Sentences with phrase «settlement companies as»

In fact, my advice to anyone attempting to settle their IRS tax debt is to consult with as many IRS debt settlement companies as possible, since it's likely that you can milk them for some information about how best to proceed.

If debt relief programs become a necessity for you, and you choose debt settlement companies as your best option, you will stop making payments to your creditors and start making payments into a trust account.

Statements like that are similar to those made in my recent undercover shopping calls to debt settlement companies as well.

As I always mention at the beginning I am only documenting my opinion on these debt settlement companies as I am entitled to my opinion.

«While this adoption is significant, still, roughly half of the firms responding to the surveys each of the past two years indicated that they still did not work with debt settlement companies as part of their collection strategy.»

If we stick with 50 % are then there is this bit, «While this adoption is significant, still, roughly half of the firms responding to the surveys each of the past two years indicated that they still did not work with debt settlement companies as part of their collection strategy.»

This is not precisely a new loan, but a system which brings in an outside debt settlement company as an intermediary.

So, the first six months payments of $ 500 a month were going to the settlement company as a fee.

The policyholder would then name the settlement company as the beneficiary of the policy, and the company would collect the death benefit after the policyholder passed away.

Not exact matches

As part of the proposed settlement, the company said it would change how it decides employee compensation and promotions in addition to providing women and minorities with more training and mentoring.

In a statement, Uber told news site Axios: «This settlement involves claims dating back to July 2013 and, while we are continually improving as a company, we have proactively made a lot of changes since then.

May 1 - Jacob Jacobson agreed to resign as Xerox Corp's chief executive as part of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by the company's shareholders that raised questions over Xerox's agreed deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp, a New York court filing showed on Tuesday.

Xerox — CEO Jeff Jacobson and most of the company's board will step down as part of a settlement with major Xerox shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.

It is an emerging area of intense interest for banks and other financial companies as well as technology developers, with potential uses in a range of financial transactions including securities settlement and payments.

Investors were watching Herbalife's earnings report particularly closely because it was the first quarter the company began implementing changes mandated by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a settlement last summer.

That might seem like a huge stroke of luck for any company, but Johansson signed on after controversially severing her ties as an ambassador with human rights and aid organization Oxfam, which has long opposed Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

As for Cambridge, its team has roots in the American debt - settlement business that has drawn so much fire — and some of its earliest employees have been linked to companies accused of legal and regulatory violations in the U.S., according to court and corporate documents obtained by Canadian Business.

From a 5,100 - square - foot mansion in Laguna Beach described by one local real estate journalist as «utterly over the top,» Cotroneo registered a series of debt - settlement companies.

As a part of her settlement, Holmes will step away from the company and pay a $ 500,000 fine.

«This settlement represents a giant leap forward toward leveling the playing field and can serve as a model of best practices for other technology companies.»

As part of the settlement, Qualcomm will retain two independent consultants to make policy recommendations that will ensure an equitable workplace, and the company will appoint an internal compliance officer to oversee the implementation of the agreement's terms.

But Andrew Crocker, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that the number of government requests to technology companies has been increasing since 2014, when data first started to become available as part of a settlement between technology firms and the government.

Last year, the company agreed to pay $ 5.15 billion to the Environmental Protection Agency as part of a settlement in a suit against an Anadarko subsidiary called Tronox, Inc..

Icahn had already received permission to buy as much as 35 % of Herbalife stock in July, which he announced the same day the nutrition products company reached a controversial settlement with the FTC that imposed restrictions on its business model but stopped short of calling it a pyramid scheme.

But net income fell 28 percent to $ 53.7 million, or 31 cents per share, in the quarter ended March 31 as the company recorded a $ 15 million restructuring charge and $ 23 million related to settlement of a legal dispute.

(The company's HR department also lacked a centralized system to track discrimination complaints; as part of the settlement Novartis has since made improvements.)

Halunun received $ 3.5 million from Uber as part of his client's settlement with the company.

As part of the settlement, WTOP reports, the beverage company will no longer be allowed to use those claims and it must add the words «added sugars» in two places on the Vitaminwater label.

In 2003, with $ 80,000 of her settlement as seed money, Schuback launched the company Independent Empowerment to sell the bib and other products customized for the disabled.

Xerox (XRX) CEO Jeff Jacobson and most of the company's board will step down as part of a settlement with major Xerox shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.

