Banks face credit card debt surge amid lender strategies
Consumer Federation of America criticizes banks for a two part plan to expand credit while increasing limits. Unused credit lines reached 1.8 trillion and card debt hit 425 billion as ABA and issuers defend lending standards and prudent risk. Card delinquency stood at 3.11 percent in Q1 1997.
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Consumer Federation of America
Brobeck
American Bankers Association
U.S
Donald Ogilvie
Ogilvie
MasterCard International
Visa USA Inc
Consumer Federation
Missing PE classes concern voiced by 1989 graduate
Miss Whitson, a 1989 graduate of South Aikien High, notes fewer students take PE as budget cuts trim class offerings. She urges action, saying the AMA resolution will go before the House of Delegates in December at the interim meeting in Hawaii.
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Whitson
South Aikien High
House of Delegates
AMA
Hawaii
Best Doctors stops publishing books for cost coverage
The company will rely on its 20 full time staff to maintain a 28 000 doctor database and provide specialized service. Insurance and managed care firms must go through Best Doctors for information while the short term effect raises costs for individuals not using insurers, the long term aim is free access through insurers.
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Stephanie Spooner
Smith
South Carolina job growth linked to higher wages debate
Governor Beasley touts 1995 to 1998 gains as evidence of a strong economy with $16.5 billion in investment and 80,000 jobs, while challenger Hodges notes an F grade on economic performance. Wages show factory pay rising 17 to 24 percent in recent years, with many new jobs paying near $30,000 annually, yet low-paying textiles shrink.
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Hefner
South Carolina
Southeast
David Beasley
Jim Hodges
Hodges
Corporation For Enterprise Development
Beasley
Howev
Gary Karr
Karr
Bureau of Labor Statistics
First Union
Mark Witner
Witner
Chem Nuclear weighs options as Waste Management merger nears
Nevins says profitability will shape any division sale as Houston based Waste Management negotiates the purchase. The Barnwell landfill could close as volumes fall and taxes reduce disposal demand. Chem Nuclear claims $135 million for schools and $50 million for scholarships despite lower revenues and seeks to keep operating.
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USA Waste
Chem-Nuclear
Nevins
Barnwell
Securities and Exchange Commission
Waste Management
Chem- Nuclear
Ramsey parents defend innocence in JonBenet interview clips
In excerpts from a British television documentary, JonBenet Ramsey’s parents John and Patsy Ramsey reiterate their innocence in her death and criticize Boulder police. John Ramsey says he found the body and both parents deny harming JonBenet while recounting distrust sparked by police handling the case.
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Patsy Ramsey
Boulder
JonBenet
Patsy
Burke Ramsey
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