How Building Relationships Will Help Your Website

April 18th, 2010

10 years ago, a business website consisted of simple html coded pages that were static, dull, and lacking in any type of relationship between a business and its customers. A webmaster may have once thought that a blinking .gif image banner was swell and added a “dazzle” to a website. Ultimately, the business website was simply an extension of a Yellow Pages ad and offered no interaction with online customers.

Now, however, we have viable proof that websites work when people relate to a business. A business website doesn’t need all the slick Flash or Java coding to make it interactive. Howev

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Property for Industry posts steady 1Q profit

April 17th, 2010

April 19 () – Property for Industry, which has a portfolio of 55 industrial properties, reported little-changed first-half profit as rentals rose and the company took one-time adjustments for a drop in the value of interest rate swaps.

Profit was $3.42 million, or 1.59 cents a share, in the three months ended March 31, from $3.44 million, or 1.62 cents a year earlier, the company said in a statement today. Rental income rose 3.2% to $8.19 million.

The investment group managed by AMP Capital Investors held its dividend unchanged from a year earlier at 1.55 cents a share. P

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Chase Sapphire Credit Card Review: $100 After First Purchase

April 17th, 2010

When it comes to choosing a credit card I always focus on more than just the credit limit. This is why the Chase Sapphire card caught my eye. If you always make sure you pay off everything on the card on a monthly basis and you don’t want to pay an annual fee, then you should find out more about the Chase Sapphire card.

There is a nice bonus available the first time you use Chase Sapphire. An impressive 10,000 points will be added, which equates to $100 worth of rewards. This is part of the Ultimate Rewards program, and we’ll explore other ways to earn points below.

If you need to book flight tickets, you can do so with the Travel Booking Tool on the Chase Ultimate Rewards website. You

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Teachers FCU Savings Account Rates and MMA Rates

April 16th, 2010

Teachers Federal Credit Union (TFCU) is advertising four different types of savings accounts and a money market account. The savings account include a Share Savings Account, an IRA Savings Account, a Vacation Savings Account and a Holiday Savings Account.

The minimum opening balance for a Share Savings Account is $1.00. There is no minimum opening balances for the rest of the savings accounts.

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Seniors Feel the Squeeze from CD Rates

April 14th, 2010

With some of the lowest certificate of deposit (CD) rates in history bank profitability may be up, but the account balances and investment income for senior citizens are down. Although all investors are feeling a squeeze on their investment returns, senior citizens are by far getting squeezed the most. If you take a quick look at the interest rates for the past four years since Bernard (Ben) Bernanke became the chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2006, it paints a picture of how seniors have watched their incomes deplete. In 2006, when Bernanke came on the scene, the federal funds interest rate was 4.5 percent.

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Fannie Mae’s Miscellaneous Servicing Guidelines Changes

April 14th, 2010

ForeclosureIndustry.com has posted an article that discusses the changes to Fannie Mae that were decided upon on March 30th of this year. Beginning May 1, 2010, MERS cannot be named as a plaintiff in any foreclosure case whether it’s judicial, non-judicial or if the mortgage was securitized or if the loan was/is owned by Fannie Mae.

MERS is the mortgagee of record when either a mortgage names MERS as the original mortgagee and is recorded in the applicable land records, or a completed and recorded assignment names MERS as the mortgage assignee.

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