Share Insurance; Swine Flu, Second Liens
I know that its hard to keep track of everything these days. Regarding share insurance, the housing bill being consider on the Hill this week contains a provision that would make the share insurance bump to $250,000 permanent.
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The World Health Organization has raised its influenza pandemic alert to Phase 5 (out of 6). According to the WHO:
Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, Dr Margaret Chan, WHO's Director-General raised the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to 5. She stated that all countries should immediately activate their pandemic preparedness plans. At this stage, effective and essential measures include heightened surveillance, early detection and treatment of cases, and infection control in all health facilities.
Visit www.pandemicflu.gov, which is a one-stop locale for U.S. government information on pandemic preparations.
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Here's some details concerning President Obama's plan to help homeowners with second liens. Program fact sheets are toward the bottom of the page.Â