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    Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages

    Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved Bank of America, with the second most received by Wells Fargo, accounting for 15.5% of all complaints. JPMorgan Chase ranked third by volume of complaints with 9.8%. Ocwen was fourth with 8.7% and Citibank was fifth with 4.8%. Nationstar Mortgage; Green Tree Servicing, LLC; HSBC; PNC Bank; U.S. Bancorp; OneWest Bank; SunTrust Bank; Flagstar Bank;…

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    Do Not Forget About Disability Health Coverage

    Get More Information Here: International Student Insurance Legit The so-called “forgotten insurance” might be the insurance plan that it is most important to remember. Disability insurance can be crucial to everything in your life since it is not out of the question that you may be disabled in any random minute. People purchase life insurance, thinking there is no way they will die anytime soon, they purchase home insurance even though there is little chance of their home being destroyed, and they buy all kinds of other insurance, but in the long run, there is probably a greater need for disability insurance since a car accident or a freak accident…

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    Cuban cyclist Pedro Pablo Perez to miss Olympics after car crash

    Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Pedro Pablo Perez, a Cuban cyclist who had qualified for the Olympics in Beijing, will miss the event after a car crash left him in a coma with brain trauma. Perez is receiving treatment at the Abel Santamaria hospital, in the province of Pinar del Rio where the accident took place. Details are unclear, but it is known Perez was driving the car at the time when the crash occurred in San Cristobal. It has not been reported by Cuban media if anyone else was in the car, or if other vehicles were involved, but it is known his wife, 2004 world scratch cycling champion Yoanka…

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    Tornado touches down in New York City

    Thursday, August 9, 2007 Fallen tree after the tornado.Image: Jay Gorman. During heavy rainstorms that flooded rail lines and subways, a tornado touched down in New York City, the National Weather Service reports. It sustained winds around 111 mph to 135 mph, causing damage to buildings and vehicles. Starting from the Bay Ridge area, the tornado continued for two miles through Brooklyn. At least one person was killed. The roof of a Nissan dealership had been ripped off, as was that of a Brooklyn church. At least 16 homes were damaged. Car pinned by a fallen tree.Image: Jay Gorman. Torrential rain had drenched the region early Wednesday, causing delays at…

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    Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry

    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 In New South Wales today, thousands of people joined a protest including 15 Labor Members of Parliament about the State Government’s plans to privatise the electricity industry. The MPs included Paul Gibson, Upper House president Peter Primrose, and former MPs Kerry Hickey and Grant McBride. Mr Gibson was reported as saying, “I’m a member of the Australian Labor Party and I’m sticking to the Labor platform and policy.” The Government seems to have ignored the positions of the protesters, with Premier Morris Iemma expressing to the first sitting of Parliament for 2008 that his Government’s plans would proceed. Related instances in Tamworth occurred, when workers in…

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    Have A Hassle Free Student Life With Student Debt Management Loan}

    Get More Information Here: Online Loan Agreement Have a hassle free student life with student debt management loan by Ashton GabrielA student has various financial expenses, from his education fees, hostel allowance, and college expenses to numerous other basic needs. However, all these basic requirements are more or less compulsory in nature. They are vital for the proper growth and development of a student and hence can be stated as unavoidable requirements of a student. It is a well known fact, that in most of the cases, students lack a strong financial support or back up. It for this reason, they pick up the easy option of loans to serve…

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    Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”

    Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date “as needed” for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, August 14, 2006 “Preliminary hearing for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal rescheduled” — Wikinews, July 26, 2006 “Elmwood Village Hotel proposal in Buffalo, N.Y. withdrawn” — Wikinews, July 13, 2006 “Preliminary hearing against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal delayed” — Wikinews, June 2, 2006…

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    Wikinews interviews the Socialist Alliance about the upcoming Queensland State election

    Monday, March 2, 2009 With a Queensland state election coming up in Australia, many minor parties will be looking to hold balance of power and making the major parties listen to what they have to say. The Socialist Alliance (SA) is one of these parties. SA is a left-wing political party. There stated describes itself as an anti-capitalist party which believes in “a democratic society that is run by and for working people, not the tiny, greedy, destructive elite that now rules.” It should be noted that SA is not registered for Queensland elections due to what they describe as “restrictive rules for registration.” Their candidates will run as independents.…

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    China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter

    Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 total Chinese exports reached US$1.2 trillion, above Germany’s forecast $1.17 trillion. Huang Guohua, a statistics official with the customs administration, said the December exports rebound was an important turning point for China’s export sector. He commented that the jump was an indication that exporters have emerged from their downslide. “We can say that China’s export…

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    State of emergency in Thailand; protestors attack PM’s car

    Sunday, April 12, 2009 Abhisit Vejjajiva.Image: Yipski. Troops are being deployed throughout Thailand as the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in reaction to protesters supporting ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Armoured vehicles and bands of protesters are reportedly roving the streets of Bangkok and the prime minister has threatened to use force against the protesters. File photo of Thaksin Shinawatra from 2005.Image: Helene C. Stikkel (US DoD). The protesters are supporters of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). They demand the immediate resignation of the prime minister and fresh elections. A group of protesters at the country’s Ministry of the Interior, which Xinhua…