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Some of you may have already started school or preschool at your house, but for me things kick-off Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. I am looking forward to the structure but not looking forward to waking up earlier to get my child out the door!
On the Babble.com website, I found this lovely playlist of back-to-school songs to get our family—and yours—moving in the morning. It's worth checking out the original post to see the reasons why the author picked each song, but here are links to the songs on the list. Enjoy!
1) The White Stripes – "We're Going to be Friends"
2) They Might Be Giants – "Nonagon"
3) Recess Monkeys – "Sack Lunch"
4) The Ramones – "Rock 'N' Roll High School"
5) Arcade Fire – "Ready to Start"
6) Kriss Kross – "I Missed the Bus"
7) Beach Boys – "Be True to Your School"
8) Florence and the Machine – "The Dog Days are Over"
9) The Jackson 5 – "ABC"
10) Simon & Garfunkle – "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"
Do you have a favorite school-related song at your house? Please share in the comments!


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Most of the ads for the horseradish are very traditional and conventional. Therefore, we attempted to provide an unexpected pleasure to enable customers to remember our ad. We parodied Steven Spielberg's film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," with a plot that Alien from Long's planet came to meet animals, vegetables, and fishes of the Earth. By making a transition from the previous perception of adding horseradish to supplement foods, we added foods to the horseradish instead in order to heighten the value of the horseradish.
Advertising Agency: When Gee, Seoul, South Korea
Creative Director: Tai-il, Lee
Art Directors: Jeong -gon, Kang, Mi-sun, Kim
Designer: Seong-kuk, Jeon
Copywriter: Jong-hwan, Choi
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This don't make any sense to me. There is a good chance I'm not smart enough, but I haven't a clue.
Too many messages and twists going on at once. If you need a paragraph just to explain the ad then the message is not clear. Even their explanation is twisted. You get what they wanted to portray but it's too abstract.
These are HORRIBLE. I'm wondering how they even made it onto ads of the world. ok it's a parody ad but what's the message???
CD and AD are you checking your visual? at least put more effort on creative a nice picture. will be better?
Although Idea is not completely bad, as they have given rational. But I think art could not have justified it. Well they could have executed the same Idea in different way, perhaps it could have saved the ad.
This client was for the ONE SHOW college competition 09,
and as far as i know, it didn't even get the merit :p
Sucks to those students that pretending they are Pro.
And please stop pretending you guys are Pro.
When Gee is looking for CD/AD u must apply NOW :P
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm


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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury Shanghai hotel in Lujiazui, walk to Oriental Pearl Tower
Located in Lujiazui, this luxury hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Super Brand Mall and Oriental Pearl Tower. The Bund and Jin Mao Tower are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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Along with 4 restaurants, this hotel has a full-service spa and an indoor pool. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include 2 bars/lounges, a 24-hour fitness center, and a spa tub.
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In addition to a full-service spa, The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong features an indoor pool and a spa tub. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 18299 square feet (1700 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, a sauna, and spa services. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
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Scena - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Blackway, the villain in "Go With Me," Castle Freeman Jr.'s short novel, is a creature of the cut-over, used-up back-country of Vermont, where people once logged timber and now clip coupons. He is the product of a culture of easy violence, a man to be feared.
When he stalks a young woman and kills her cat, she logically asks for help from the local sheriff. And the sheriff logically sends her to see the boys down at the mill. It used to make furniture, but now "they made a better Windsor chair in North Carolina, in Taiwan, than they did in Vermont." The boys at the mill don't run lathes anymore; they drink beer and talk. When Lillian shows up asking for help, they team her up with Lester and Nate. The three set off on a quest to find Blackway and deal with him.
There is a clear moral arc to this storyline, and suspense too. But "Go With Me" is also a literary novel, with echoes of "Deliverance" and Cormac McCarthy. The primitive at the heart of the book is a staple of American fiction. He can be noble like Natty Bumppo or downright evil, like Faulkner's Popeye. His symbolic function was summed up by D.H. Lawrence: "The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted."
