Glad You're Here program starts with Destin Chamber seminar
The Destin Chamber of Commerce will host a Monday April 29 training session at the Regency on Okaloosa Island to introduce the We re Glad You're Here Florida program. Local businesses can join the June to August campaign to promote hospitality, receive free courtesy checks for customers, and compete for monthly prizes at chamber events. Hospitality materials will be distributed at the session.
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Florida
Okaloosa Island
Destin Chamber of Commerce
Florida Division of Tourism
Chamber
Realtors Back Property Rights in Private Property Week
Fort Walton Beach board president Geary Rowell criticizes rising state and local taxes on homeowners. He promotes reviewing property tax policies during Private Property Week April 28 to May 4 and urges funding non property services through other taxes. He calls for uniform assessments, merit-based assessors, and limiting taxes to property-related services.
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Geary Rowell
Fort Walton Beach
Rowell
Murphy C Leon Murphy named chief financial officer at Bos Group
Murphy, a certified public accountant with over 15 years in real estate, becomes CFO of the Jacksonville based Bos Group. He previously led development finance at Kiawah Island Company in Charleston and served as finance chief at a 17000 acre coastal resort project in South Carolina. The Bos Group, founded in 1976 by Peter Bos, owns Sandestin Beach Resort.
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C. Leon Murphy
Bos Group
Peter H. Bos
Murphy
Kiawah Island Company Limited
Charleston
Carolina
Bus Group
Peter Bos
Sandestin Beach
Builders urge cautious ARM rules to safeguard market gains
NAHB executive vice president Kent Colton told a Senate Banking subcommittee that Congress should not push new ARM designs or consumer safeguards now. He credited a year of market-driven progress toward balanced ARMs and underwrites, noting improved underwriting and consumer understanding. Colton urged modest changes, preserving existing standards, and supported raising FHA ARM caps to two percent to attract investors. He noted ARMs can lower monthly payments by about 150 dollars for a median priced home, expanding access to ownership for 8 to 10 million more households.
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Kent Colton
National Association of Home Builders
Colton
Subcommittee On Financial Institutions
Senate Committee On Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
NAHB
Congress
FHA
Treasury
Weekly Market Report: Bad News Yet Returns for Stocks
A. G. Edwards and Sons analyzes a volatile week where market action centered on deal stocks like CBS and Unocal while many shares fell, led by Texas Instruments. First quarter GDP showed 1.3 percent growth, supporting a cautious “bad news is good news” vibe for some sectors, with bonds rising on faltering economy signals and rates likely remaining modest.
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al Goldman
CBS
Unocal
Texas Instruments
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Destin
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Federal Reserve
Jerry Ogle
A.G. Edwards
TAN
Tandy
Southern Co
Kentucky Util
Gulf Coast
Byron D. Beller
MLG Financial Services, Inc
Galleria
Hogg
Perret Cen
Jim Harris & Associates
Life Health
Evelyn H. Harrell
Fort Walton
Malachi Kelly
Jim Harris
Kemper Cigna
Liebels
Bruce Group
New Hampshire Ins
Peninsular Fire
Benjamin Cooke, PC
Certified Public Accountants
Plaza DE Listo
Mountain OR
James R. Webb
Chicago Title Insurance CO
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