In this class action insider trading case, Pomerantz, as Co-Lead Counsel, achieved a $ 135 million settlement for investors in the pharmaceutical company Elan Corp..

Yet another privacy backlash leads Facebook to give people more control over Beacon, before the company ultimately scraps it as part of a legal settlement.

After acquiring the rights to a future income stream (such as a retiree's pension payments), these pension purchasing or structured settlement companies, sometimes called «factoring companies,» may turn around and sell these income streams to retail investors, often through a financial advisor, broker or insurance agent.

As the accusations against Bill O'Reilly piled up, he remained valuable to Fox News — this February, the network's parent company signed a four - year contract paying him $ 25 million a year, despite a fresh $ 32 million sexual harassment settlement between O'Reilly and a legal analyst, according to the New York Times.

As if the $ 100 million settlement for a couple of class - action lawsuits were not enough, Uber drivers are stepping up their efforts to have a stronger voice in the behemoth ride - hailing company.

The settlement has set the tone for Uber's future, as the ride - hailing company moves forward under the leadership of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

The legal dispute between Uber and Alphabet's Waymo over stolen self - driving technology is finally over, as the two companies have reached a $ 245 million settlement.

Her notable cases also include Ford Spark Plugs, as well as multiple cases against Hyundai for a dangerous safety defect in the side air bag system of its Tiburon model vehicles, as well as class - action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motor Company after regulators announced the companies overstated the fuel economy for many vehicles they sold in the United States, culminating in a settlement worth more than $ 255 million.

(CNN)-- Two black men whose arrest last month at a Starbucks spurred allegations of racial bias say they're happy with the settlements they've reached with the city of Philadelphia and the company — and that they hope the incident is remembered for positive outcomes such as an anticipated program...

On January 24, 2007, the Delaware court consolidated the two cases under the caption In re Hewlett - Packard Company Derivative Litigation and subsequently stayed the proceedings, as the parties had reached a tentative settlement.

As a result of the product recall, the Company established reserves that include cost estimates for customer refunds, logistics and handling fees for managing product returns and processing refunds, obsolescence of on - hand inventory, cancellation charges for existing purchase commitments and rework of component inventory with the contract manufacturer, write - offs of tooling and manufacturing equipment, and legal settlement costs.

In what is described as South Africa's largest class - action settlement, mining companies have agreed to resolve a lawsuit with gold miners who contracted lung diseases.

«If she believes there were fact - based errors, such as the strategy choice was just a negotiated settlement between two warring executives who feared losing turf, then the manager should ask whether she should really stay at the company for her own benefit and the company's» says Neilson.

This year, shareholders will have an opportunity to weigh in on the eventual changes amidst a backdrop of continued multi-billion dollar settlements for allegations of misconduct regarding a litany of issues (including the «London Whale» trading fiasco, evidence of collusion to rig CDS and foreign exchange markets, and continued mortgage - backed security litigation), along with the Fed and FDIC's decision to label the Company's «living will» proposal as «not credible.»

Used by companies such as UniCredit, UBS and Santander, Ripple has been increasingly adopted by banks and payment networks as settlement infrastructure technology, with American Banker explaining that «from banks» perspective, distributed ledgers like the Ripple system have a number of advantages over cryptocurrencies like bitcoin,» including price and security.

That claim had a particularly special meaning: It was the one claim that required Gawker's insurance company to pay for its defense as well as potential payouts in the case of a settlement.

The actions will serve as settlement for FTC's charges against the ride - hailing company for deceiving customers by failing to monitor the access of Uber employees on personal information of riders and for failing to secure sensitive customer information that is stored in the cloud.

The company's product portfolio consists of charge and credit card products; expense management products and services; consumer and business travel services; stored value products, including travelers checks and other prepaid products; network services; merchant acquisition and processing, and servicing and settlement, as well as point - of - sale, marketing, and information products and services for merchants; and fee services comprising market and trend analyses and related consulting services, fraud prevention services, and the design of customer loyalty and rewards programs.

As part of the settlement, the companies agreed that Uber would not use any hardware or software developed by Alphabet's self - driving arm, Waymo.

Upon settlement of the Award into Shares, Participant will obtain full voting and other rights as a shareholder of the Company with respect to such Shares.