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  • Bank Records Show Questionable Spending By Kinloch Mayor Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:36AMKinloch City bank records released Tuesday under Freedom of Information requests show questionable spending by the city's indicted and now suspended mayor, Keith Conway. Hundreds of pages of bank records back up a federal indictment issued this spring against the elected mayor. Conway is charged with wire fraud and theft from a federal program.
  • Thousands Attend 'Get Motivated' Seminar Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:08PM"People were waiting in line at 6 a.m. this morning," said Jeff Calkins, general manager of the Blue Cross Arena. By mid-afternoon, more than 10,000 people had filtered in an out of the Blue Cross Arena, all in an effort to "Get Motivated."
  • 71-year-old rolls into golden years on a skateboard Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 10:31PMRon Cofall first came to the Bristol Skate Park about a year ago with his grandson, Hunter. Never on
  • Money Manners: Father shouldn't keep bailing out daughter Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 2:10AMDear Jeanne & Leonard:
  • MONEY MANNERS: Stick to your guns, grown daughter must stand on her own two feet Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:12AMQ I'm a retired dentist and have a 42-year-old daughter. Jennifer is a college graduate with a decent job, her own home and a nice car. Unfortunately, she has gotten herself into serious financial trouble several times, and I've always bailed her out (to the tune of almost $100,000). The last time she had a problem, I said I'd help - but only if she promised to never ask for money again. She's ...
  • Own Your Own Cloud - The Best of Both Worlds: Cost Savings, Operating Efficiency, And Remote Data Access Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:52AMSavvy Independent properties see benefits of remotely hosted platforms"Cloud system platforms are not just for the large chains," said Warren Dehan, president of NORTHWIND-Maestro PMS. "Many independent operators are leveraging remotely hosted cloud platforms to reduce expenses, create operating efficiencies, secure cardholder information, and to have instant remote access to their property or ...
  • State of the U.S. Vacation Timeshare Industry Study Shows Sales, Occupancy Rates Remain Steady Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 9:34AM"People are still making budget-conscious decisions when it comes to travel, which is why the value proposition of timeshare products is so appealing to our approximately 8 million owners," said Howard Nusbaum, president and CEO of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). Compared to a 58 percent occupancy rate at U.S. hotels last year, ARDA points to the spacious accommodations, such ...
  • Concord Servicing Corporation Teams with Brand Tango to Launch Integrated Lead Qualification System Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 8:00PMTwo timeshare leaders teamed up to launch the industry’s first mobile-friendly customer pre-qualification system. This new system—Qualifly™—helps determine in real time whether a consumer has a FICO® score in the range that meets pre-determined marketing qualifications, providing resort developers with powerful marketing efficiencies.
  • Posts Tagged ‘comforts of home’ Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 12:14PMTimeshares are a great way that you will be able to have a great vacation at a decent price. You will be able to stay in some of the hottest resorts available. You will spend about what you will spend to stay in a hotel room.
  • Posts Tagged ‘decent price’ Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 12:12PMTimeshares are a great way that you will be able to have a great vacation at a decent price. You will be able to stay in some of the hottest resorts available. You will spend about what you will spend to stay in a hotel room.
  • Posts Tagged ‘parameters’ Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 12:10PMTimeshares are a great way that you will be able to have a great vacation at a decent price. You will be able to stay in some of the hottest resorts available. You will spend about what you will spend to stay in a hotel room.
  • Rose City revives 4th of July fireworks Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 11:13PMNorwich - The sky over Norwich Harbor will light up and booms will echo down the Thames River on July 8 in a revival of the annual fireworks festival that had been the late Ronald Aliano's annual
  • Beheading suspect 'treated in UK' mental health unit but Deyan Deyanov was released Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 9:03AMDeyan Deyanov was in the UK visiting relatives when he was admitted to the Glan Clwyd Hospital's Ablett Psychiatric Unit in North Wales.
  • Man who beheaded British gran was released from mental health unit just months before killing Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 5:18AMDeyan Deyanov was in the UK visiting relatives when he was admitted to the Glan Clwyd Hospital's Ablett Psychiatric Unit in North Wales.
  • The Business Matrix: Wednesday 4 May 2011 Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 6:42PMNokia’s chairman Jorma Ollila is to step down next year. Mr Ollila, who joined in 1985 and was chief executive from 1992 and 2006, led the Finnish firm’s transformation from a rubber boots and TVs conglomerate into a giant mobile phone company in the 1990s.
  • In the market for timeshare? Here is some advice Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 11:09AMThis is a consumer advice column written by the Better Business Bureau of Northern Indiana. It appears Thursdays in Business.It's tempting to picture yourself on vacation on a beach with palm trees blowing in the breeze, staying with your family in a condo rental or timeshare.
