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Highway Safety Acquiring a Enhance, Sleepy Truckers Getting the Boot

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Columbia, SC (PRWEB) June 28, 2013

The U.S. Division of Transportations Federal Motor Carrier Security Administration (FMCSA) has revised the hours-of-service (HOS) safety specifications for commercial truck drivers (http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/rulemakings/final/HOS-Final-Rule-12-27-11.pdf). Columbia private injury attorney Bert Louthian says the new rules, which take effect July 1, 2013, will make the roadways safer by limiting the number of hours a fatigued driver can stay behind the wheel or on duty.

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HOS guidelines have been in location given that 1939 and went virtually unchanged for much more than 60 years. The most recent version is the most stringent however, requiring a driver to take at least a 30-minute break every single eight consecutive hours. Drivers are permitted to drive 11 hours within a period of 14 consecutive hours, but following 11 hours of driving, the driver must be off duty for ten consecutive hours before once more taking the wheel.

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There is also a new weekly limit. Beneath the old rule, truck drivers could perform on average up to 82 hours within a seven-day period. Starting July 1, total on-duty time is limited to 60 hours in each 7-day period or 70 hours in 8 days, with the new week starting following the driver has 34 consecutive off-duty hours. This is identified as the 34-hour restart. Importantly, the restart period should consist of at least two off-duty periods amongst 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

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FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro mentioned in a press release, With robust input from all places of the trucking neighborhood, coupled with the newest scientific study, we carefully crafted a rule acknowledging that when truckers are rested, alert and focused on safety, it tends to make our roadways safer. (http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/guidelines-regulations/subjects/hos/statement.aspx)

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Statistics from the National Transportation Safety Board show that driver error is the top trigger of huge truck accidents. In truth, the agency found that fatigue alone was accountable for up to 40 percent of all truck accidents. As a truck accident lawyer, Louthian said, I know how catastrophic the injuries can be when a passenger vehicle is struck by an 18-wheeler. Drowsy driving is dangerous for anybody, but when an 80,000-pound truck is barreling down the highway beneath the control of a sleepy driver who is trying to meet a delivery deadline, the hazard is especially alarming.

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Trucking businesses say the new HOS limits are unnecessarily burdensome and will boost the expense of transporting goods. But the penalties attached for noncompliance are stiff: Trucking organizations that let drivers to exceed the 11-hour driving limit by three or much more hours could be fined $ 11,000 per offense, and the drivers themselves could face civil penalties of up to $ 2,750 for every single offense.

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About The Louthian Law Firm&#13

The Louthian Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia, S.C., has been acquiring fair compensation for its clients given that 1959. The firm was founded by Herbert Louthian, who has much more than 50 years of trial experience and is licensed to practice in all courts in South Carolina. The firms office is situated in the Marlboro Creating, Suite 300, 1116 Blanding Street, Columbia, SC 29201 (nearby telephone (803) 454-1200). For a free, confidential case evaluation, get in touch with the firm by phone at (866) 410-5656 or through its on-line speak to type.

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Enhance Fleet Security via Individual Engagement with Drivers, Says CEIs Ken Latzko

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Trevose, PA (PRWEB) June 28, 2013

To make fleet drivers far better drivers, fleets have to make security a individual issue for them. Thats the guidance Ken Latzko, CEIs southeast regional sales manager, gave fleet administrators at the 2013 Fleet Safety Conference in Schaumburg, IL, held June 25-27.

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Mr. Latzko said many fleets rely on a number of normal approaches to improving fleet security, like collecting drivers motor automobile reports, tracking their accident history and assigning remedial and proactive driver instruction. In spite of these efforts, even so, he said many drivers continue to violate the principles of protected driving, like using mobile communication devices behind the wheel.

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So whats next? he asked. How do you actually connect with your fleet population to modify driver behavior? The answer is to engage fleet drivers in individual communications, in a range of ways, like:&#13

Creating each drivers security record a portion of their annual testimonials, simply because if its critical to their local manager, its essential to them.&#13
Give drivers simple access to their own fleet driving performance record.&#13
Show each and every driver how he or she compares to their peers.&#13
Distribute micro-targeted messages from fleet management that highlight difficulty accident trends the fleet is experiencing.

As fleet pros, security is our enterprise, Mr. Latzko said, but to your fleet drivers its individual my driving record is individual, the accident I had is private, my future employment is private. A key to changing driver behavior, he concluded, is producing the fleet security message personal, as effectively.

