CVS Pharmacy Wants Workers' Health Information, or They'll Pay a Fine

CVS Pharmacy Wants Workers' Health Information, or They'll Pay a Fine
If your employees are healthy they're going to work better and they're going to cost the employer a lot less money,” ABC News' chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser said. CVS insists that the use of health screenings by employer-sponsored …
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Changes could help Fla. improve rural health care
The NHSP's Loan Repayment Program that Baker is part of helps pay off students' loans if they work in these communities. Programs like this are filling in the hole of … "I don't reckon there's a physician in North Dakota who would work in my practice …
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CMBS defeasance hits highest level in six years

CMBS defeasance hits highest level in six years
… substituting Aaa-rated US government securities for real estate collateral," said Temperamental"s Vice President and Senior Credit Officer Sandra Ruffin. By property type, multifamily made up 17% of the largest shares of defeased loans. View the discussion …
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Centerline Capital Group's Hires Jeffrey J. Ballaine in Mortgage Banking Unit
(Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) — New York, NY – March 27, 2013 – Centerline Capital Group ("Centerline"), a provider of real estate financial and asset management services for affordable and conventional multifamily housing, and a subsidiary of …
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CRE Loan Delinquencies Continue to Ebb
Last year was supposed to be a huge, terrible year for delinquent loans. More than $ 100 billion in commercial and multifamily mortgages came due in 2012. Many experts worried that there would be a toxic wave of overleveraged mortgages, originated in the …
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Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Increases by Largest Amount Since 2008
“The fourth quarter saw the largest increase in commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding since 2008. Bank-held commercial mortgages increased by the largest amount since 2008. The balance of loans held in CMBS rose by the most since 2007 …
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Study: Small business lending weakened in January

Study: Small business lending weakened in January
A study of small business lending released Tuesday by Thomson Reuters and PayNet shows that owners took out fewer loans and leases during January. An index based on the study fell to 113 from 115 in December and is virtually unchanged from a year …
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Loan Broker Relationships Place CUSOs in the Spotlight
Credit Union Times obtained a business loan and participation loan broker agreement used by a billion-dollar credit union on the West Coast. In it, there are several sections devoted to how a broker is compensated. For instance, the broker agrees that …
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