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Debt Settlement America Gives Back This Holiday Season

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(1888PressRelease) December 24, 2009 – Debt Settlement America (DSA) has offered a special gift to three families this holiday season by allowing them temporary deferments. A deferment means that the client will be able to skip their regularly scheduled fee payments for one to three months, essentially allowing them to receive DSA’s services for free during that time. Debt Settlement America has given out one, two, or three month deferments for these clients as a part of the company’s efforts to assist as many people as possible in as many ways as possible.

 

One client of DSA’s who has gone through a particularly rough year has three children, two of which suffer from disabilities. This client’s 11-year-old daughter and 9-month-old daughter both require special care and attention, which cause the family to spend large chunks of time and money in doctor’s visits and bills. Because this client is unemployed herself, her husband, a trucker, works extra hours to ensure that the family is provided for and that the medical bills are covered. Due to his long work hours and lengthy travels, he has only seen their nine-month-old daughter twice since she was born. Even through these hardships this family still manages to save money, and has settled two-thirds of their debt so far. Debt Settlement America has gifted this southern family a one-month deferment so that this father can be at home with his family and his new baby girl for the holidays.

 

Financial problems caused one of DSA’s west coast clients to lose her home to foreclosure, which also ended her marriage. Having lost her house and her husband, she was forced to move in with a friend, where she still pays rent. Once separated, her husband stopped helping pay off any of the debt they accumulated while still together. This client is now working to support her two young boys and resolve her debt without much support. Through it all, this client has shown determination to do everything she can to make ends meet and save to pay off her debt, and has already settled one of her accounts. This client continues to show strength to her boys to give them confidence in the future. Debt Settlement America has gifted this client a two-month deferment to help this client catch up and begin the new year on easier footing.

 

As a worker in the home improvement sector, an east coast client of DSA’s saw his pay reduced by $10,000 a year in the last year. Already in debt by that point, this client then moved his family across the country for work. Despite these challenges, this client managed to save and has settled almost half of his debt. The holiday season, however, has proven difficult for his business, and he is now struggling to meet his mortgage payments and to feed his wife and two young daughters. Debt Settlement America has gifted this family a three-month deferment to help this client get back on track financially during the slow months of his work and to allow him to continue providing for his family.

 

Debt Settlement America works to resolve unsecured debt for Americans all over the nation. Debt Settlement America’s debt negotiators work on a consumer’s behalf to secure settlement on their unsecured debts. This way, a consumer can pay off each creditor with one lump sum payment at a reduction from their original debt balance. These settlements are legally binding, and ensure that no further collection efforts or legal action will be taken on the settled accounts.

 

DSA (Debt Settlement America) is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and services clients across the nation. Since its inception in 2004, DSA has established itself as a leader in the debt settlement industry. DSA is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Association of Businesses, the American Bankers Association, and a Gold level member of the International Association of Professional Debt Arbitrators. DSA has been recognized as a TASC Best Practices accredited member company for the past three years.

 

To learn more about Debt Settlement America, or to receive a consultation free of charge, go to www.debt-settlement-america.com or call 866-433-7461.

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Making Some Money, a Few Ideas!

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Very few people get rich by their wages. But if you are an intelligent investor, you can be one of the elite groups. You can continue to make astounding gains if you are well versed with the stock market. You can also make thousands from the property market, gold, or by investing in the right sector at the right time. Of course, making millions of pounds everyday is not everyone’s cup of tea. But if certain ways are followed one can certainly achieve this with a special kind of knowledge.

Your hobbies can fetch you a few million pounds. Skills, contacts and knowledge that are gained and developed in hobbies like upholstery, or interior design, gardening or picture framing can boost your income. Such skills are god-gifted. Right from selling your work to teaching the craft to others, there are plenty of opportunities of making money.

If you are planning to set up a new venture, plan carefully to make it a success. You can come up with millions of ideas when you sit idle. All you need to do is take pen and paper and catch every idea that passes through your mind and jot it down. The ideas should be unique and should be your own invention. You can take suggestions from your family members and friends. Once you have finalised the theme of your new venture, research on similar businesses in your area. Find out what people want.

