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We knew it had to happen eventually, in a world where cash transactions are rapidly becoming extinct. Yes, I’m talking to you -those of you who use the excuse “I don’t carry cash, sorry” as you avert your eyes and scurry past the Salvation Army bell-ringer with a red kettle, who merrily wishes you a nice Christmas after all. It is the same line I heard over and over this past fall standing in front of the grocery store with my cub-scouting son, who was trying to convince shoppers to purchase a $5 scout-o-rama coupon sheet. Is this the best you can do?

Well, sounds like it may be time to come up with an alternate line folks, because the Salvation Army now takes credit and debit cards for donations at the red kettles. This is not

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There are many, in fact dozens of reasons having adequate life insurance coverage is important. Remember, when selling life insurance, you’re not just out there making a living for yourself and YOUR family, you’re laying the groundwork to protect the FUTURE of someone ELSE’s family.

If you’re not a parent, it’s easy to dismiss the absolute nuclear level of chaos that having a baby or two can create in a previously well ordered household! But those children, while throwing their new mommy and daddy into several years of sleep depravation, are THE MOST IMPORTANT reason for reaching out to this segment of the market. Financial Freedom

As a parent I know first-hand that parents want what’s best for their children. We want the

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Direct Line travel insurance protects against airline failure. Full Article…

Australian banking major National Australia Bank says it is considering its options, and may participate in the trend of consolidation that is occurring in the British banking sector, where it owns two lenders, The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks.

NAB says it has received a number of approaches by various suitors about its desire to participate in the current wave of consolidation that is underlining the British banking industry.

Speaking at the bank’s annual general meeting in Brisbane, the lenders chief Cameron Clyne, told shareholders that “We have been approached by a number of players in the UK market to see how we could work with them to participate in that consolidation. We

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Major institutional shareholders of Asia Pacific insurer AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (APH) are intensifying pressure on the company’s board to approve the $12.8 billion joint takeover bid from French insurance giant AXA SA, and Australian wealth manager AMP as APH board members  meet Wednesday to consider a revised deal.

Shareholders are said to have pressured APH chairman Rick Allert to table the bid for a vote during a serious of private briefings Mr. Allert had with institutional investors of the company.

Earlier in the week, the terms of the proposed acquisition were sweetened, when the bidders raised the cash component of the transaction to $1.92 a share up from $1.32, increasing the value of the bid to $6.22 a share or a 53 per cent premium to the targets stock price before the initial bid was made last month.

Mr. Al

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