Such an archetype requires of its creator a sense of place -- often rural and harsh -- and the kind of dialogue that is right for characters who are laconic bordering on mute. Mr. Freeman adroitly captures the feel of played-out Vermont towns and people, and his dialogue has a terse, almost humorous, cadence. Two minor characters describe a roadside incident for a third: "Perry's car rolled on him." "He had a flat. On the river road. Had a flat, got out, got the thing jacked up. An Escort." "Chevette." "It was an Escort. White." "It was white. But it was a Chevette. Slipped the jack."
At crucial points, the boys down at the mill quit talking and the narrative cuts to the chase -- which ends with a laconic rightness of its own.
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Cool. It is the damages as well that give the photo and the whole mosaic a special effect. Like it. Greetings and happy christmas from Germany.
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Impotence Imposes on Relationships
Erectile dysfunction (ED), commonly known as impotence, can be troubling, even devastating, to a man. But it can be equally so for his partner as well, as Beth (who asked that her real name not be used) found out.
"It really undermines a relationship," says Beth, who recently broke off an engagement with a man who suffers from ED. It's especially difficult, she adds, if the man blames his partner, as her fiancé did.
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"Even though my fiancé admitted that he had always had difficulties with his erections," says Beth, "he tried to tell me that it was my fault. After you hear that enough, you start to believe it, and it can really affect your self-esteem."
That's not unusual, says Karen Donahey, PhD, director of the Sex and Marital Therapy Program at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago. "A woman may struggle with the notion that she's no longer attractive to her man," says Donahey. "Even if the man assures her it's not true, there's still a worry there."
The stronger a woman's self-esteem is, says Donahey, the less threatened she'll feel by her partner's erectile dysfunction and the more supportive she'll be able to be.
ED Is Not Uncommon
"It's important for both men and women to realize that ED is not at all uncommon," says Donahey. Indeed, most estimates suggest that at least 50% of men in the U.S. experience some form of sexual dysfunction at some point in their lives. ED is one of the most common male sexual problems, affecting an estimated 30 million men in the U.S. and approximately 140 million men worldwide.
Though ED may indeed be common, it's still stressful, and in a study conducted by Pfizer (which makes the impotence drug Viagra), research showed that most women, where their quality of life is concerned, rank ED higher in importance than menopausal symptoms, infertility, allergies, obesity, and insomnia.
In a series of focus groups, Pfizer researchers found that when faced with ED, women -- and their partners -- either acknowledged that they had a problem or denied the existence of a problem. "While this may be intuitive, our research showed that there are differences in how women acknowledge the problem and how they deny the problem," says Janice Lipsky, PhD, senior marketing manager for the sexual health team at Pfizer.


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Perhaps it was fitting justice: a dentist who enjoyed inflicting pain was murdered in his own chair. The question is not who wanted Dr. Frederick Nielsen dead, but rather who of the many finally reached the breaking point. The sordid details of this case, with its shocking revelations of violence, cruelty, and horrific sexual abuse, would be tough for any investigator to stomach. But for Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont, the most damning piece of the murderous puzzle will shake him to his very core because what will be revealed to him is nothing less than the true meaning of unrepentant evil.
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Doctors often combine retinoids with light therapy for hands and feet psoriasis. You might have UVB or psoralen-UVA (PUVA) phototherapy or targeted phototherapy (laser treatment). PUVA involves taking the drug psoralen, either by mouth or applied like paint, along with the light therapy.
If these treatments don't work, your doctor may prescribe a type of medication called a biologic, which targets specific parts of the immune system. Different types of psoriasis respond in different ways to these medications. Examples include:
- Adalimumab (Humira)
- Apremilast (Otezla)
- Etanercept (Enbrel)
- Infliximab (Remicade)
- Ixekizumab (Taltz)
- Secukinumab (Cosentyx)
- Ustekinumab (Stelara)
Pustular Psoriasis on the Palms and Soles
Some people -- mostly adults who smoke -- get pustular psoriasis on their palms and soles. Known as palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP), it can erupt over months or years. It may also cause painful cracks, redness, and scales. It can be more stubborn to treat than other types of hand and foot psoriasis, but the same methods are used.
