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for first business news, i'm jackie keenan. apps are big business. apple alone has 3 billion downloads per day from its app store, totaling more than $200 million. coming up, tips on how to reduce insurance costs for young drivers behind the wheel. that's after the break. questions are arising about why it costs so much more to buy car insurance for teen drivers. joining us via skype this morning, laura adams of insurance quotes.dom. good morning, laura. - good morning. - these numbers are staggering. take a look at this. in the state of arkansas alone, premiums are up 116%. utah, wyoming, alabama, and idaho not that far behind. why are these prices going up so rapidly? - the cost to add a teen driver to an existing policy is going to vary depending on where you live. teens are typically the riskiest and the most expensive drivers to insure, but what we're finding is from state to state, it's going to vary considerably. as you mentioned, a high of 116% increase to add a teen driver in arkansas. - that's- that's very high... - it is. so, that's more t
for first business news, i'm jackie keenan. apps are big business. apple alone has 3 billion downloads per day from its app store, totaling more than $200 million. coming up, tips on how to reduce insurance costs for young drivers behind the wheel. that's after the break. questions are arising about why it costs so much more to buy car insurance for teen drivers. joining us via skype this morning, laura adams of insurance quotes.dom. good morning, laura. - good morning. - these numbers are...
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jackie keenan reports from florida. power lunches are common again here at mise en place in tampa, florida - good news for owner maryann ferenc, who is paying off loans she borrowed from gulf shore community bank to open her second restaurant. "we knew that it was the right thing to do, it was right for our business. event business just died, and we went to the bank, and we knew it would be go, dig in and loan us the money." mise en place is thankful to gulf shore, and vice versa. with more than $230 million in assets, and armed with a recent capital raise of $6 million, gulf shore wants to grow to be one of the largest community banks in town. "you reed to get to 750 to a billion dollars in assets. that not only allows you to have the capabilities to serve your clients, it also gets you to a point where you see fixed costs rise in the industry, margin compression. at that level, we are able to have the scale to drive the type of returns investors want to see." five years after the start of the financial crisis, communi
jackie keenan reports from florida. power lunches are common again here at mise en place in tampa, florida - good news for owner maryann ferenc, who is paying off loans she borrowed from gulf shore community bank to open her second restaurant. "we knew that it was the right thing to do, it was right for our business. event business just died, and we went to the bank, and we knew it would be go, dig in and loan us the money." mise en place is thankful to gulf shore, and vice versa....
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jackie keenan reports from florida. when you think of florida, bright, juicy oranges may be one of the first images that come to mind. but not oranges that look like this. or like this. citrus farmers are battling a bacterial disease called greening. carried by the asian citrus psyllid, the disease cripples the tree and starves the fruit of nutrients, causing them to drop before ripening. "this tree has got quite an infection from the green disease." victor story has been working in groves since he was 8 years old. he now manages more than 6,000 acres. he's battled freezes and hurricanes, but greening is the worst threat to his oranges he's seen in his lifetime. "it is troubling because we do raise the tastiest, best-juiced fruit in the world." this tasty fruit is worth more than $9 billion to the state of florida, which is the second largest producer of oranges in the world. since 2006, greening is to blame for $3.6 billion in lost revenue and 6600 job losses, according to a study from the university of florida. the mo
jackie keenan reports from florida. when you think of florida, bright, juicy oranges may be one of the first images that come to mind. but not oranges that look like this. or like this. citrus farmers are battling a bacterial disease called greening. carried by the asian citrus psyllid, the disease cripples the tree and starves the fruit of nutrients, causing them to drop before ripening. "this tree has got quite an infection from the green disease." victor story has been working in...
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for first business news, i'm jackie keenan. super-sized homes appear to be here to stay. according to a survey by real estate company trulia, buyers list not buying a home with more space as their biggest regret! future home sales expectations are at a 5-year high. that's according to a report from the national association of homebuilders and wells fargo housing market index. the index takes a look at current sales and prospective buyer traffic. "housing seems to the bright spot in the economy right now, and even the fed will admit to that. if we're going to see things remain at current growth levels for the real estate market, that would certainly bode well for the economy in general. but i think the fed is holding pat right now, because it needs to see continued improvement, and more substantial improvement, in the jobs market." though the commerce department showed housing starts down in april, housing permits for future construction were up more than 14%. that means demand may have finally reached a point at which its convinced builders that buyers are back. thousands
for first business news, i'm jackie keenan. super-sized homes appear to be here to stay. according to a survey by real estate company trulia, buyers list not buying a home with more space as their biggest regret! future home sales expectations are at a 5-year high. that's according to a report from the national association of homebuilders and wells fargo housing market index. the index takes a look at current sales and prospective buyer traffic. "housing seems to the bright spot in the...
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jackie keenan has that story from florida. just a few months ago, attorney kevin mclean filed claims against nursing homes. now it's stricltly b.p. he's one of many lawyers shifting his practice to represent alleged victims of the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill, and business is booming, with payouts averaging $220,000. "absolutely, there's been a flurry." his opportunism is not isolated. there are currently more than 61,000 claims to bp that are from businesses not related to fishing or wetlands damage - nearly double since february. last year, bp agreed to a settlement that included a simple formula for businesses to use in calculating claims. the result is a free-for-all for gulf-coast businesses. businesses such as dentists, restaurants and even printers far inland are making claims and getting paid with the help of lawyers like mclean. "they knew that there would be businesses 40 miles, 100 miles from the coast that would be making claims. they knew that many of those businesses would be unrelated to seafood or tourism,
jackie keenan has that story from florida. just a few months ago, attorney kevin mclean filed claims against nursing homes. now it's stricltly b.p. he's one of many lawyers shifting his practice to represent alleged victims of the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill, and business is booming, with payouts averaging $220,000. "absolutely, there's been a flurry." his opportunism is not isolated. there are currently more than 61,000 claims to bp that are from businesses not related to...
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"washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern, here on c-span. >> jackie was raised as her mother was the entertaining with vanessa. it was her heritage. she did it right after her administration, during the johnson years. the whole world erupted like volcanoes. we had the women who went to work and got the divorce is in demand an equal rights we had flower children and free love and free sex. it was great for the young. i missed all of that. [laughter] the whole world change. it became a wholly new concept of women. mrs. clinton today represents the new woman. >> as we continue our conversation on first ladies, social secretary to jacqueline
"washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern, here on c-span. >> jackie was raised as her mother was the entertaining with vanessa. it was her heritage. she did it right after her administration, during the johnson years. the whole world erupted like volcanoes. we had the women who went to work and got the divorce is in demand an equal rights we had flower children and free love and free sex. it was great for the young. i missed all of that. [laughter] the whole world change. it...