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The conference was organized by Bobit Organization Media and two of its publications, Automotive Fleet and Heavy-Duty Trucking.

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About The CEI Group, Inc.

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CEI is a major provider of technology-enhanced vehicle accident, driver safety and fleet danger management solutions. Its provider network consists of some 4,000 collision repair shops in North America, and includes practically 900 truck collision repair centers. Its clients contain self-insured, industrial, institutional and government fleets, straight and through alliances with fleet leasing organizations. CEI also supplies automobile direct repair program outsourcing to major house and casualty insurance coverage companies. For a lot more data, please pay a visit to http://www.ceinetwork.com.

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National Job Force to Enhance Government-Nonprofit Contracting Practices Begins Operate

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 01, 2013

Government officials and nonprofit leaders are coming together to recognize and promote solutions to broken contracting systems.

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As part of an ongoing initiative led by the National Council of Nonprofits (Council of Nonprofits), the new National Government-Nonprofit Contracting Reform Activity Force is identifying and advertising established options that streamline contracting policies, improve outcomes, and save taxpayers income, all while preserving or even rising accountability.

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Demonstrating the collaborative nature of the Task Force and the partnership required amongst governments and nonprofits to deliver results, the Task Force will be co-chaired by Fran Barrett, InterAgency Coordinator for Not-for-Profit Services in the New York Governors Workplace, and Barry Silverberg, President &amp CEO of the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO).

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The National Government-Nonprofit Contracting Reform Job Force brings together recognized authorities with hands-on knowledge in government-nonprofit contracting, said Tim Delaney, President and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits. Governments and nonprofits recognize that the antiquated contracting technique is so broken that it has turn into a nationwide difficulty hurting taxpayers and the public. So we recruited Job Force members from government and nonprofits, every single region of the country, and red and blue states to allow the authorities to identify, exchange, and disseminate policies and practices that result in true systems improvements to greatest serve our communities.

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In New York, we have recognized that the current contracting method imposes pricey and burdensome challenges, so we have launched efforts to streamline processes that will save taxpayers funds and permit nonprofits to concentrate more time on delivering benefits, rather than paperwork, mentioned Fran Barrett. I appear forward to functioning with my colleagues across the nation to uncover and share much more options to make this approach more efficient nationwide.

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Here in Texas, as a initial step, government and nonprofits have been focusing on developing relationships with every single other so we can actually perform in partnership to much better serve our communities by improving contracting systems, stated Barry Silverberg. I believe that is where reform efforts need to start. I am eager to share what weve discovered so far and to discover from the collective wisdom of other folks on the Task Force who have been searching for to boost their human solutions contracting systems as properly.”

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The very first meeting of the new Task Force will be held in Chicago at the finish of June. Additional data on the Task Force and the Government-Nonprofit Contracting project can be identified at http://www.govtcontracting.org.

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The National Council of Nonprofits is a trusted resource and advocate for Americas charitable nonprofits. By means of our effective network of State Associations and 25,000-plus members the nations biggest network of nonprofits we serve as a central coordinator and mobilizer to assist nonprofits accomplish higher collective influence in neighborhood communities across the nation. We determine emerging trends, share established practices, and promote options that advantage charitable nonprofits and the communities they serve. Learn much more at http://www.CouncilofNonprofits.org.

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Activity Force Members

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Fran Barrett, co-chair, InterAgency Coordinator for Not-for-Profit Services, New York Governor’s Workplace&#13

Barry Silverberg, co-chair, President &amp CEO, Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO)&#13

Henry Bogdan, Managing Director, Public Policy and Advocacy, Maryland Nonprofits&#13

Walter Davenport, Consultant/Corporate Director, Walter C. Davenport, CPA&#13

Susan Dreyfus, President &amp CEO, Alliance for Kids and Households&#13

Matthew Hammoudeh, Assistant Secretary of Operations, Illinois Division of Health and Human Solutions&#13

Jack Jackson, Senior Vice President for Finance/CFO, Catholic Charities USA&#13

Tracy Kahlo, Executive Director, Partnerships for Action, Voices for Empowerment (PAVE)&#13

Maggie McConnell, Assistant Common Counsel for Business Services, Maricopa County Neighborhood College District&#13

Naomi Munzner, Director, Workplace of Grants Management, Minnesota Division of Administration&#13

Walter Sachs, Inspector Common, Department of Management Solutions, Florida Division of Management Solutions&#13

