the mortgage and financial services industries

Patton Boggs’ Repurchase, Coverage & Recovery Team is at the forefront of one of the most critical issues facing the mortgage and financial services industries – Loan Repurchases. Identifying this issue early on, Patton Boggs instituted a multi-disciplinary approach to handling repurchase issues for industry members by forming a highly experienced team with the ability [...]

$10 Million Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million international competition to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles capable of achieving 100 MPGe, will host its Finals Stage July 19-30 at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, Mich. Qualified, credentialed press can watch the action live July 22, 23, 26, and 27. Requests [...]

OFFICE OF INSURANCE AND SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER

It has come to my attention that certain insurers are including provisions in their hospital agreements, commonly known as a ‘most-favored-nation clause,” which violate Georgia law. For the purposes of this Directive, the following terms are defined as follows:

Machine Shop Training with a Musical Note

Norwich University recently added a hands-on machine shop training activity to the introductory engineering course with the goal of teaching basic shop tool skills while stimulating interest in the exercise by creating a useful object. The object, a simple flute, was designed to have three parts made from machinable wax rods that would require the [...]

Group companies under the FINMA Money Laundering supervision

Name Location 1798 Global Partners (Switzerland) SA Genève ACATIS Modulor Vermögensverwaltung AG Basel Adingest SA Genève Affaires Financières SA Zürich AGM Leasing AG Basel AIB Aquila Invest Basel AG Basel AIZ Aquila Invest Zürich AG Zürich Alunda Aquila Asset Management AG Zürich Aquila & Partners AG Basel Aquila Anlageberatung AG Zürich Aquila Associates AG Zürich [...]

A PLANNING METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATING MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Perhaps most significantly, the role of technology in establishing mcompetitive advantage is emerging as a new and powerful Rockart and Scott Morton (1983), Parsons (1984), and others have stressed several alternative approachs by which competitive advantage can be achieved through technology. A common theme among all advocating this concept is the importance of strategic information [...]

2010 Fuel Economy Guide

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce the Fuel Economy Guide to help car buyers choose the most fuel-efficient vehicle that meets their needs.

Digital economy rankings 2010

The Economist Intelligence Unit is the business information arm of The Economist Group, publisher of The Economist.