  • Bad, injured Boozer belongs on bench Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 12:18PMSteve Rosenbloom: I was sorry to hear about Carlos Boozer's injury. Because I was hoping he had been benched for stinking it up again. I was hoping that Tom Thibodeau had grown as sick of his act as I had.
  • Opinion: Woz' wisdom and other cool things learned at SNW Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 4:01AMSANTA CLARA, CALIF. - Every time I attend an SNW show, which equates to 20 in the past 10 years, I tend to learn something new because I get to speak with many cool tech people from many interesting industries.
  • Appetite Grows for Exotic Asset-Backed Securities Monday, April 4, 2011 @ 2:17PMThe hunger for exotic asset-backed securities is growing, even as the broader market for the investments continues to shrink.
  • V O Group Donates Generously to Community Food Bank Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 8:26AMThe Vacation Ownership Group is a young business on the grow and owners Adam and Ashley Lacerda oversee a team of 40 and manage all the daily requirements of the thriving Timeshare Consulting Firm.
  • Buffett to ask Indian billionaires to open wallets Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 4:21AMBuffett is not coming to only talk foreign direct investment in insurance and invest his billions in Indian equities.
  • Turns out, owning a timeshare is not always on your side Sunday, March 20, 2011 @ 5:40AMQuestion: My husband and I have owned a timeshare since 1993. While we have enjoyed the use of it in the past when our children were young, now for various reasons, including the rising cost of dues, we don't want it any more.
  • Owners find they can't unload timeshare vacation baggage Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 9:30PMPlunging resale values, hefty fees -- and then there are the scammers
  • Freedom Boat Club growing in Savannah Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 8:18PMClub lets people 'own the water, not the boat' At a time when some businesses are having trouble staying afloat, Freedom Boat Club is growing. Brian McCarthy and his son, Tom, opened a franchise in Savannah in April 2005 with four boats. “We’ve grown it to two locations and 25 boats,” Brian McCarthy said. “We expect to be up to 30 boats by the end of the season (September-October).” Calling ...
  • MONEY MATTERS: Talking about timeshares Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 5:48PMIs it just me or is my little financial article becoming a pretty big deal? Each week, more and more people are coming up to me asking questions on topics from past articles or tossing me ideas for topics I can cover for issues upcoming. This week seemed no different. I must have received more than five different e-mails and/or Facebook requests from people looking for information on how to go ...
  • Inactive Pacer T.J. Ford eyes Betty Crocker tournament glory Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 12:54PMT.J. Ford has a lot of free time on his hands these days. After averaging about 20 minutes per game as a backup point guard for the Indiana Pacers through the first 2 1/2 months of the season, Ford fell behind starting trigger man Darren Collison , second-year reserve A.J. Price and rookie Lance Stephenson on the depth chart before dropping out of the team's rotation for good in late January ...
  • Dave Gardner: Changing your investor mind Monday, March 14, 2011 @ 2:53PMEven if an investment appears to guarantee impressive returns, you must understand how you would get out if you needed your money.
  • NASCAR rolls into Las Vegas, helps rev up economy Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 5:35PMThe Hauler Parade is taking place Thursday along the Las Vegas Strip, which means it's time to welcome NASCAR to the Las Vegas Speedway. The Convention and Visitors Authority says the parade of haulers has sort of become an event of its own, the unofficial kickoff to a race that pumps up the Las Vegas economy.
  • Rumors: Nets Want Dwight Howard Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 6:42AMThe injury that has sidelined starting point guard Tony Parker for at least two weeks won’t factor into any decision the Spurs make about possibly adding a player for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs.
  • Fantasy Basketball: Trade Deadline Primer Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 1:51AMWith the Carmelo Anthony saga finally past us, the floodgates have opened and there has been a flurry of action after a rather long period of inactivity. As we approach the trade deadline, now just about 12 hours away (Thursday, February 24 at 3 PM EST), let’s take a look a fairly detailed look at the current trade landscape. Completed Deals : Atlanta gets: Hilton Armstrong , Kirk Hinrich ...
  • Is Breaking Up So Hard To Do, or 5 Will Get You 11 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 3:46PMOver the last month, five S&P 500 issues have declared their intention to break off part of their ongoing business operating and distribute the shares to existing holders, leaving them with separate companies, and eleven separate stocks. Unlike the typical buy, merge and grow through acquisitions ...
  • Family victimized in Mexican time-share scam Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 5:44AMWINNIPEG -- A Winnipeg woman and her seven-year-old daughter watched in horror as the girl's father was roughed up and threatened with death after being duped into looking at what was billed as a time-share while on vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.[...]
  • What You Need to Know Before Buying Foreign Property Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 9:03AMIf you are interested in purchasing a home outside of the U.S. free or subsidized familiarization tours can be helpful if you know what you are looking for. 