Michael Weekes, President &amp CEO, Providers’ Council&#13

Dace West, Director, Denver Workplace of Strategic Partnerships

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Federal Alterations to Enhance Telemedicine Promised at ATA Policy Summit

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 01, 2013

Anticipate big items for telemedicine policy this year. That was the message from speakers the ATA Federal Telemedicine Policy Summit, held final week in Washington, DC. The occasion, organized by the American Telemedicine Association, revealed expanding federal support for telemedicine solutions and technologies. It featured an impressive line-up of speakers, like members of Congress, officials from the Division of Overall health and Human Services, the Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration, as nicely as an array of top patient and provider advocates. Over 250 attendees from across the spectrum of healthcare and technology participated in the occasion.

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The Summit set a new normal, each in terms of the high profile of the speakers, as nicely as overall attendance, said Ed Brown, MD, President of the American Telemedicine Association. I consider this reflects a growing realizationboth within government and outside the beltwaythat telemedicine is a vital component for top quality, accessible and price-efficient healthcare.

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For the first time, leaders from both sides of the aisle, agency officials and representatives from customer and business groups expressed a strong consensus that the federal government must do far more to support the deployment of telemedicine and mHealth. Despite their differing political ideologies and interests, there was a clear consensus amongst Summit speakers about this opinion as nicely as shared techniques for attaining their common objective.

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Total system details from the ATA Federal Telemedicine Policy Summit is obtainable at: http://www.americantelemed.org/summit.

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This is a genuine paradigm shift for telemedicine, mentioned Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. ATA is no longer the lone voice advocating for telemedicine now were coordinating public and private stakeholders and top a broad coalition for the improvement of healthcare through telemedicine. This improvement bids well, both for our industry and, much more importantly, for individuals across America who will benefit from telemedicine technologies.

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The American Telemedicine Association is the major international resource and advocate promoting the use of advanced remote health-related technologies. ATA and its diverse membership operate to totally integrate telemedicine into healthcare systems to boost high quality, equity and affordability of healthcare all through the planet. Established in 1993, ATA is headquartered in Washington, DC. For much more info, please go to http://www.americantelemed.org.

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Through @AmericanTelemed Summit – 1 problem DC leaders agree on: #telemedicine good for individuals, providers &amp payers. ow.ly/myCTS

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Foreclosure Sales Enhance 24.7 Percent

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Discovery Bay, CA (PRWEB) July 15, 2009

ForeclosureRadar (http://www.foreclosureradar.com ), the only site that tracks every single California foreclosure, and supplies daily auction updates, issued its month-to-month California Foreclosure Report for June 2009. For the third consecutive month, foreclosure sales jumped significantly as lenders come off the moratorium. Foreclosure sales enhanced by 24.7 % following a 31.9 % increase in May possibly, and a 35 % April boost. Notices of Trustee Sale dropped by an unexpected 28.7 percent, with the timing of the drop indicating that it was in response to the California Foreclosure Prevention Act. This law was broadly believed to have small or no effect on foreclosure filings, as it exempted the majority of massive lenders that operate in the state.

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High-level findings for June 2009 consist of:&#13

Right after a 4.2 % drop the prior month, Notices of Default, the initial step in the foreclosure process, rose by 11.8 % to the second highest level on record at 45,691 filings. Year-over-year filings enhanced by 10. percent from June of 2008.&#13
Notices of Trustee Sale, which set the auction date and time, dropped by a surprising 28.9 percent from Could to 29,853 filings. Notice of Trustee Sale filings also dropped year-over-year by 14.8 percent.&#13
A total of 22,291 foreclosures were taken to sale at auction, representing loan worth of $ 9.57 Billion dollars a 24.7 percent increase from the prior month, although 8.2 percent lower than the prior year. The opening bids set by lenders were an average 39.3 % decrease than the loan balance, with 46. % of sales discounted by 50. percent or far more.&#13
Sales to third party bidders at auction in June improved by 18.3 % from Could, to two,687 foreclosures. As a percentage of sales, the majority of foreclosures nevertheless continue to be taken back by the lender 87.9 percent or 19,604 sales, with a total loan value of $ 8.44 Billion, have been taken back by the lender in June. &#13
A new statistic they are watching closely is the number of properties actively scheduled for sale – which means that a Notice of Trustee Sale has been filed to set the auction date and time, but the foreclosure has not but been sold or canceled. Under California’s foreclosure code, a foreclosure sale can be postponed repeatedly for a single year before a new Notice of Trustee Sale has to be filed. Whilst postponements are quite widespread, they have reached record levels in current months, swelling the number of scheduled foreclosures 90.1 % year-more than-year to 113,141. &#13
“A number of lenders seem to have self-imposed California’s most recent foreclosure moratorium on themselves, in spite of possessing received an exemption from it,” says Sean O’Toole, founder and CEO of ForeclosureRadar. “Provided the number of exempt lenders it was quite surprising to see Notice of Trustee Sale filings drop by practically 50 % the day the new law went into impact.”&#13