The Internet can be another lucrative area for creative people. Individuals with a talent for writing, drawing, photography or music can use the Internet to make enough to live comfortably at the same time do what they like to do professionally.

Commerzbank sells Dresdner Van Moer Courtens and the Belgian branch of Commerzbank International S.A. Luxembourg

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The transaction is still subject to the usual approvals from the authorities. The parties have agreed to maintain confidentiality about the details.

Dresdner Van Moer Courtens was founded in 2008 as a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank Luxembourg S.A. through the merger of asset managers Damien Courtens and Van Moer Santerre. It concentrates on wealthy private clients and securities trading.

The Belgian branch of Commerzbank International S.A. Luxembourg also operates in this area and was opened in 2006. At the end of 2008 both institutions together managed assets in the volume of EUR 615 million and employed 48 staff.

The Brussels branch of Commerzbank AG Frankfurt, which specializes in the corporate customer segment, will continue to be run by Commerzbank.

Press contact:

Simone Fuchs: +49 69 136 44910

pressestelle@ commerzbank.com

Student loans encourage culture of debt

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Students are racking up crippling debts because they’re not being taught the difference between student loans and other forms of credit, a financial education charity warned this week.

 

Chris Tapp, director of Credit Action, said because it’s “basically impossible” to get into difficulties with student loans, students are given the message that it’s fine to be in debt.

 

Tapp believes students should be taught the difference between student loans and other debts such as overdrafts and credit cards to help them avoid getting into financial difficulties.

 

“It’s important to make a distinction between the kind of burden that you face with student debt as opposed to any other type of debt,” he said.

 

“I don’t think that’s been done as effectively as it could have been by the government and others.”

 

Two years ago, before the onset of the credit crunch, Tapp warned that student loans were fostering a culture of debt that encouraged students to “live beyond their means”.

 

“We now have a generation for whom you’re extremely odd if you’re not in a substantial amount of debt. It’s that culture of borrowing that student loans have really fed into,” he said.

FX Asset Management teams up with Saxo Bank, and sees EUR/USD volatility

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(1888PressRelease) July 22, 2009 – FXAssetManagement.com specializing in managed forex options has teamed up with Saxo bank to provide clients unparalleled access to the true 24Hr FxOptions market in this era of “new normal”.

FXAssetManagement.com and ManagedForexOptions.com, to coincide with FXAssetManagement new website and Saxo’s new Fx Option Board ,has announced its focus on FX Options. It says it expects EUR/USD volatility similar to the 4th quarter last year.

In this era of the “new normal” of high risks and low returns such has been seen in the last 18 months as markets tumbled along with assets it would be sensible refer to an LA attorney for asset protection.

FXAssetManagement is giving clients what it feels is the best option to compete for and get the best returns. FXAssetManagement feels risk reward ratio should be much different and suggests people keep a large percentage in guaranteed and dividend yielding investments and take a smaller percentage and aim for higher returns.

Saxo bank provides an excellent platform for FXAssetManagement and it’s clients with a world class FX option product selection and protection of client funds. This FXAssetManagement says, is a tremendous combination providing it and its clients the best opportunities, as it expects EUR/USD volatility similar to the 4th quarter last year.

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FXAssetManagement.Com is a COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR REGISTERED, NFA ID#: 0391484 specializing in Transparent, Separately Managed Accounts, they can be contacted via its website www.FXAssetManagement.com or ManagedForexOptions.com Saxo Bank is a global investment bank specializing in online trading and investment across the international financial markets and is one of the world’s top 25 foreign exchange banks operating in the global capital markets.

Disclosure: The information provided in this document has been obtained or derived from sources believed to be reliable. FxAssetManagement Corporation, does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness, nor does FxAssetManagement Corporation assumes any liability for any loss that may result from the reliance by any person upon any such information or opinions.

Such information and opinions are subject to change without notice, are for general information only and are not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sales of any foreign exchange transaction, or as personalized investment advice. In addition, any projections or views of the market provided by the author may not prove to be accurate. FxAssetManagement will not be responsible for any losses incurred on investments made by readers and clients as a result of any information contained.

