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READER SUBMITTED: CHET Among First 529 College Savings Plans To Launch E-Gifting
HartfordIn an age when online financial transactions have become the norm, the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET), the state's direct-sold 529 college savings plan, has made it easier to contribute to college savings accounts. CHET is among the first 529...Tags: Interior Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry, Colleges and Universities, Tuition Planning Services
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Tech, labor brandish dueling studies in U.S. immigration fight
ReutersBy Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The technology industry and organized labor are locked in a fight that threatens to complicate the U.S. Senate's immigration bill. At the heart of the debate is whether there is a shortage of Americans...Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), AFL-CIO, Technology
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Privacy watchdog EPIC files complaint against Snapchat with FTC
SAN FRANCISCO -- A privacy watchdog group is going after Snapchat for deceiving users about self-destructing messages that don't actually self-destruct. The smartphone app has become popular with young people for sending messages that a few seconds...
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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...Tags: TiVo Inc., Big Brother (tv program), Electronics, Computer Networking and Internet, International CES
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Nursing home tax fraud scheme case nets two indictments
The Macon TelegraphFederal grand jurors have indicted two Macon women accused of using identities of patients at a Macon residential health and nursing home in an income tax fraud scheme. Raquel Hogan, 32, an employee of Medical Management Health and Rehab LLC,...Tags: Interior Policy, Theft, Medical Specialization, Personal Income, Nursing Homes
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U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: Visa, Wal-Mart, Biogen Idec, Walt Disney
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Macy's and Biogen Idec on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Aruba Networks : FBN, JP Morgan, Needham, Wedbush, Wells Fargo cut rating *...Tags: LKQ Corporation, Gilead Sciences Inc., Quiksilver Incorporated, Weight, Colgate-Palmolive Company
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Spending: What you need to know about identity theft
Kiplinger's Money Power1. It's no joke. Although the film Identity Thief is a comedy, it highlights how pervasive ID theft has become -- and how easy it is for criminals to wreak havoc. Still, you don't need to lose sleep -- or sign up for pricey monitoring services. 2. Who'...Tags: Social Security, Interior Policy, Theft, Equifax Incorporated, Criminals
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Illegal Filipino workers uncooperative, says embassy
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has accused illegal workers staying at its premises of refusing to follow Saudi labor procedures including transferring to a social welfare center and agreeing to be fingerprinted. Many have also refused to go with their...Tags: Interior Policy, Deportation, International Law, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Illegal Immigrants
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City of Akron tax files hacked by Turkish group
The Akron Beacon JournalThousands of files -- including names, addresses and Social Security and credit-card numbers -- have been compromised in a cyber attack on the city of Akron. The city's website and internal systems were hacked by a Turkish group. Some files were...Tags: Social Security, Interior Policy, Theft, Annapolis, Newspaper and Magazine
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Canada comes to Silicon Valley to poach high-tech workers struggling with immigration problems
The Contra Costa TimesCanada has landed in Silicon Valley with a brazen message: Give us your smart, your restless, your huddled Googleplex workers yearning to breathe life into the high-tech economy up north. As the U.S. Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of...Tags: U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Employees, Religion and Belief
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GOP attorney general hopefuls tout law backgrounds
The Virginian-PilotThere isn't a lot of policy daylight between Del. Rob Bell and Sen. Mark Obenshain, two tough-on-crime Republican lawyers from west of Richmond vying to be the GOP's attorney general nominee. Both were leaders in the fight that culminated in last year's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Albemarle County, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Legal Service, Loudoun County
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Tulsa World, Okla., Action Line column
Tulsa WorldDear Action Line: What is the bad news on prepaid debit cards? I've heard some concerning stories from friends and coworkers. -- S.B., Tulsa. "Prepaid debit cards often are pitched as cheap alternatives to checking accounts," said Consumer Federation of...Tags: Social Security, Interior Policy, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Politics
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