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RBI to book banks, cos for FX abuse
New Delhi :: India | 4 days ago
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Orissa High Court earlier this month in response to a public interest litigation...Scores of Indian companies and banks got into litigation last year after companies were saddled with millions of dollars of losses in currency derivatives which they claim...
Tags: central banks, currency derivatives, derivatives contracts, FEMA, India, New Delhi
Lessons learned: Permanent housing finally debuts for those displaced by Gulf storms
Port Arthur :: TX :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility If there was a lesson to be learned from the government's response to the series of hurricanes that battered the Gulf Coast beginning with Katrina in 2005, it was how not to respond to large natural disasters — especially when it came to housing. "There...
Tags: John Henneberger, Texas, Hurricane Rita, FEMA, Hurricanes Katrina, Katrina Cottage, Port Arthur, Gulf Coast, housed department, Tom Hatch, FEMA trailer, Hurricane Katrina, Henneberger, Houston, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Accident, Atlantic hurricane season
For the record
Thousand Oaks :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility The rescheduling was announced by Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Gillette when the meeting opened...The flood plain proposal is expected to be on the Tues., Dec. City Council meeting agenda but could be put off until next year.
Tags: flood plain, FEMA, Thousand Oaks, Environment, Weather, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Accident
Hill pushing FEMA disaster declaration reform
Clarksville :: IN :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Bill spawned from Indiana denial, Kentucky award of federal aid from August storm Daniel.Suddeath@newsandtribune.com Despite being drenched by the same Aug. 4 storm, Floyd and Clark counties didn’t receive federal disaster aid while neighboring Jefferson...
Tags: FEMA, Southern Indiana, Louisville, Clarksville, disaster declaration, Baron Hill, Environment, FEMA trailer, Weather, United States federal legislation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Accident, Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
Gibson: New Albany didn’t have funds to prevent Aug. 4 flood
London :: United Kingdom | 12 days ago
Credibility New Albany officials were aware that sewer and stormwater infrastructure needed upgrading before the Aug. 4 flood, but City Attorney Shane Gibson said that doesn’t mean the city is responsible for the damage the rains afflicted on property owners.
Tags: Shane Gibson, William Greer, Daniel.Suddeath@newsandtribune.com New Albany, tort claims, Dan Coffey, FEMA, Southern Indiana, flooding victims, United Kingdom, London, Insurance, Flood insurance, Negligent infliction of emotional distress, Stormwater, Gibson Guitar Corporation, Types of insurance, Tort law, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Accident
Grant helps Kane buy flood-prone sites
South Elgin :: IL :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility Although the last big flood occurred nearly two years ago, residents of the Richardson subdivision still recall the flooded rooms and water damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent representatives to Kane County at the time and surveyed the...
Tags: FEMA, South Elgin, Richardson, Kane County Board, George Schwartz, Karen Kosky, richardson subdivision, fema grant, Water damage, Flood mitigation, National Flood Insurance Program, Floodplain, Dundee Township, Flood, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Flood insurance, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment
Lead US disaster agency reaches out electronically
Sydney :: Australia | 17 days ago
Credibility Hurricane Katrina, is trying to make sure people are better prepared for disasters, said administrator Craig Fugate. Fugate, who took over the job six months ago, has been emphasizing high-tech methods to communicate with the public. Facebook page, and...
Tags: FEMA, Craig Fugate, Australia, Sydney, Hurricane Katrina, Twitter, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency management, Disaster Accident, Technology Internet, Environment
Livingston flood map dispute continues
Denham Springs :: LA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility City and parish consulting engineers will file updated objections to proposed federal flood maps that could affect home and business owners over a wide area, officials said Tuesday. The flood maps proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are...
Tags: FEMA, Mike Grimmer, updated objections, proposed maps, flood maps, Layton Ricks, Denham Springs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, levee failures in Greater New Orleans, Disaster Accident, Environment
Ike victims claim pressure to leave trailers
Galveston :: TX :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility Alida and Tom Duggan are fighting contractors, their insurance company and the bank in a struggle to rebuild their home in Bayou Vista, destroyed by Hurricane Ike. “Our life has been a nightmare in hell the last year,” Alida Duggan said. The trailer in...
Tags: FEMA, Galveston County, fema caseworkers, fema trailers, trailers resident, housing programs, High Island, temporary housing, ike victims, Yvonne VanZandt, Galveston, Hurricane Katrina, Trailer park, Caseworker, Disaster Accident, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA trailer, Hurricane Ike
City claims for federal storm aid reach $24 million
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility America to have three presidential disaster declarations in a 12-month period...IOU to balance their books during the lag between a claim being approved and the money arriving. �We�re not at the point where anyone is raising their voice,� Abramson said...
Tags: FEMA, Louisville Metro Government, Louisville, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Louisville Kentucky, Jerry Abramson, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment
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