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You only do that in the most absolute desperate situation," Dvorkin said. Eastsider Adriana Molina and her husband, Eddie, have been working on creating an emergency savings fund since last November. The couple have three children, ages 3, 9 and 12, and want to make sure they have a savings cushion, especially since Adriana works part time and .
U.S. Cellular offers $99 unlimited national calling plan
The new national plan allows customers to make unlimited voice calls. "We recognize that cell phones are critical to helping customers keep connected with the people and activities that matter most to them," said Jay Ellison, executive vice president and COO of U.S. Cellular. In addition to the unlimited national calling plan, U.S. Cellular offers a $14.95 unlimited texting plan and a $9.95 unlimited easyedgeTM data package to provide customers with a variety of services to satisfy their individual needs. The company also offers a wide variety of plans that include unlimited free incoming calls and texts. Information on this limited-time offer will soon be available to customers at www.uscellular.com or at local retail stores. U.S. Cellular is the nation's sixth-largest wireless service carrier, providing wireless service to six million customers in 26 states.
Telanetix Partners With Quintum to Offer VoIP Services to the VAR ...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Telanetix, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: TNXI) a leading developer of telepresence solutions and an award winning provider of hosted VoIP communications services, announced today that its AccessLine unit is expanding its channel program through an alliance with Quintum Technologies, where AccessLine will be utilizing Quintum's award winning Tenor VoIP gateway product line in its service deployment.
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McNerney calls for estate tax exemption
D-Pleasanton, could exempt some farm and business owners from estate taxes. McNerney told reporters Thursday that small businesses, farmers and ranchers pay more in estate taxes as property values in his 11th Congressional District continue to rise. The result, he said, is that many have to sell of pieces of their property, usually to real estate developers, to pay the tax bill. "Most of them want to keep land in agriculture, and because of the estate tax they’re not able to do that," McNerney said. The congressman’s proposal would exempt all inheritance valued at $3.5 million or less from the tax. Small businesses and family farms would be exempt for up to $8 million in value. Previously, the exemption limit was $2 million. The exemption would have benefited third-generation Sunol rancher Tim Koopman, who had to pay $747,000 in taxes when he inherited the family’s 850-acre ranch from his father.
Audits sting hospitals, physicians
Many lawmakers have similar sentiments, though it was Congress in 2006 that made the program permanent. A bill sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., calls for a one-year moratorium. The program's critics say that contractors have too much incentive to question as many claims as possible. That's because they get to keep about 20 percent of the overpayments. "What we have here is bureaucrats and government contractors coming in and trying to second guess what doctors and nurses have done in a hospital setting," said Don May, vice president for policy at the American Hospital Association. "They're playing Monday morning quarterback." While the contractors are often described as overzealous, that's a compliment as far as one watchdog group is concerned.
SAI Global Forms Alliance With ALI-ABA
PHILADELPHIA and PLAINSBORO, N.J., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) and SAI Global have formed a strategic business alliance in a bid to help tens-of-thousands of business and legal professionals manage their legal and compliance requirements. The alliance will provide ALI-ABA clients with customized access to SAI Global's compliance and risk management solutions to train staff and manage the integration of compliance and risk information into core business processes. SAI Global clients will have access to ALI-ABA's acclaimed CLE services and tailored portal solutions for legal professional development. "Lawyers and those involved with compliance, ethics, and corporate responsibility issues stand to benefit greatly from this initiative by being able to better understand and manage the emerging issues that affect their organizations and clients," said Tom Parry, President, SAI Global Compliance (Americas).
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