| Disaster assistance hotline provides legal help for flood victims
As a result of recent severe weather in the Central and North Central Texas areas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has designated 17 Texas counties as eligible to receive disaster assistance. Coryell, Denton, Grayson, Lampasas and Tarrant Counties were declared FEMA emergency areas in June, and on July 10th, the following counties were added to that list: Archer, Bell, Burnet, Eastland, Hood, Parker, Starr, Victoria, Webb, Wichita and Williamson.Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) offers free legal assistance to those who have been displaced or otherwise affected by the recent flooding. The Disaster Assistance Hotline provides expert help with the myriad legal issues that emerge after a disaster, including:* Insurance claims* FEMA benefits* Repair and renovation contracts* Family law * Homeownership & credit issues* Employment lawThe TLSC Disaster Assistance Hotline is available 24 hours a day, toll free:1-800-622-2520.
Briefly in Tompkins
The Danby town board will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. today on a proposed law amending subdivision regulations. The hearing will run directly into a town board meeting where board members will vote today on whether or not to overhaul subdivision regulations. Prior to the last town board election, subdivision regulation laws were strengthened so that the town board would have a bigger voice in how town land is developed. If the proposed changes carry the majority vote, subdivision laws will be modified to give the town less influence in town land development. The proposed laws come from a task force reassembled by town planning board member Ray Van de Bogart. Volunteers needed for gift shop .
Online Mortgage and Financial Portal Expands Consumer Oriented Services
LendingGateway.com is expanding its services to assist the sub-prime credit borrowers to getting the best interest rate possible and helping them gets their credit score up to qualify for a low risk mortgage loan. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2007 -- With the sub-prime mortgage loan industry at a halt. Lenders are finding it difficult to help get the right loan new home buyers and borrowers with sub prime credit. With this in mind LendingGateway.com, a mortgage lender directory offering various financial services to consumers and businesses, is expanding their services to help borrowers improve their credit, consolidate debt, check their credit score, and help to establish credit. "Getting the right loan is still possible even in this stringent market for people with not so good credit," says Alexander Capio, Chief Executive for LendingGateway.com.
Canal Rescuer's Instincts Kicked In
The man who pulled a driver out of the Erie Canal in Spencerport Tuesday night doesn't call himself a hero. He's just a recent college graduate, enjoying his summer and looking for a job in business administration. He says he was just in the right place at the right time. "We saw him surface, flailing his arms around, real panicky. The current was taking him underneath the bridge," said 24-year-old Mike Hall. Hall was traveling with friends after a softball game when people flagged them down, telling them a man was trouble in the canal. Hall said he tried to encourage the man to swim to the shore, but the man was disoriented. That's when Hall said he jumped in and pulled the man to safety. Hall said while he grew up around a pool, he's not a swim champ.
Grandma stuck after signing for loan
Q . My mother signed an auto loan for my son's girlfriend. My mother is the only signer on the note, but my son's girlfriend is on the vehicle registration with her. The payments are up-to-date and the vehicle has been in the girlfriend's possession from Day One. My son recently broke up with his girlfriend. Can my mother send a demand letter giving the ex-girlfriend 30 days to get the loan in her own name or, if not, personally repossess the auto? A . I needed to draw a chart to figure out who was related to whom! Oh, the joys of providing loans for those who have no business with one. The temptation to do what you can for those you love is very great and one to which we can all relate. The consequences of giving in to that temptation, especially when it comes to financial help, almost always turn out to be nightmares! We can't go back in time, so let's take a look at what options are available for your mother.
Rich pickings
It's every investor's Holy Grail. The small company with the potential to become the next BHP - or at least the next Worley Parsons or ABC Learning. The company set on a skybound trajectory with the likelihood of growing its earnings year-in and year-out. The company that currently trades for peanuts but with the potential to increase its share price many times. The company, in short, that could turn your investment portfolio's performance from merely respectable to shoot-the-lights-out fantastic. Welcome to the world of the small companies funds. The enormous returns reported by these funds in recent years are proof positive that there are rich pickings outside the top 150 or 200 stocks. Over the past financial year, Australia's top-performing small companies funds returned more than 50 per cent.
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