  • A 60-Second Guide To What Brokers Are Telling Their Clients This Morning Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 8:06AMDEUTSCHE BANK: Buy. While a formal proposal was not submitted, Trian plans to speak with the company's board and with other shareholders and potential equity and/or debt financing sources.
  • Cardiff residents warned of holiday scam Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 10:58AMAs part of the Office of Fair Trading's Scamnesty Month Cardiff Council Trading Standards is warning about the dangers of bogus Holiday Clubs. Trading Standards are asking for any material relating to these scams to be placed in the 'Scamnesty' bins located in Cardiff libraries and Housing Offices.
  • Want to buy a corporate jet? Don't get grounded before leaving runway Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ 7:39AMBy Lee C. Hodge, Ward and Smith, P.A. Editor's Note: Lee Hodge is a member of the Business Practice Group at Ward and Smith, P.A.
  • WCU business book review: Book touts product sharing Saturday, January 15, 2011 @ 11:26PM‘The Mesh: Why The Future of Business is Sharing” by Lisa Gansky is a thought-provoking guide to what businesses can do to “make more money” and how consumers can “buy less but use more.”
  • Home in a former parking garage Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 11:18AMMoving downtown from suburbia, Dave LeBlanc discovers the new world of condo ownership
  • Del. Attorney General’s Office sues travel companies for deceptive marketing Wednesday, January 12, 2011 @ 10:22AMThe Delaware Attorney General’s Office announced Jan. 11 that it is moving forward with lawsuits against two travel companies that allegedly defrauded dozens of Delawareans. According to complaints from consumers, Serenity Travel and Destination Vacation International failed to provide promised discounts and incentives to consumers who joined their travel clubs, and failed to pay refunds to ...
  • Debt-Free in 2011: How to Keep Emergencies and Unexpected Event from Ruining Your 2011 Budget Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 1:17PMFiled under: Personal Finance , Lynnette Khalfani-Cox If you want to get out of debt in 2011, you're not alone. A survey from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling reveals that reducing debt is Americans' top financial New Year's resolution. What else are Americans planning to do to fix their finances? According to the NFCC survey, which was conducted online, individuals who were polled ...
  • Debt-Free in 2011: How to Keep Emergencies and Unexpected Events from Ruining Your 2011 Budget Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 1:17PMFiled under: Personal Finance , Lynnette Khalfani-Cox If you want to get out of debt in 2011, you're not alone. A survey from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling reveals that reducing debt is Americans' top financial New Year's resolution. What else are Americans planning to do to fix their finances? According to the NFCC survey, which was conducted online, individuals who were polled ...
  • Realise your financial dreams with your spouse Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ 12:43AMIf only one partner handles personal finance, there could be a lot of mismatch between you and your partner in saving and spending money. This can lead to marital stress.
  • David Cameron: Just a PR man - or is there substance to the success? Sunday, December 5, 2010 @ 6:25PMCamilla Batmanghelidj
  • Company Turns Your Car Into Timeshare Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 3:47PMRideshare companies spread access to wheels without having to buy your own.
  • Using the Internet to connect time-share owners and renters Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 3:09PMTime-shares are starting to reach a wider audience, thanks to the Internet. Websites like Redweek.com, Tug2.net, Bidshares.com, and Timesharegateway.com, as well as all-purpose sites like eBay and Craigslist are allowing owners and nonowners to partake of the time-share lifestyle by providing inexpensive options for buying, selling, and renting.
  • BuyATimeshare.com Helps Local Charities With Over 3000 Pounds and $2,400 in Donations Thursday, November 25, 2010 @ 8:01AMLocal timeshare advertising firm holds the largest Food Drive in company history. With a huge contribution to the New Hampshire Food Bank and Metropolitan Ministries, BuyATimeshare.com was able help its local communities.
  • BuyATimeshare.com Helps Local Charities With Over 3000 Pounds and $2,400 in Donations Thursday, November 25, 2010 @ 2:09AMLocal timeshare advertising firm holds the largest Food Drive in company history. With a huge contribution to the New Hampshire Food Bank and Metropolitan Ministries, BuyATimeshare.com was able help its local communities. (PRWeb November 25, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/11/prweb4826634.htm
  • Fla. man pleads guilty in time-share fraud scheme Tuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 4:27PMEAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A third Florida man has admitted taking part in a time-share fraud scheme federal prosecutors say bilked more than 600 victims in 46 states and six Canadian provinces of $1.3 million.
  • The fixes aren’t easy, but you’re worth it Monday, November 8, 2010 @ 6:55PMSaving readers a million bucks took Team Fixer just over five years. Today, we wrap up our celebration of hitting the $1 million mark with a column about what it’s really like to fix these problems, some things we’ve learned over the years and just what $1 million means today. …
  • Deals of the Day: Bernanke Sets Risky Course with QE II Thursday, November 4, 2010 @ 9:06AMDeals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.