LA Investment Capital Announces Five New Private Equity Funds for June 2009

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(1888PressRelease) June 20, 2009 – By taking advantage of the of a downturn market place where the supply of equity capital available for equity investments is far from reaching the demand or need for it, senior advisors and managers of LA Investment Capital look to make investments into early stage or growth stage companies that provide their equity funds a “value added investment opportunity with an opportunistic return on investment”.

LA Investment Capital prides itself on its ability make investments into US Companies that add jobs to the US Job Market while providing safe and high investment returns, and investments into foreign based companies that provide an elevated investment return potential to its US Based Equity Funds and Investors.

The Private Equity Funds offered by LA Investment Capital are termed “True Closed-End Private Equity Funds”, or as company officials call them, “Non-Blind Private Equity Funds”. Simply put, the firm may go out seeking early and growth stage energy investment opportunities and settle to make investments into seven A+ quality privately held energy companies for a total investment amount of $100 million dollars for the seven opportunities.

After a full due diligence and audit package has been completed on each investment opportunity, Senior Management at LA Investment Capital put together a “Bulk Equity Fund Package”, better known as “A Fund”, for investors to review and make their investment into. Before making an investment into one of these “Funds”, investors get an opportunity to review each of the companies in the “Fund” (sometimes referred to as a “portfolio”), not an investment criteria or a general investment profile as offered by most funds today, and in many instances the investors even get an opportunity to speak to the managing partners of each of the companies into which the fund will be making an investment.

The true upside of this investment model is that each investor making an investment into a “Fund” is getting an investment in a truly diversified portfolio of A+ investment opportunities. Most private equity investment opportunities are single investment opportunities, meaning you invest into a single company, and your investment dollars “fly or die” with that companies success or lack-there-of. By investing in one of LA Investment Capital’s “Funds”, each share holder of a “fund” is equally invested in each of the multiple investments the fund invests into, essentially making each “fund” a “mutual fund of private equity investment opportunities”, which helps minimize the risk of each investment made by the investor(s).

The term “True Closed-End Fund” comes from the fact that after the full investment of the $100 million dollars is made by the “Fund”, the Fund never again makes another investment. The Fund and its investors simply sit back as the companies the fund has invested into perform in the market place and collect their quarterly investment returns. When the partnership with its investments come to an end, whether through and equity buy-out or IPO, the Fund simply distributes its last set of investor returns and dissolves.

In an effort to address the growing investment frauds in the market place today, and to ensure each investor that their investment dollars are safe with LA Investment Capital, LA Investment Capital has retained a private third party accounting firm to provide quarterly financial statements and year end audited financial statements to all shareholders of each of LA Investment Capitals Private Equity Funds.

LA Investment Capital currently has Private Equity Investment funds in the following market sectors: Energy, BioFuels, Oil & Natural Gas, Mineral Rights, Domestic Real Estate and International Real Estate. If you are sophicated investor looking for low risk investments with investment returns in the teens or greater, LA Investment Capital may have the investment vehicle for you.

LA Investment Capital

9107 Wilshire Blvd.

Unit 450

Beverly Hills, California 90210

www.LAInvestmentBanc.com

Eutelsat, Viasat to work together on providing internet services

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PARIS (Thomson Financial) – Viasat Inc said it has agreed with Eutelsat Communications, Loral Space & Communications Corp and Telesat to work together to expand broadband internet services via satellite.ViaSat and Eutelsat are cooperating around ViaSat’s Ka-band SurfBeam networking system and a common wholesale business model to offer service through ISPs, telecommunication companies, and direct-to-home television providers, the US company said.Eutelsat announced separately that it has selected EADS Astrium to deliver its first satellite operating exclusively in Ka-band frequencies.The satellite will form the cornerstone of a major new satellite infrastructure programme that will significantly expand capacity for consumer broadband services across Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, while providing new opportunities for local and regional television markets, it said.In a linked move, Viasat said it has awarded a contract to Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of the Loral group, for the construction of Viasat-1, which it expects to be the world’s highest capacity broadband satellite.The company has secured financial commitments from partners of over 100 mln usd to date towards ViaSat-1, it said.Eutelsat and ViaSat are already partners in Eutelsat’s Tooway Ka-band service using the Hot Bird 6 satellite, the company added.Andrew.Newby@Thomson.coman/lamCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.

