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The variable annuity market is showing signs of growth, according to new data from the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI). This is in stark contrast to recent trends in the industry, which had seen variable annuities steadily declining, but that was not the case this past quarter where they increased by 12% from the previous quarter and even beat out fixed annuities by 2 percentage points, according to the financial magazine FA-Mag.com. “It makes sense,” says Andy Barnett of Sarasota, FL-based … Continue reading “Data Finds Variable Annuity Market Seeing Some Positive Changes”

U.S. government employees are rejoicing after President Obama recently signed an order that would require all federal employers to offer paid sick leave to workers, starting in 2017. According to the National Law Review, the executive order will apply to those with contracts to work with the federal government that were either solicited or awarded on or after Jan. 1, 2017. Once it’s in effect, the legislation will allow all federal contractors to accrue one hour of paid sick leave for … Continue reading “Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors”

The 14-year-old boy who became a national sensation and sparked a brief domestic terrorist controversy debate won’t have to worry about United States laws for much longer. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, has lived in the Dallas-area of Texas with his family long before he became an international headline for a misunderstood “clock bomb.” It’s that very device which has won him a prestigious scholarship at a school halfway around the world, according to FoxNews.com. Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, told the Dallas … Continue reading “Kid Behind Fake-Clock Bomb in Texas Moving to Qatar With Family”

The British government is reportedly using half-empty privately charted planes in order to deport small group of immigrants whose asylum requests have been rejected, as well as criminals who are being deported — and they’re spending millions of taxpayers’ pounds to do so. For the 18 months prior to June 2015, the UK’s Home Office spent almost £14 million on chartered flights. Under the UK Borders Act, criminals can be deported for a number of reasons. This includes being convicted … Continue reading “The UK is Deporting Asylum Seekers on Half Empty Charter Jets”

The Lucas County commissioners in Ohio approved a settlement 25 years in the making on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The settlement was made with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the last remediation plan to cleanup the former King Road Landfill, according to the Toledo-based newspaper ToledoBlade.com. “This has taken a long, long time,” said John Borell, a Lucas County assistant prosecutor. The deal that was struck calls for long-term monitoring and maintenance of the 104-acre dump just west of King … Continue reading “25 Year Ohio Landfill Controversy Finally Reaches Settlement”

Big data, cloud technology, social media presence: these are some of the most recent buzzwords that corporate executives and industry leaders are trying to learn about and implement to stay at the tops of their respective fields. As a result, more and more companies are looking to turn to agile data centers with the means and technology to help them move forward, according to Forbes. It’s not just traditional managed service providers (MSP) that companies need. As Wendy White, an … Continue reading “Companies Turning to New Forms of Managed Service Providers in Digital Age”

Investors continue to speculate that the U.S. Federal Reserve will delay raising the interest rates of gold, causing a noticeable increase in its prices on Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal, gold for December delivery crept to $1,148.70 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Oct. 7. Gold for December delivery is typically the most actively traded gold contract, yielding the highest rate of return for investors. The closing rate per troy … Continue reading “Gold Rates Continue to Grow as Federal Reserve Delays Raising Interest Rates”