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...largely a futuristic notion in the U.S. and Europe. Yet parts of Asia are making serious strides toward mobile finance as a fully functional reality. In Japan, telecom NTT DoCoMo and financial firms Nippon Shinpan and Visa International are rolling out the second test phase of an infrared-enabled payment system, which will include 1,000 merchants and 10,000 consumers. Peddlers of the technology have gained an even greater foothold in South Korea, a cell phone--obsessed society in which wireless providers are competing for market share with hot technology. The leader, SK Telecom, has already sold...
Achieving a balanced budget again will help restore confidence in our policymakers’ ability to protect our nation’s economic health. This administration has no right to make irresponsible spending decisions that simply shift the payment burden onto those least able to pay, or to state and local governments, or, worse still, to our children and grandchildren...
...associates" can choose lower payroll deductions and opt for deductibles as high as $1,000 a year. Other firms, such as General Electric, have launched variable premiums for family coverage, so that a worker pays depending on the size of his or her family. "There used to be two payment levels--single and family," says Gary Sheffer, a GE spokesman. "Starting in 2004, we will go to single, two people and then three or more. And your premiums will go up as you go up that hierarchy. You pay more if you have higher use, and obviously families will have...
...future real estate acquisitions that are currently taxable real estate to the city, the PILOT payment should be increased by that amount automatically. I can’t speculate on ballpark numbers...
...think that the payment should be increased somewhat but that the universities should also support their students and faculty members becoming more involved in helping fill city needs...