http://finadviceblog.com Finance news. My opinion. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:26:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The attorney general of New York is negotiating settlements with eight student loan companies to reform deceptive practices in the industry. A particular focus is the marketing of products so they appear to be federal loans, an official said Friday."Some of the seals [used by lenders] looked very ... http://finadviceblog.com/student-lenders-under-scrutiny/ A study from research group FlightStats found that JetBlue Airways was one of the most-delayed airlines in August, while Northwest Airlines had one of the best track records for being on time.JetBlue (JBLU) flights arrived on-time 64.7% of the time in August, FlightStats said on Wednesday. This was ... http://finadviceblog.com/the-most-delayed-airline-is/ Acknowledging that nonprofits are not immune to these more challenging economic times, the United Way Capital Area said Friday it has laid off about 10 percent of its more than 70 employees. The Austin nonprofit says it was forced to make cut the seven employees because of the slumping economy’s ... http://finadviceblog.com/united-way-capital-area-laying-off-10-of-staff/ The public will be able to pick up pieces of memorabilia at an auction of Gold’s Gym equipment this weekend. Everything is being sold at Saturday’s auction at the gym at 768 South St. in Honolulu— from treadmills and stairsteppers to free weights and circuit machines, according to auctioneer Joe ... http://finadviceblog.com/gold%e2%80%99s-gym-auctions-memorabilia/ Prudential, Washington Mutual and State Farm are among the companies participating in a diversity career and college expo hosted by the Tampa Bay chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs on Sept. 13. Other companies taking part include the American Cancer Society, Granite Services International and Yum Brands. The ... http://finadviceblog.com/diversity-career-fair-attracts-large-companies/ Southend Building Products Inc. in Charlotte has promoted Paul Atkinson to chief executive, succeeding company founder Will Dellinger. Atkinson most recently was director of sales. “Paul has helped grow Southend Building Products into the company that I envisioned when I started it in 2001,” Dellinger says. He notes the company’s ... http://finadviceblog.com/southend-building-names-ceo/ Good Eats, the start-up grocer that had planned to lease space where Corti Brothers grocery has operated for years on Folsom Boulevard in East Sacramento, plans to announce Wednesday that it will "back away" from its effort to locate there to give the Corti family a chance to resolve things ... http://finadviceblog.com/startup-puts-plans-on-hold-for-corti-bros-site/ • Job growth in Florida was only 0.5 percent in 2006-2007, down from a high of 4 percent in 2004-2005 and compared with 1 percent for the U.S. in 2006-2007. • The industry with the biggest job loss was construction, down 8.3 percent in 2007. The biggest gainers were services ... http://finadviceblog.com/study-difficult-times-for-floridas-workforce/ Six unions representing employees at The Honolulu Advertiser said they have reached an agreement with the company on health insurance costs that involves switching from the Hawaii Medical Service Association to Summerlin Life & Health Insurance Co. The tentative deal on health coverage breaks a year-long stalemate between the newspaper ... http://finadviceblog.com/advertiser-unions-to-dump-hmsa-for-summerlin/ Ruben Jose King-Shaw Jr. has been named chief executive officer of Miami-based All-Med Services of Florida and Clinical Medical Services, the company's Puerto Rico-based operations. King-Shaw will be responsible for leading the durable medical companies’ strategic growth while addressing changing market conditions and patient demand. Raul Rodriguez, who founded both ... http://finadviceblog.com/king-shaw-to-head-all-med-services/