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Psoriasis can also affect your nails as they form. It could cause:
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- Thickening
- Separation of the nail from the nail bed
- Discoloration
Corticosteroid creams or ointments and light therapy are also used to treat nail psoriasis. If these don't get the job done, your doctor might suggest corticosteroid injections into your nail beds. Nail psoriasis can cause fungal infections -- your doctor will prescribe anti-fungal agents.
Cosmetic repair is also an option. This can involve:
- Nail scraping and filing
- Nail polish
- Artificial nails
- Surgical removal
To help prevent problems, trim your nails as short as possible, and wear gloves when you work with your hands.


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Quotes & Info
|STI > SEC Filings for STI > Form 10-Q on 7-Nov-2012
|All Recent SEC Filings
Quarterly Report
This report contains forward-looking statements. Statements regarding (i) future
levels of net charge-offs and core net charge-offs, net interest margin, loan
production volumes, asset yields, liability costs, commercial loan swap income,
other real estate expense, core expenses, employee compensation, NPLs, net
interest income, mortgage repurchase demands and the mortgage repurchase reserve
and related provision expense, interchange revenue, noninterest expense
(including compensatory fees imposed as a result of foreclosure delays), capital
ratios and our expectations that capital ratios will continue to exceed future
regulatory requirements, (ii) future changes or growth in loans, delinquency
ratios, the residential, consumer and commercial portfolios, (iii) our
expectations regarding our future ability to mitigate the impact of card fees
lost as a result of regulatory changes; (iv) our expectations regarding the
adequacy of the mortgage repurchase provision to cover the estimated losses on
loans sold to GSEs prior to 2009 and the adequacy of mark to market adjustments
on assets we plan to sell and/or which have been transferred to AFS; (v) the
timing and impact of planned future asset sales, including sales of student
loans, Ginnie Mae securities, non-performing residential and commercial loans,
and affordable housing investments; and (vi) the timing and variability of
inflows of nonperforming residential and commercial loans during the remainder
of 2012, are forward-looking statements. Also, any statement that does not
describe historical or current facts is a forward-looking statement. These
statements often include the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates,"
"estimates," "intends," "plans," "targets," "initiatives," "potentially,"
"probably," "projects," "outlook" or similar expressions or future conditional
verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," and "could." Such statements are
based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management and on information
currently available to management. Such statements speak as of the date hereof,
and we do not assume any obligation to update the statements made herein or to
update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contained in such
statements in light of new information or future events.
Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on such statements. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in Part I, "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and include risks discussed in this MD&A and in other periodic reports that we file with the SEC. Those factors include: as one of the largest lenders in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. and a provider of financial products and services to consumers and businesses across the U.S., our financial results have been, and may continue to be, materially affected by general economic conditions, particularly unemployment levels and home prices in the U.S., and a deterioration of economic conditions or of the financial markets may materially adversely affect our lending and other businesses and our financial results and condition; legislation and regulation, including the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as future legislation and/or regulation, could require us to change certain of our business practices, reduce our revenue, impose additional costs on us, or otherwise adversely affect our business operations and/or competitive position; we are subject to capital adequacy and liquidity guidelines and, if we fail to meet these guidelines, our financial condition would be adversely affected; loss of customer deposits and market illiquidity could increase our funding costs; we rely on the mortgage secondary market and GSEs for some of our liquidity; we are subject to credit risk; our ALLL may not be adequate to cover our eventual losses; we may have more credit risk and higher credit losses to the extent our loans are concentrated by loan type, industry segment, borrower type, or location of the borrower or collateral; we will realize future losses if the proceeds we receive upon liquidation of nonperforming assets are less than the carrying value of such assets; a downgrade in the U.S. government's sovereign credit rating, or in the credit ratings of instruments issued, insured or guaranteed by related institutions, agencies or instrumentalities, could result in risks to us and general economic conditions that we are not able to predict; the failure of the European Union to stabilize the fiscal condition and creditworthiness of its weaker