The California Foreclosure Prevention Act adds an further 90 days to the time before which a lender can file a Notice of Trustee Sale. Lenders can avoid this further requirement by placing in location a comprehensive loan modification plan and nearly all main lenders operating in the state have been exempt as of June 16th, however filings nevertheless dropped drastically. Among the several authorized lenders whose filings dropped from May possibly to June, Bank of America’s filing declined by 48 %, and Litton Loan Servicing Declined by 41 percent. At the identical time, a handful of lenders substantially enhanced their filings in June like CitiMortgage by 69 % and Downey Savings by 45 %. Notice of Trustee Sale filings had been climbing late in the month so it remains unlikely this law will have any lengthy-term effect on foreclosure activity.

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Rankings are based on population per foreclosure sale. NOD indicates the quantity of Notices of Default that were filed at the county, and NTS indicates filed Notices of Trustee Sale. Sales indicates the quantity of properties sold at foreclosure auction. Percentage alterations are based on monthly Sales. The information presented by ForeclosureRadar is primarily based on county records and individual sales benefits from every day foreclosure auctions throughout the state – not estimates or projections.

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ABOUT FORECLOSURERADAR.COM&#13

ForeclosureRadar is the only web internet site that tracks every foreclosure in California with everyday updates on all foreclosure auctions. ForeclosureRadar characteristics unprecedented tools to search, manage, track and analyze preforeclosure, foreclosure auction, brief sale and bank owned real estate. The internet website was launched in May possibly 2007 by Sean O’Toole, who spent 15 years developing and launching software organizations prior to entering the foreclosure company in 2002 exactly where he successfully bought and sold far more than 150 foreclosure properties. ForeclosureRadar is an indispensable resource for true estate agents, brokers, investors, lenders, mortgage brokers, attorneys and other actual estate professionals specializing in the California real estate marketplace.

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ASI Introduces ComboChecks to Enhance Tax Reporting Timeliness and Efficiency

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Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) June ten, 2013

Administrative Systems (ASI), a major provider of disbursement processing, tax reporting, and secure document fulfillment, announced these days that it has introduced functionality that makes it possible for for the printing and mailing of remittances and their linked tax forms in a single step. By eliminating the need to send separate tax forms at the finish of the year, consumers benefit from the direct price savings of fewer mailings and an improved operational workflow. In addition, customers gain the capacity to access tax types on the internet, as a result enabling on-demand reprints and true-time buyer service.

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Jim Peterson, vice president of national accounts at ASI mentioned, By leveraging ASIs 40 plus years of established knowledge in the disbursements arena, our clientele get the ideal of each worldsthey advantage from the lowered fees linked with fewer mailings whilst streamlining their operations.

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MG Trust Company, LLC (MG Trust), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matrix Financial Solutions, a Broadridge Financial Options, Inc. company, went live with this new capability in April 2013.

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Suzanne Walters, MG Trusts senior vice president said, This solution is streamlined and price-efficient. By combining distributions with their related tax types, were sending out fewer mailings which signifies lowered direct costs and decreased consumption of MG Trusts internal sources. Combining checks and tax forms also indicates that MG Trust is in a position to send tax forms all through the year rather than waiting to send them all in January.

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Mr. Peterson added, ASI requires pride in delivering revolutionary services that consumers can leverage in order to deliver enhanced and expense-successful solutions to their clients. We know the lengths that our customers go to deliver the highest level of service to their consumers and had been pleased to support these efforts. ASI is committed to delivering sturdy yet flexible disbursement solutions.

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About Administrative Systems

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For over 40 years, Administrative Systems (ASI) has been the major provider of retirement strategy advantage disbursements, tax reporting, and other connected solutions for some of the worlds biggest banks, trusts, and pension funds. ASIs solutions feature superior functionality, price efficiency, and unrivaled consumer service. For far more details about ASI, check out http://www.asipay.com.

