDevices like iPad and iPhone, what I am really thrilled about is being able to watch live CNN as well as HBO on my Apple devices. You also can if you have a cable or satellite...

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