Sunday, January 16, 2011
Wells Fargo continues integration of Wachovia with name change - Business First of Columbus:
The change reflects the bank’s continued integratiomn with , which acquired Charlotte-basef on Dec. 31. “By adopting the Wells Fargo nameand we’re now fully part of one of the world’s most respecte financial companies,” says Neil Ryan, chiefv executive of Wells Fargo Bank International. “W look forward to satisfying all ofour clients’ financial needs across Europe and helping them succeed Wells Fargo Bank International is a European Uniohn bank headquartered in Ireland.
In Wells Fargo’s investment-banking and capital-markets which formerly operated under the Wachovia Securities and certaib WellsFargo brands, have takenj the name Wells Fargo Securities. Retaill brokerage products and services formerlyg marketed as Wachovia Securities are now offered throug WellsFargo Advisors. Wells Fargop (NYSE:WFC) is based in San Francisco.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Blues singer Etta James suffering from leukemia and dementia - Celebrities With Diseases
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Best Reviewed Movie of 2010 is 'Toy Story' - TheCelebrityCafe.com
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
Hawaii real estate recording system moves closer to electronic age - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
Meanwhile, a separate bill that would transfer time-sharde sales out of Land Court to the regular recording systemm also isgaining momentum. Currently, all real estate recordiny documents in Hawaii must be carried or mailed to the in where they are scannedand microfilmed, a laborious and time-consuming process. House Bill 271 would alloaw the Bureau of Conveyances to accept electronic documents with electronic signatures for recording realestate transactions. It also wouldc allow the bureau to keep a digital archive instead of havin g to put every document on A similar proposal failedlast year.
The bill passedd first crossover, passed second readingv in the Senate this week and awaitx a hearing beforethe Senate’se Judiciary and Government Operationxs Committee. It has the suppory of the Hawaii Land Title which represents title andescros companies; the ; and the state , whicyh oversees the Bureau of Conveyances. The bureau also is askint to raise its recording feefrom $25 to $30, and has askexd that lawmakers raise the bureau’sd revenue ceiling — the bureau is funded by its fees by $650,000 to pay for new software and computers and to train the staff, said registrar Nicki Thompson.
The new software will improvwe productivity, provide new security and increase the efficiencgy of thebureau staff, Denise Kaehu, president of the Hawaiij Land Title Association, said in written testimony. She said it also will “be able to providew online cashiering of all funds received andprovide much-needed statistical reports to the management staff of the bureau and ultimately benefit the people of Hawaii.” The bureay plans to pilot the electronic document systemn with filings covered by the federapl uniform commercial code, such as financiak statements, which don’t require a signature or a change in state law.
If the bill the bureau still will need to createe rules and get inputfrom stakeholders, who include title and escrowe companies, lenders and attorneys. “This is not going to be Thompson said. House Bill 271 is based on the Uniforj Real Property ElectronicRecording Act, which has been adopte d in 18 states and the Districyt of Columbia. Lawmakers in three other states — Georgia and Rhode Island — also are consideringf the legislationthis year, according to the National Conference of Commissionersa on Uniform State Laws Web The uniform act would equate electroni documents and electronic signatures to their original paper documents and according to Peter Hamasaki, who testifiedd in support of the legislation on behalf of the Commission to Promotwe Uniform Legislation.
The bill also woulde allow the Bureau of Conveyances and the state Department of Accounting and General Services to provide maps orplans electronically, and alloq the bureau to provide electronic copies of documentzs upon request and to convery documents filed before 1991 to be scannec into electronic form. The Bureau of Conveyances, whicn had been overwhelmed by a backlog of paper documentsdurinb Hawaii’s real estate boom, is caugh up in its indexing to just a couple of days after the recording date, compare to early 2008, when it had a 140-dau backlog.
Meanwhile, Senate Bill 1352 could lightennthe bureau’s workload further by takinb time-share recordings out of Land Court, whic h certifies land ownership by tracing each transactiobn back to the monarchy, before the Great Mahelew of 1859, when land was divided and sold for the first Land Court reviews still are nearly two years behind because they are so
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Sprint Center gets fourth 'founding partner' - Kansas City Business Journal:
, whose brands includre Olevia televisions, is Sprint Center's fourth "foundintg partner." The sponsorship deal is part of a larger agreemenft with arena operator andinvestore . Chris Thomas, vice president of corporatd sales forSprint Center, said the sponsorship will resultr in high-definition Olevia LCD televisions being placeed throughout the arena's concourses and suites -- about 300 unita in all. "Instead of having traditional television the entire facility is going to have LCD Thomas said.
He said that Sprinr Center will be the firstf AEG property to be fully outfitted with Oleviw sets but that the sponsorship will put the sets in AEG arenqa and stadiums throughout the Among AEG's venues are Staples Center and The Home Depotg Center in Los Angeles, NOKIA Theatre Times Square in New York and Prudential Center, now under construction in New Syntax-Brillian joins UMB, and The as founding partners for Sprint Center. Thomas said arena officials are closre to announcing a few otherfounding partners. AEG usualluy tries to get 10 to 12 foundinvg partners forits facilities.
The $276 million Sprin t Center is set to openin
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
News Roundup - Monday, 3 January - STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)
News Roundup - Monday, 3 January STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription) LJUBLJANA - The Student Organisation (SOS) and Slovenia's biggest trade union confederation, the ZSSS, started collecting signatures to c » |
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Canada's loss may mean earlier bout with U.S. - NHL.com
CBC.ca | Canada's loss may mean earlier bout with U.S. NHL.com BUFFALO, NY -- The US National Junior Team could very well be meeting their rivals from the north a lot sooner ... Sweden stuns Canada with 6-5 shootout victory |