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WSJ In Charge:

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No wait—it’s your ad in the sky.

According to an article in today’s WSJ, old-fashioned airborne advertising is a popular marketing medium for businesses this summer thanks to consistently hot, sunny weekend weather. It says that most likely to benefit are beachside establishments with products or and services that help celebrate summer.

Skywriting and banners towed by humming planes are undoubtedly tough for consumers to ignore. They’re also a relatively inexpensive advertising option compared with other classic formats like television commercials and glossy magazine ads. FlySigns.com, a national aerial-advertising company based in Los Angeles, charges companies about $500 an hour to tow ads behind a plane at about 45 to 60 miles an hour, the WSJ article states.

— Naismith Engineering, Inc. has selected James Dodson, project manager, to lead Naismith Engineering Inc. in the Victoria area.

Before moving into a consulting role, Dodson served as the regional water director for the system managed by the city of Corpus Christi and later was deputy executive director of the Nueces River Authority. Dodson has a master’s degree in public affairs from the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs and a marine science degree from Texas A&M University-Galveston. He has been an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, teaching graduate seminar courses in water resources management since 1998.

When we take up a certain loan from a recognized private lender, we incur some or the other costs or fees. This is applicable for most of the long term loans, such as mortgage loans, student loans and auto loans. Apart from that, home equity line of credit and also some other secured loans which have genuinely large principal (borrowed) amounts tend to have origination fees. A loan is a pool of money which is put together by a loan originator such as a bank or a financial institute. The originator of the loan then sends over loan to mortgage lenders and brokers. The origination fee is basically a fee which is charged for the origination of the loan, by the originator of the loan. In case of mortgages, these fees are genuinely high as let’s face it, the total amount which needs to be pooled in for origination and lending is genuinely high. In most of the other smaller loans, this fee is relatively small, and often it’s not charged owing to the fact the it is accommodated in the interest rate, or in the down payment. Read more…

PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island increased 2 cents from the average price a week ago, AAA Southern New England said Monday.

The auto club’s July 25 survey found the average price of self-serve, unleaded regular at Ocean State stations was $3.85, up 2 cents from a week earlier and 14 cents higher than July 5.

In Massachusetts, prices rose 3 cents to $3.75; the national average was $3.70. A year ago, prices in Rhode Island stood at $2.74; current prices ranged from $3.77 to $3.96.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg News reported oil declined for the first time in five days on concern a failure to reach a deal on raising the U.S. debt limit may cause the nation to default, threatening the economy of the world’s biggest crude consumer.

Futures dropped as much as 1.1 percent after House Speaker John Boehner told Republicans that there’s no agreement on a plan for increasing the ceiling before a default threatened for Aug. 2. Stan

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Debt negotiation is a good alternative to bankruptcy for those who are burdened by a mountain of debt.
Avoid bankruptcy at all costs was a rule for most Americans for many years. However, there is a huge amount of people are in a passive financial burden. Often, bankruptcy is considered the last variant from this load. In this tension of high debt, there are alternatives to bankruptcy abound. Such a variant to bankruptcy is to use a program of settling debts.

Other reasons for not filing bankruptcy, bankruptcy may be considered fraudulent conduct if the court finds as a strategic decision to discharge the debt and should be avoided. Read more…