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About Matrix Financial Options&#13

Matrix Monetary Options, now component of Broadridge Economic Solutions, Inc., is a top provider of TrueOpen retirement goods and solutions for third celebration administrators, financial advisors, banks and other monetary specialists. Matrix serves far more than 300 financial institutions with more than $ 200 billion in client assets processed via its trading platform. For much more information about Matrix, please check out matrix.broadridge.com.

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About Broadridge&#13

Broadridge Financial Options, Inc. (NYSE:BR) is the major provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions for broker-dealers, banks, mutual funds and corporate issuers globally. Broadridges investor communications, securities processing and operations outsourcing solutions support consumers lessen their capital investments in operations infrastructure, permitting them to increase their focus on core enterprise activities. With 50 years of knowledge, Broadridges infrastructure underpins proxy voting services for more than 90% of public businesses and mutual funds in North America, and processes more than $ 4.five trillion in fixed income and equity trades per day. Broadridge employs roughly six,200 complete-time associates in 13 nations. For more data about Broadridge, please pay a visit to broadridge.com.

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U.S. Industrial Service Strategic Partners Align to Enhance US Export Trade

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Orange County, CA (PRWEB) June 05, 2013

Escrow.com, the world’s major Net escrow company, is pleased to announce an alliance with WebPort International, an exciting new online collaboration and trade network, in help of the U.S. Commercial Services Strategic Partnership Program.

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Per the International Trade Administration, efforts like these are paying off and helping to adjust the way America does enterprise. Now a lot more than at any time in our history, Americans are promoting much more U.S. goods and solutions to the 95 percent of shoppers who reside outside of our borders. In 2012, U.S. exports hit an all-time record of $ 2.two trillion and supported 9.8 million jobs.

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Andrew K. Sokol, Escrow.com GM of Emerging Markets, stated Escrow.com is very proud to partner with WebPort Worldwide in support of the National Export Initiative. Sokol added, The Internet has brought the world closer and as more organizations appear to transact internationally, they can discover opportunities to get or sell on WebPort Global and use Escrow.com for safe transaction processing. Thats an unbeatable encounter!

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Escrow.com is a fully managed online escrow service that provides a platform providing equal protection to importers and exporters. When utilizing Escrow.com, each parties agree to the terms on the internet and the Buyer sends the agreed-upon funds to Escrow.com. Escrow.com then verifies the payment and instructs the Seller to ship the goods. Upon delivery, the Purchaser has a pre-agreed-upon quantity of time to inspect and accept the goods. As soon as accepted, the funds are released by Escrow.com to the Seller.

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Maureen Pace, CEO of WebPort International said, Escrow.com offers our members the self-assurance they require to export. Businesses can ship product overseas and rely on getting funds according to their agreement. Maureen Pace added that one particular of the biggest barriers for new exporters is the uncertainty about payment. Escrow.com has practically eliminated that concern. Our Partnership with Escrow.com directly supports the National Export Initiative.

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Per the International Trade Administration, in 2012, the development in exports of goods and services outpaced the development of imports of goods and solutions in each dollar and percentage terms for the initial time since 2007, with exports expanding by $ 92.six billion or 4.four percent. Exports as a share of U.S. GDP were 13.9 % in 2012, tying the record set in 2011. The U.S. also saw record levels of merchandise exports to more than 70 nations and the development in exports came regardless of a slowdown in the globe economy and in planet trade volumes.

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About Escrow.com

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Headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, Escrow.com, a privately held firm, has pioneered the procedure of online escrow solutions. The Firm, founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Economic, has established itself as the top provider of secure company and consumer transaction management on the World wide web. All escrow services supplied on its internet site are supplied independently and exclusively by Internet Escrow Services (SM) (IES), a single of the operating subsidiaries of Escrow.com. IES is a licensed and regulated online escrow organization compliant with Escrow Law.

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About WebPort Worldwide

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Headquartered in Boston, MA, WebPortGlobal.com is a comprehensive enterprise platform that offers easy, on the internet access to a increasing global network of organization-focused People, Information and Opportunities to aid firms import and export. Users can effortlessly Connect and Collaborate with Trusted peers who share a typical focus and complementary commercial interests.

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About the National Export Initiative

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The Obama Administration has created it a leading priority to improve the situations that straight affect the private sectors capability to export working to get rid of trade barriers abroad, assist firms and farmers overcome hurdles to getting into new markets, and help with financing. President Obama announced the National Export Initiative in his 2010 State of the Union address to renew and revitalize our efforts to market American exports abroad.

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