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Microsoft Buys Shopping Site To Boost Web Search In Europe - Seattle Times
seattle — microsoft is buying a munich, germany-based web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash. the software giant says the acquisition of greenfield online, which owns ciao, a collection of european price ...
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Patients Endure Collection Tactics
when lack of insurance or low income prevents payment of medical bills, patients can find themselves tied up in a lawsuit. in st. joseph, those on the receiving end of that litigation complain of the treatment they’ve received from a collection agency for heartland health.
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Peru Government Names New Head Of Tax collection Agency
lima -(dow jones)- peru has named a new head of the nation's tax collection agency, the government said thursday in the official gazette. the executive branch named rosa maria graciela ortiz origgi as superintendent of the national taxation administration, or sunat.
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Uk Drivers Can't Dodge M50 Tolls - Guardian Unlimited
motorists from northern ireland and britain were warned last night that they will be tracked down and fined if they fail to pay for using ireland's unique new barrier-free m50 toll road. the aa in ireland said the republic's national roads authority ...
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Nm Settles With Illinois Debt Collection Company - Forbes
the new mexico attorney general's office has reached a settlement with an illinois debt collection company. the state sued merchants' credit guide company in august 2007, alleging the company tried to collect debts that were legally unenforceable ...
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Uk Drivers Can't Dodge M50 Tolls
roads authority will use debt collection agency to pursue non-resident motorists over unpaid fines
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Walkers Toast Country Diary Collection
80-strong posse of enthusiasts celebrate launch of first collection by female contributors
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Debt Collectors Calling? Know Your Rights - Vindicator
with the economy on the fritz and consumer debt at record-high levels, does it surprise you that debt collection complaints are on the rise? the better business bureau logged 18,000 complaints in 2007, up 26 percent compared with 2006; the federal ...
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City Opts To Remain Under Bureau Banner - Daily News
lebanon has reversed course and decided to continue its affiliation with the lebanon county earned income tax bureau. in may, the city informed the bureau, which collects earned-income taxes for municipalities in the county, that it was looking for a ...
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Nm Settles With Illinois Debt Collection Company
the new mexico attorney general's office has reached a settlement with an illinois debt collection company. the state sued merchants' credit guide company in august 2007, alleging the company tried to collect debts that were legally unenforceable because the statute of limitations had run out.
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Settlement Reached With Merchants' Credit Guide Over Debt Collection Lawsuit
albuquerque (ap) - the new mexico attorney general's office has reached a settlement with an illinois debt collection company.
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Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay - Businessweek
by chad terhune as health-care costs continue to soar, millions of confused consumers are paying medical bills they don't actually owe. typically this occurs when an insurance plan covers less than what a doctor, hospital, or lab service wants to be ...
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Library Offers Amnesty, Will Turn Over To Collections Oct. 1 - Pantagraph
bloomington -- for those who checked out a book from the bloomington public library and never bothered to return it, now is the time to find it and return it. overdue book fines will be forgiven by the library throughout the month of september. but ...
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Kerosene Recall Collection Centers Now Total 26
pittsburgh terminals corporation today announced that nine more convenience stores have agreed to serve as kerosene recall collection centers -- including the first locations in ohio and additional ones in west virginia and pennsylvania.
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Library Turns To collection Agency
a fayetteville, ky., library said overdue fees and other fines will now be turned over to collection agencies that could hurt patrons' credit scores.patrons of the fayetteville public library said the use of a collection agency to threaten their credit ratings would make them more wary of returning books on time, khbs-tv, fort smith, ky., reported monday.i could say that would motivate me, ...
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The Watchdog: 'energy Hoppers' Cost Us All More - Fort Worth Star-telegram
thousands of electricity customers in texas are dealing with high bills by skipping out on them and signing up with new providers. they are called "energy hoppers," and electricity companies don’t like to talk about them. who can blame the ...
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Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking On U.s. Department Of Labor's Risk ... - Forbes
washington, aug. 29 /prnewswire-usnewswire/ -- the u.s. department of labor proposes to establish consistent procedures to allow the public to see exactly what goes into agency risk assessments. published today in the federal register http://edocket ...
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Court Could Use collection Agency
by aaron brilbeck monday, august 25, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. if you get a ticket in oregon, it could do more than ruin your day. it could ruin your credit. the municipal court has decided to hire a collection agency to go after scofflaws and deadbeats.
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A Legacy Measured In Half-lives
a platoon of double-crested cormorants took flight from the columbia river's eastern shore, skimming the sun-sparkled surface. but the main attraction was on the western shore: several gray structures and towering smokestacks, a collection of buildings that gave birth to america's atomic age.
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Np Library Has New Policy - North Platte Telegraph
if your conscience bothers you every time you move that box of odds and ends in your closet out of the way and an overdue library book falls out, don't tuck the book back under the folder containing your income tax returns for the past 10 years ...
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