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Business Definition for: Acceptance House

  • an institution that accepts financial instruments and agrees to honor them should the borrower default

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A.M. Best Affirms Rating of First Acceptance Insurance Group; Assigns Issuer Credit Ratings
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B Fair for First Acceptance Insurance Company, Inc. and separately-rated First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia, Inc., both members of the First Acceptance Insurance Group First Acceptance (Grand Prairie, TX). The rating outlook is stable.
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Research articles 2006-12-13
The admissions archive: a symbolic acceptance letter: an admissions director compares his college acceptance letter to what students receive today
LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT, when I received my acceptance leter from Western Michigan University on October 21, 1989, as a 17-year-old, there would be more to this letter than just my welcome into college. I am probably among few people worldwide who has kept his college acceptance letter...
Tags: admission, Branding, CAREER, Construction, director, MARKETING, Western Michigan University
Research articles 2007-02-01
Soviet indicate acceptance of INF proposal - intermediate-range nuclear forces, White House statement, July 22, 1987 - transcript
Soviets Indicate Acceptance of INF Proposal WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT, JULY 22, 1987(1) General Secretary Gorbachev, in an interview published today, indicated that the Soviet Union is now prepared to agree to eliminate all longer range INF [intermediate-range nuclear forces] missiles, including the 100 warheads that...
Tags: missile, White House
Research articles 1987-10-01
Acceptance of Resignation
To accept a resignation, acknowledge your acceptance of the employee's decision. Here is a template for acceptance of resignation.
Tags: Resignation
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
KILL BW0086, MI-CREDIT-ACCEPTANCE and KILL BW0108, CQN-MI-CREDIT-ACCEPTANCE
Please KILL BW0086, (MI-CREDIT-ACCEPTANCE) Credit Acceptance Corp. Reports Third Quarter Results, which ran on Business Wire at 8:41 ET on 10/22/1999. Also KILL the CORRECTION, BW0108, (CQN-MI-CREDIT-ACCEPTANCE) Correcting Credit Acceptance Corp.'s Ratio of Total Balance Sheet Debt to Shareholders' Equity; Decreased From .90 to .61 Sted 90 Cents to...
Tags: Business Wire, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 1999-10-22
EC calls for greater cross-acceptance of trains
NEW measures aimed at simplifying operation of trains between different countries are being proposed by the European Commission EC. A key priority is a change in the law to make cross-acceptance of rolling stock easier. Among the examples of contradictory legislation quoted is that of fire extinguishers, which in...
Tags: C, European Commission, FINANCE, Investment, train
Research articles 2007-01-01
Check Point Obtains Acceptance Level of 96.5 Percent of Protect Data
Extends Offer for Shareholders Who Have Not Yet Submitted Acceptance
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Research articles 2007-01-24
Acceptance testing: Prevent unexpected failures through "electrical integrity testing" - Current Affairs
What is acceptance testing? Field acceptance testing is formally recognized in industry standards covering major electrical equipment, such as those produced by the American National Standards Institute ANSI, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE, and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NEMA. In general, acceptance testing under these standards...
Tags: IEEE, manufacturer, Manufacturing
Research articles 2002-04-01
Presentation Skills: Seven Presentation Secrets Learned From The Academy Awards
Academy Awards come and go, but one thing is a constant: bad acceptance speeches. You may never win an Academy Award, but you may be asked to give an acceptance speech for an accomplishment in your business, your career, your community, or your organization. Sometimes your acceptance speech will be...
Tags: Presentation Skill, Speech, PositiveArticles.com, Sales Tools, Professional Development, Team Management, Sales, Career, Management
White papers 2008-01-01
First Acceptance Corporation Differentiates Operations from Iowa-Based Company; Tennessee Company Not Connected
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- First Acceptance Corporation (NYSE:FAC), whose insurance subsidiaries provide non-standard private passenger automobile insurance and operate in many states under the trade name "Acceptance Insurance", said today "it is not affiliated nor involved in any manner" with Iowa-based Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. ("AICI"), which filed for reorganization under...
Tags: Connected Corp., insurance, Iowa
Research articles 2005-01-11
A government as good as… - Michael Dukakis's acceptance speech
A Government as Good as ... PERHAPS IT WAS the influence of Jimmy Carter, present in the flesh. But one paragraph of Michael Dukakis's acceptance speech brought back a true whiff of the last Democratic President. "In the Dukakis White House, as in the Dukakis Statehouse, if...
Tags: Government, Massachusetts, White House
Research articles 1988-08-19
Credit Acceptance Corp. resolves copyright infringement lawsuit against National Auto Credit
SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 17, 1995--Credit Acceptance Corp. announced today that it resolved its copyright infringement lawsuit against National Auto Credit to the mutual satisfaction of both companies.National Auto Credit has acknowledged that Credit Acceptance Corp. has valid copyrights for its financing program materials. Other terms of the resolution will remain...
Tags: Business Wire, Credit Acceptance Corp., FINANCE, lawsuit, SALES
Research articles 1995-10-17
Check Point Completes the Offer for Protect Data With Substantial Acceptance of 87.1 Percent
Extends Offer for Shareholders Who Have Not Yet Submitted Acceptance
Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Research articles 2007-01-11
First Data's TeleCheck and Meijer Reach Agreement to Roll out Electronic Check Acceptance
DENVER -- TeleCheck Services, Inc., a leading check acceptance company and subsidiary of First Data Corp., today announced it has reached an agreement to offer TeleCheck Electronic Check Acceptance[R] (ECA[R]) Warranty service at Meijer Supercenters in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
Tags: agreement, First Data Corp.
Research articles 2007-10-23
NovAtel's SCS granted FCC type acceptance
Alberta, Canada-based, NovAtel Communications Inc. has received type acceptance from the FCC and certification from the Canadian Department of Communications DOC for its Supplementary Cellular System SCS. The type acceptance was granted July 23. Previously, NovAtel received notice from the FCC to either file for type acceptance or loose the...
Tags: FCC, Government, Novatel Wireless
Research articles 1991-09-12
Chart House Announces Record Date for Rights Offering to Stockholders; Acceptance of Plan by NYSE for Continued Listing Standards
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Research articles 2001-05-25
White House lays foundation for US troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON AFP — The White House for the first time has claimed possession of an Iraq withdrawal plan, arguing that a troop pullout blueprint unveiled this past week by a Democratic senator was "remarkably similar" to its own. It also signaled its acceptance of a recent US Senate amendment...
Tags: Iraq, Strategy, U.S. Senate, White House
Research articles 2005-11-26
Building An Acceptance Chart
There are some processes that, due to their nature, are expected to have unavoidable shifts in their average value but which are still able to satisfy customer-established specifications. This situation occurs when the standard deviation of the process at the various average values of the process is very small relative...
Tags: Process, QCI International
White papers 2003-01-01
CenCor announces Century Acceptance Corp. agrees to sell consumer finance business to Fidelity Acceptance Corp
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 1995--CenCor Inc. announced Monday that Century Acceptance Corp., its sole operating subsidiary, has agreed to sell its consumer finance business to Fidelity Acceptance Corp., a subsidiary of the Bank of Boston Corp.Under the terms of the agreement, substantially all of Century's assets will be sold...
Tags: asset, Business Wire, liquidation
Research articles 1995-05-22
A Mouse in-house.(Walt Disney Co., vertical integration strategy)(Statistical Data Included)
Disney's attempt to reap vertical integration benefits--via merger of studio and network--is gaining acceptance Disney's attempt to reap vertical integration benefits--via merger of studio and network--is gaining acceptance
Tags: mouse, The Walt Disney Co.
Research articles 1999-11-29