Air France-KLM Dec traffic up 3.1 pct; load factor 78.6 pct – UPDATE

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PARIS (Thomson Financial) – Air France-KLM reported a 3.1 pct year-on-year rise in passenger traffic for December, following a slowdown at Air France at the end of the month because of strike action at Paris Orly airport.The airline said its load factor was down 0.8 percentage points at 78.6 pct thanks to a 4.1 pct capacity increase.The carrier said it recorded a further rise in unit revenue excluding currency impact.Overall, Air France-KLM carried 5.8 mln passengers, up 0.5 pct on the year-earlier period.The group’s Americas network saw a 4.7 pct traffic increase, while capacity grew 6.4 pct, leading to a 1.4 point slip in load factor to 83.1 pct.On its Asia network, traffic grew 4.9 pct while capacity was up 5.6 pct and load factor slipped 0.6 points to 82.1 pct.The Africa and Middle East network saw a 2.6 pct increase in traffic while capacity was up 5.7 pct, causing load factor to decline 2.4 points to 79.1 pct.Air France-KLM’s Caribbean and Indian Ocean network’s traffic was up 1.5 pct, capacity was stable and load factor rose 1.3 points to 83.6 pct.The airline’s European network saw traffic edge 0.2 pct lower while capacity was up by 0.7 pct, leading to a 0.6 point decline in load factor to 65.8 pct.Cargo activity saw a 2.9 pct traffic increase, driven by the Americas and Africa and Middle East networks, the airline said, adding that capacity was up 3.7 pct, while load factor declined 0.5 pct to 70.2 pct.helen.beresford@thomson.comhem/salCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.

Former astronaut quits Rocketplane

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Former astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Commander John Herrington has resigned from Rocketplane Global, an Oklahoma company that hopes to offer commercial space travel.

Herrington, who was hired in September 2005 as the company’s vice president and director of flight systems, resigned on Dec. 21, according to a news release from the Chickasaw Nation media relations office.
Herrington is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. He became the first American Indian to fly in space in 2002, when he was a mission specialist on the space shuttle Endeavour.

Herrington did not immediately return an e-mail message sent Thursday morning, and Rocketplane’s chairman and chief executive officer, George French Jr., did not immediately return a phone message left Thursday at the company’s Oklahoma City office.

Herrington has retired from the Navy and from NASA. When he joined Rocketplane, plans were for him to serve as the pilot on the first test flight of Rocketplane XP in 2006 and to fly commercial spaceflights that were expected to begin this year.

But the company has yet to get its spacecraft off the ground and NASA dropped a multimillion dollar space transportation agreement with Rocketplane Global’s sister company, Rocketplane Kistler, in October.

‘I was fortunate during my tenure at Rocketplane to work with an incredibly talented group of professionals,’ Herrington said in a statement issued by the Chickasaw Nation. ‘My decision to leave was a difficult one.’

Herrington said in the release that he plans to continue working in the commercial space industry, because he believes ‘commercial space is the next great adventure in aerospace.’

He said he will continue working with the Chickasaw Nation, for which he has appeared in television commercials, and to serve as an adviser to the national Institute for Space, Science and Security Centers at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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Galapagos enters into oncology target discovery deal with Janssen Pharmaceutica

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LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Galapagos NV said it has entered into a new two-year oncology target discovery collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica.

The company said its service division BioFocus DPI will apply Galapagos’ proprietary adenoviral platform to identify novel drug targets for the development of cancer therapies.

BioFocus DPI receives an upfront payment of 2.9 mln eur and in total it may receive additional research, acceptance, license and development fees of up to 7.6 mln eur should certain predetermined criteria be achieved.

‘This marks BioFocus DPI’s first target discovery agreement in oncology, as well as the largest target discovery agreement to-date for the service division,’ Galapagos chief executive Onno van de Stolpe said.

TFN.newsdesk@thomson.com

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