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<title> IRS Taxpayer Advocate Ramps Up Criticism of Private Debt Collection Program</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/2218/_IRS_Taxpayer_Advocate_Ramps_Up_Criticism_of_Private_Debt_Collection_Program.html</guid><description><![CDATA[	The national taxpayer advocate, Nina Olson, last week expressed a new round of concerns over the IRS private debt collection program in her latest report to Congress. Olson said that monitoring the program was a top priority for her in the coming fiscal year.  In a report detailing her office&amp;rsquo;s agenda for FY 2009, Olson claimed that the IRS is giving the private collectors too much credit f]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:36:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<title> Vallejo Faces Debts of $17 Million in Bankruptcy</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/1575/_Vallejo_Faces_Debts_of_17_Million_in_Bankruptcy.html</guid><description><![CDATA[	As expected, Vallejo, Calif., filed for bankruptcy Friday. The city council had approved the action earlier this month (&amp;quot;Vallejo, Calif. Files for Bankruptcy,&amp;quot; May 8).The filing, with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, claims that the municipality &amp;ldquo;has negotiated in good faith with creditors,&amp;rdquo; but &amp;ldquo;these efforts resulted in short-term concession]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:04:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<title> ARM Industry Well-Prepared to Collect for IRS</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/1163/_ARM_Industry_WellPrepared_to_Collect_for_IRS.html</guid><description><![CDATA[	Our guest blog today is from Kimberly A. Mahoney, a corporate development manager with collection law firm Weltman, Weinberg &amp; Reis Co. Kimberly responds to opponents of the IRS privatization program.    I have been following the progress, or considerable lack of it, on the IRS outsourcing issue for the past five years. I have a few comments on recent developments and the opinions expressed by th]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:03:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title> State-Owned German Bank Sending Collectors after Zimbabwe</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/1164/_StateOwned_German_Bank_Sending_Collectors_after_Zimbabwe.html</guid><description><![CDATA[	    A state-owed development bank in Germany is sending an international commercial debt collector after the government of Zimbabwe to recover some $150 million in loans made to the country for infrastructure projects. The action comes two weeks after the collection agency made headlines by attempting to seize a shipment of weapons bound for the African nation.    KfW, a German state-controlled d]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:03:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title> Global Asset-based Financier Launches New Clean Technology Financing Business</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/18400/_Global_Assetbased_Financier_Launches_New_Clean_Technology_Financing_Business.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Wayne, PA -- De Lage Landen Financial Services, a global provider of high-quality asset-based financing products to manufacturers and distributors of capital goods, announced today that it has launched a new clean technology financing business focused on the commercial and government space.&amp;quot;In a time when many financial institutions are being forced to scale back, De Lage Landen is expanding ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:36:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<title> Senate Passes Health Care Bill; Reconciliation Will Bear Final Benefits</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/17984/_Senate_Passes_Health_Care_Bill_Reconciliation_Will_Bear_Final_Benefits.html</guid><description><![CDATA[On a 60-39 party line vote, the U.S. Senate early Thursday morning passed a bill that will extend health care coverage to more than 30 million Americans. Congress must now reconcile an earlier bill passed by the House with the newly-passed Senate measure.Health care industry and policy experts say any bill that gets more people insured is good for health care providers and the account receivable m]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:53:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title> Ohio AG Sets Record for Debt Collection with $344 million in Fiscal 2008</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/2364/_Ohio_AG_Sets_Record_for_Debt_Collection_with_344_million_in_Fiscal_2008.html</guid><description><![CDATA[ The office of the Attorney General of Ohio announced Friday that it had exceeded its own goals for debt collection in 2008 by setting a new record for the fiscal year: $344 million in debt collected for various government agencies in the state. More than 47 percent of the total was collected by private, third-party collection vendors and legal counsel.  The state, which saw its 2008 fiscal year e]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:18:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Игра тетрис для всех устройств</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/22449/____.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Подборка классических и новых вариаций тетрисов с описаниями, скриншотами и ссылками для загрузки: для компьютера, телефона, флеш для игры в браузере.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:55:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title> Gila Corporation Recognized as a Compassionate Employer</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/1295/_Gila_Corporation_Recognized_as_a_Compassionate_Employer.html</guid><description><![CDATA[	Gila Corporation, d/b/a Municipal Services Bureau (MSB), has been honored by The Compassionate Friends as a recipient of the 2008 Compassionate Employer Award. The Compassionate Friends is the world&amp;rsquo;s largest self-help bereavement organization, providing support and friendship to families who have experienced the death of a child.    Nominated by one of their own employees, Gila Corporation]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:17:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title> ED Prepared to Become Student Lender of Last Resort</title>
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<guid>http://www.collectionagencyservices.net/collection-agency-news/stories/1267/_ED_Prepared_to_Become_Student_Lender_of_Last_Resort.html</guid><description><![CDATA[	The U.S. Department of Education is notifying state agencies that it will be ready to process emergency student loans by June 1, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal today.  The Journal reports that the government letter is an initial step in the DOE becoming a &amp;ldquo;lender of last resort&amp;rdquo; for student loans. The authority to provide these emergency loans was authorized by the l]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 07:22:22 -0700</pubDate>
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