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North Carolina Commissioner Goodwin's in Select Community It's a select community. Only 11 state insurance commissioners across the country are elected rather than appointed. Wayne Goodwin is now one of the 11. He won the Nov. 4 election to succeed Jim ... January 06, 2009 1:32 PM Florida Task Force Set to Vote on Citizens Insurance Reforms Today An 11-member task force charged with making recommendations on how to depopulate Florida's high risk property insurer and return it to its original purpose as a market of last resort is voting ... January 06, 2009 11:49 AM Allstate To Raise California Homeowners' Insurance Rates 6.9% The California Department of Insurance has approved Allstate Insurance's request to raise its homeowners multi-peril insurance rates 6.9 percent. For information, visit ... January 06, 2009 11:28 AM Illinois Prison Inmate's Family Wins $13 Million Settlement An Illinois prison inmate who killed his cellmate after apparently warning guards three times that's what he planned to do must pay the dead inmate's mother $13 million. A federal judge in ... January 06, 2009 11:05 AM Robertson Taylor Adds Music/ Entertainment Insurance Specialist U.K.-based Robertson Taylor, the specialist global music and entertainment subsidiary of Lloyd's insurance broker Oxygen, has expanded its Fine Arts Division with the appointment of Victoria ... January 06, 2009 11:02 AM Study: California Earthquake Would Accelerate US Mortgage Meltdown In light of current economic conditions, a major catastrophe such as an earthquake in California would bring new misery to both U.S. and international financiers, according to an analysis released ... January 06, 2009 10:34 AM Fire Fatalities Confirmed at North Texas Homeless Shelter Fire ripped through a small-town homeless shelter in the Northeast Texas town of Paris early in the morning of Jan. 5, killing multiple people and forcing dozens to be relocated, the town's fire ... January 06, 2009 10:30 AM New York City Cabs Could Get Cameras in Accident-Curbing Plan New York City plans to install digital cameras on the outside of cabs in an effort to detect reckless driving and deter auto accidents. But a taxi drivers' advocacy group says the technology would ... January 06, 2009 10:28 AM Connecticut Levies $5.9M Fine for Hole-in-One Prizes Connecticut officials have levied a $5.9 million fine against a man who runs businesses paying for hole-in-one prizes on behalf of clients. The state Insurance Department says Kevin Kolenda's ... January 06, 2009 10:22 AM HCC Acquires Massachusetts-Based Lumber Underwriter, VMGU Insurance Houston-based specialty insurer HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. has acquired VMGU Insurance Agency, an underwriter of the lumber, building materials, forest products and woodworking industries. ... January 06, 2009 10:20 AM

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Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (AP) AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection. January 06, 2009 3:32 PM Apple disappoints: No Jobs or big news at Macworld (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street. January 06, 2009 3:26 PM Social Security unveils new online application (AP) AP - The Social Security Administration, envisaging the near-future prospect of 10,000 baby boomers applying for benefits every day, has put together a new online service that will allow people to get their benefits without ever traveling to a Social Security field office. January 06, 2009 3:16 PM Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro, Drops DRM for iTunes (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Despite this Macworld being Apple's last, despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs not delivering the keynote address, and despite efforts at a silent protest during the keynote, the show went on with great success. Apple had a lot to announce and Philip Schiller, vice president of worldwide product marketing, took his time on stage to announce new products and services. January 06, 2009 2:57 PM Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street. January 06, 2009 2:10 PM Curl bolsters RIA data access (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Curl, maker of the Curl Rich Internet Application Platform for Internet development, on Tuesday is releasing Curl Data Kit Data Services, providing an alternative to cumbersome XML-based data access for Curl applications. January 06, 2009 2:08 PM Model wants Google to identify anonymous commenter (AP) AP - A model targeted by negative commentary by an anonymous blogger is seeking a court order that would force Google to reveal who the person or people responsible are. January 06, 2009 1:45 PM Best Buy Offers Refurbished IPhones (PC World) PC World - Looking for a good deal on an iPhone? You could try eBay but a safer bet might be Best Buy in the U.S., which announced on Tuesday that it has started selling refurbished iPhone 3Gs at a slightly discounted price. January 06, 2009 1:30 PM Fake celeb LinkedIn profiles lead to malware (CNET) CNET - A security researcher has discovered fake profiles for celebrities on LinkedIn that have links to malicious code, according to a blog posting on Trend Micro's site. January 06, 2009 1:03 PM Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (CNET) CNET - The Internet telephony company Truphone has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for a range of popular VoIP and instant-messaging applications. January 06, 2009 12:57 PM