UPDATE: The trials modification period was originally 3 months, and then was extended to 5 months, and then extended to the end of January. This means that for the borrowers in the trial modification program, there will be no further extensions. For borrowers just entering the trial phase, they will have the normal three month period.

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Treasury: No Further HAMP Extensions

The Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce recognizes the businesses and the people of your chamber membership who have put forth outstanding efforts in their work and in their community. Nominate a fellow member that you believe has …

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This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources. Changes and comments from surferdude808: Since last week, the Unofficial Problem Bank List increased by a net 6 institutions to 582 and aggregate assets were virtually unchanged. There was removal, which was the failed Horizon Bank ($1,3 billion)

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Unofficial Problem Bank List Increases to 582

The majority of providers offer this qualification in the form of the Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) which ordinarily would give full ASIC RG146 / PS146 compliance. … Accounting courses are broken into areas such as financial accounting , management accounting , auditing and taxation

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All told its been an extraordinary week for trans Pacific business relations. Google served notice on China that it would do what ever it takes to protect the privacy of the data within gmail accounts of human rights activists. Meanwhile back in America Mark Zuckerberg gave an extraordinary interview where he posits his views on the declining utility of personal privacy.

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Zuckerberg: I decide societal norms. (Are Facebook users lobotomized lemmings?)

Francis Pileggi at the Delaware Litigation blog reports that Deloitte has won a partial summary judgment against Thomas Flanagan, the Chicago-based, ex-Vice Chairman of the firm accused of multiple counts of insider trading. My original post, describing how I broke the story first on Twitter based on a confidential tip, is …

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Deloitte Wins Major Round Re: Alleged Inside Trader Flanagan

“The lawyers found a quirky way to threaten PCAOB and SOx itself,” said Francine McKenna, managing editor at re: The Auditors.com and a former director at PricewaterhouseCoopers. “Whatever the decision, I don’t think it should be construed as a referendum on either. The plaintiff found an obscure, high-impact issue to ..

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McKenna Quoted In Search Compliance.Com

My new post is up @Going Concern “…There’s nothing wrong with hiring more of your interns for full time positions. It does close off opportunities for graduates to switch firms – get hired full time for a firm you didn’t intern for – and for those who don’t intern to ever ..

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@Going Concern “Love Me, Love Me… Say That You Love Me: Critiquing The Positive Intern Hiring Trend”

I often forget that not everyone who reads my posts also follows me every day on Twitter.  I often Tweet breaking news, my reviews, and intermittent musing on the days (and often the evening’s) events. If you have not tried Twitter, I strongly encourage it, especially if you’re in transition.

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In Case You Missed It…Virtually Out And About

Yesterday, Wednesday, was quite a busy day. Any business news was overshadowed by the devastating news from Haiti. There are a number of ways you can help – from donating via your mobile to the Red Cross to an effort that is local to Chicago, Project Eden.

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Are You Gonna Make My Day? The Auditors And SEC Enforcement

People have asked whether moving your money from your giant bank to a small community bank or credit union will have any real affect on the too big to fails, given that most of their profits come from speculative investments instead of normal banking deposits. According to the Nation, the answer is yes : The cynics either do not understand banking or misunderstand the widespread public anger.

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Moving Your Money Can Have a Real Effect on Big Banks

Hope, Change, have vanished Crestfallen bank expiring Mortally wounded by Soylent Green is People From the FDIC: FDIC Creates a Deposit Insurance National Bank of Kaysville, Utah to Protect Insured Depositors of Barnes Banking Company, Kaysville, Utah Barnes Banking Company, Kaysville, Utah, was closed today by the Utah Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.

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Bank Failure #4 in 2010: Barnes Banking Company, Kaysville, Utah

It’s difficult to underestimate the tragedy of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. I first learned of the catastrophe in the comments of this Marginal Revolution post, where Tyler Cowen was talking about how tourism was slowly taking off. With tens of thousands of dead and the country’s infrastructure and capital destroyed, it’s difficult to see how Haiti can recover.If it does, the Haitian diaspora

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On Haiti’s diaspora

Tags: accountants , accounting , accounting services , book keeping, directories, economy, expert witnesses, Finance, financial, Firms, law, secretarial services , services , society, tax services . This entry was posted on Saturday, …

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Thinking all is well Whistling past the graveyard Our first Friday FAIL by Soylent Green is People From the FDIC: First American Bank, Elk Grove Village, Illinois Assumes All of the Deposits of Town Community Bank and Trust, Antioch, Illinois Town Community Bank and Trust, Antioch, Illinois, was closed today by the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation, Division of Banking, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. …

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Bank Failures 2&3 for 2010: Illinois & Minnesota

According to a recent AP article by Gillian Flaccus entitled, Dollars From Dirt: Economy Spurs Home Gardening Boom, “The National Gardening Association estimates that a well maintained garden yields a $500 dollar average return per year …

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PROVO – (January 15, 2010) The Utah Valley Chamber, one of Utah’s largest Chambers of Commerce , met in a special session to assess this year’s State Budget conditions in preparation for the upcoming Legislative session.

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accounting . Accountants perform a broad range of accounting , auditing, tax, consulting and … Accountants and auditors employed by public accounting firms … And ‘even in the short and medium term in scope and refers to commercial activities or services .

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accounting » Blog Archive » How to classify accounting information

In the recent years, commodities as an asset class have received a lot of attention from the investor community. Many investors are now turning towards commodities as because they are disappointed with the return on other assets.

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Become A Commodity Trader And Get Rich Like The Turtles

A very succinct 4 minute video from Dutch think tank ECP-EPN which provides a clear layman’s view of how the internet is evolving to become ubiquitous as intelligent agents interact with everything from washing machines to intelligent devices. I have a slight issue with the term ‘Web 3.0′ given that the web is essentially browser based – we are arguably discussing ‘internet 3.0 appliances’ – but this little video clearly discusses how all sorts of devices will communicate and collaborate with each other as your intelligent agent.

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Ubiquitous Intelligent Internet Agents

The Nielsen Company reported that here in the U.S. market, time spent viewing online video is up 13 percent in December 2009. Some observers might be surprised by these results, but if you’ve been reading my prior commentary, then you will know that this is totally in-line with the unmistakable trend that’s been building for some time

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Swisscom Selects Cisco ASR 9000 to Prepare for the Zettabyte Era

The House committee investigating the bailout of the American International Group on Friday called upon Henry M. Paulson Jr., the former Treasury secretary, and Stephen Friedman, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to testify later this month.

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Paulson, Friedman Called to Testify About A.I.G.

A private waste management company (dump operator for those not into politically laundered engineering terms) has refused to accept soil that is radioactive. So now Boeing and NASA will have to look elsewhere for a solution to their pollution. The landfill is the largest in the western U.S.

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Time for a nuclear bailout in America?

bringing the world economy to its knees.TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: ‘These obscene bonuses paid so soon after the world’s taxpayers had to rescue the banking system show that there is something fundamentally wrong in the …

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Alistair Darling said he is ‘confident’ that official figures to be released later this month will show that the economy returned to growth in the last quarter of 2009.But the Chancellor also warned that ‘the recovery will be very …

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Chancellor Alistair Darling is 'confident' Britain has pulled out …