member economies, such as Greece, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Ireland, and Italy, could have international implications potentially impacting global financial institutions, the financial markets, and the economic recovery underway in the U.S.; weakness in the real estate market, including the secondary residential mortgage loan markets, has adversely affected us and may continue to adversely affect us; we are subject to certain risks related to originating and selling mortgages, and may be required to repurchase mortgage loans or indemnify mortgage loan purchasers as a result of breaches of representations and warranties, borrower fraud, or as a result of certain breaches of our servicing agreements, and this could harm our liquidity, results of operations, and financial condition; financial difficulties or credit downgrades of mortgage and bond insurers may adversely affect our servicing and investment portfolios; we may be terminated as a servicer or master servicer, be required to repurchase a mortgage loan or reimburse investors for credit losses on a mortgage loan, or incur costs, liabilities, fines and other sanctions if we fail to satisfy our servicing obligations, including our obligations with respect to mortgage loan foreclosure actions; we are subject to risks related to delays in the foreclosure process; we may continue to suffer increased losses in our loan portfolio despite enhancement of our underwriting policies and practices; our mortgage production and servicing revenue can be volatile; changes in market interest rates or capital markets could adversely affect our revenue and expense, the value of assets and obligations, and the availability and cost of capital and liquidity; changes in interest rates could also reduce the value of our MSRs and mortgages held for sale, reducing our earnings; the fiscal and
monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies could have a material adverse effect on our earnings; depressed market values for our stock may require us to write down goodwill; clients could pursue alternatives to bank deposits, causing us to lose a relatively inexpensive source of funding; consumers may decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions, which could affect net income; we have businesses other than banking which subject us to a variety of risks; hurricanes and other disasters may adversely affect loan portfolios and operations and increase the cost of doing business; negative public opinion could damage our reputation and adversely impact business and revenues; a failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, or those of our third party vendors and other service providers, including as a result of cyber attacks, could disrupt our businesses, result in the disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information, damage our reputation, increase our costs and cause losses; we rely on other companies to provide key components of our business infrastructure; the soundness of other financial institutions could adversely affect us; we depend on the accuracy and completeness of information about clients and counterparties; regulation by federal and state agencies could adversely affect the business, revenue, and profit margins; competition in the financial services industry is intense and could result in losing business or margin declines; maintaining or increasing market share depends on market acceptance and regulatory approval of new products and services; we might not pay dividends on your common stock; our ability to receive dividends from our subsidiaries could affect our liquidity and ability to pay dividends; disruptions in our ability to access global capital markets may adversely affect our capital resources and liquidity; any reduction in our credit rating could increase the cost of our funding from the capital markets; we have in the past and may in the future pursue acquisitions, which could affect costs and from which we may not be able to realize anticipated benefits; we are subject to certain litigation, and our expenses related to this litigation may adversely affect our results; we may incur fines, penalties and other negative consequences from regulatory violations, possibly even from inadvertent or unintentional violations; we depend on the expertise of key personnel, and if these individuals leave or change their roles without effective replacements, operations may suffer; we may not be able to hire or retain additional qualified personnel and recruiting and compensation costs may increase as a result of turnover, both of which may increase costs and reduce profitability and may adversely impact our ability to implement our business strategies; our accounting policies and processes are critical to how we report our financial condition and results of operations, and they require management to make estimates about matters that are uncertain; changes in our accounting policies or in accounting standards could materially affect how we report our financial results and condition; our stock price can be volatile; our framework for managing risks may not be effective in mitigating risk and loss to us; our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect all errors or acts of fraud; our financial instruments carried at fair value expose us to certain market risks; our revenues derived from our investment securities may be volatile and subject to a variety of risks; and we may enter into transactions with off-balance sheet affiliates or our subsidiaries.
