Y2K Scams Warned By Officials Across States
A Kansas bank representative warns of year 2000 scams as federal and state authorities urge consumers to beware telemarketer driven transfers. Attorney General Carla Stovall and regulators note banks plan to safeguard accounts while warning against risky Y2K related purchases.
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Federal Reserve
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kansas Bankers Association
Stovall
Ann Landers
Statehouse
U.S
Steve Horn
R-Calif
Landers
Horn
House
Bankers Association
Barry Robinson
Federal Reserve of Kansas City
Robinson
Y2K scams warn consumers and how to guard money
The piece outlines practical steps to avoid Y2K ripoffs including never sharing personal data, requesting written information, verifying requests with banks, keeping paper records, and reviewing statements. It covers insurer and bank preparedness, FDIC insurance, and notes officials dismissing most risk while highlighting scam risks like overpriced emergency kits and do it yourself well drilling.
State moves to regulate life insurance death trade
Kansas tightens rules on selling life policies to fund expenses and investing by requiring registration of policy sale products with the securities regulator. Insurers and brokers must be licensed as securities dealers and insurance agents as state officials publicize the law.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
David Brant
Sebelius
Illinois soybean germplasm seeks resistance to diseases
Glen Hartman of the USDA is screening three soybean collections at the University of Illinois to find lines resistant to sudden death syndrome and white mold. The effort uses global germplasm from the USDA collection, wild annual progenitors, and perennial relatives gathered by Ted Hymowitz in Australia.
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Glen Hartman
Hartman
University of Illinois
Illinois
U.S. Agriculture Department Research Service Unit
USDA
China
Ted Hymowitz
Australia
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