This MD&A is intended to assist readers in their analysis of the accompanying consolidated financial statements and supplemental financial information. It should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes. When we refer to "SunTrust," "the Company," "we," "our" and "us" in this narrative, we mean SunTrust Banks, Inc. and subsidiaries (consolidated). We are one of the nation's largest commercial banking organizations and our headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our principal banking subsidiary, SunTrust Bank, offers a full line of financial services for consumers and businesses through its branches located primarily in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Within our geographic footprint, we operate under three business segments: Consumer Banking and Private Wealth Management, Wholesale Banking, and Mortgage Banking, with the remainder in Corporate Other. See Note 14, "Business Segment Reporting," to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q for a discussion of the change in our segment reporting structure since December 31, 2011. In addition to deposit, credit, and trust and investment services offered by the Bank, our other subsidiaries provide mortgage banking, asset management, securities brokerage, capital market services, and credit-related insurance.
The following analysis of our financial performance for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements, notes to consolidated financial statements, and other information contained in this document and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year consolidated financial statements and related information to conform them to the September 30, 2012, presentation. In the MD&A, net interest income, the net interest margin, and the efficiency ratio are presented on an FTE basis. The FTE basis adjusts for the tax-favored status of net interest income from certain loans and investments. We believe this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income and it enhances comparability of net interest income arising from taxable and tax-exempt sources. Additionally, we present certain non-U.S. GAAP metrics to assist investors in understanding management's view of particular financial measures, as well as, to align presentation of these financial measures with peers in the industry who may also provide a similar presentation. Reconcilements for all non-U.S. GAAP measures are provided in Table 1, Selected Quarterly Financial Data.
Economic and regulatory
Economic indicators were mixed during the first nine months of 2012 after remaining relatively unchanged during 2011. Unemployment declined from year-end levels, while consumer confidence and the housing markets remained unsettled. The unemployment rate, which fell below 9% during the fourth quarter of 2011, continued to decline modestly during the first nine months of 2012, settling at just below 8% at September 30, 2012. Consumer confidence improved during 2012, as consumer spending increased amidst improving labor market conditions and subdued consumer price inflation, but remained depressed overall when compared to pre-recession levels as a result of a continued sluggish economic recovery in the U.S., continued concerns over the health of the European Union, and reports of slowing growth in other emerging economies. While some actions have been taken during 2012 to ease the European sovereign debt crisis, uncertainty in the direction of the financial markets continues to exist as European consumer confidence continued to decline. As of September 30, 2012, we had no direct exposure to sovereign debt of European countries experiencing significant economic, fiscal, and/or political strains. See additional discussion of European debt exposure in "Other Market Risk" in this MD&A. The U.S. housing market continued to be weak as evidenced by the large inventory of foreclosed or distressed properties and continued low levels of construction of new single-family homes. Further, while home prices have risen modestly during the first nine months of 2012, prices remained under pressure and many continued to owe more on their mortgage compared to the current market value of their home. Adding to the economic uncertainty is the risk of the U.S. economy experiencing the "fiscal cliff" at the end of 2012, and the negative effects that may result from higher taxes and reductions in government spending.
Amidst the continued stagnant economic conditions seen during the first nine months of 2012, the Federal Reserve indicated in September that highly accommodative monetary policy will remain for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens and as such, it anticipates maintaining key interest rates at exceptionally low levels, at least through mid-2015. As a result of employing their monetary policy, the Federal Reserve continues to maintain large portfolios of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds and agency MBS and will continue to do so through the end of 2012. Further, in September the Federal Reserve indicated that if the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, further action will be taken in the form of continued purchases of agency MBS, purchases of additional assets, and employment of other tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved. The Federal Reserve outlook remains for moderate economic growth over coming quarters, a relatively high unemployment rate, and the expectation of stable longer-term inflation. A persistent low interest rate environment may adversely affect the interest income we earn on loans and investments.
Regulatory and financial reform efforts continued during the first nine months of 2012, as regulatory agencies proposed and worked to finalize numerous rules. In June 2012, the Federal Reserve and other U.S. banking regulators issued a NPR related to capital adequacy rules to implement the BCBS's Basel III framework for financial institutions in the U.S. While much of the NPR was consistent with the BCBS's Basel III framework which it updated in June of 2011, we have noted some substantial differences from that original framework. As currently proposed, we believe that our risk-weighted assets will increase primarily due to increased risk-weightings for residential mortgages, home equity loans, and commercial real estate, resulting in a decline in our capital ratios. Under the proposed rules, we estimate our current Basel III Tier 1 common ratio would be approximately 8.0%, which would be in compliance with the proposed requirements. The agencies are expected to consider the feedback and draft a final rule, which could take several quarters to complete. Accordingly, the final rule may differ from the current NPR. Further, the NPR indicates a phase-in for the new capital rules with the proposed risk-weightings requirement not becoming effective until 2015. Notwithstanding the uncertainty surrounding the timing and content of the final rule, our current Basel III Tier 1 common ratio estimate that we calculated using the NPR assumptions does not include the effect of any mitigating actions we may undertake to offset some of the anticipated impact of the proposed capital changes. See additional discussion in the "Capital Resources" section of this MD&A.
In 2011, the Federal Reserve conducted a horizontal review of the nation's largest mortgage loan servicers, including us. Following this review, we and other servicers entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Reserve. We describe the Consent Order in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and Note 13, "Contingencies," to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q and "Nonperforming Assets" in this MD&A. The Consent Order requires us to improve certain mortgage servicing and foreclosure processes and to retain an independent foreclosure consultant to conduct a review of residential foreclosure actions pending during 2009 and 2010 to identify any errors, misrepresentations or deficiencies, determine whether any instances so identified resulted in financial injury, and prepare a written report detailing the findings. Our work required to comply with the Federal Reserve's Consent Order continues. We note that certain aspects of the scope of the foreclosure review have not been finalized. On June 21, 2012, the OCC and the Federal Reserve released guidance that will be used in determining the compensation or other remedy that borrowers will receive for financial injury identified during the independent foreclosure review. Under the guidance, remediation for injuries may include lump-sum payments, suspension or rescission of a foreclosure, a loan modification or other loss mitigation assistance, correction of credit reports, or correction of deficiency amounts and records. For each instance requiring financial remediation, lump-sum payments can range from $500 to, in the most egregious cases, $125,000 plus an amount equal to the equity in the house. We are currently incurring the costs associated with the Consent Order-required foreclosure file review. Until the independent
foreclosure review has been finalized, the total costs associated with the
review process are uncertain; however, costs may increase from current levels.
We also continue with settlement discussions with the U.S. and States Attorneys
General related to mortgage servicing claims as discussed in Note 13,
"Contingencies" to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q. We
accrued for the anticipated cost of resolving these and other potential claims
in our 2011 financial results.
Our capital remained strong at September 30, 2012, as year to date earnings
drove our Tier 1 common equity ratio to 9.82% compared to 9.22% at December 31,
2011. Our Tier 1 capital and total capital ratios were 10.57% and 12.95%,
respectively, compared to 10.90% and 13.67%, respectively, at December 31, 2011.
The change in Tier 1 and total capital ratios from year end is primarily due to
the redemption of trust preferred securities in June and July. Overall, our
capital remains strong and well above the requirements to be considered "well
capitalized" according to current and proposed regulatory standards. See
additional discussion of our capital and liquidity position in the "Capital
Resources" and "Liquidity Risk" sections of this MD&A.
Financial performance
Our core performance continued to steadily improve during the first nine months of 2012 and marked a continuation of the momentum that we built during 2011. The three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 included improved net interest income and core mortgage-related income, as well as continued favorable trends in loans, deposits, capital, and credit quality. Additionally, we took strategic actions during the three months ended September 30, 2012 that improved our risk profile and strengthened our balance sheet. The strategic actions that were announced in September included the following:
� The acceleration of the termination of agreements regarding shares owned in Coke and the sale and charitable contribution of Coke shares resulted in a net pre-tax securities gain of $1.9 billion. In addition, our donation of one million shares of Coke to the SunTrust Foundation increased noninterest expense by $38 million.
� The mortgage repurchase provision of $371 million increased the mortgage repurchase reserve to a level that is expected to cover the estimated losses on loans sold to GSEs prior to 2009 and negatively affected noninterest income.
� The sale of $0.5 billion of nonperforming mortgage and commercial real estate loans increased charge-offs and the loan loss provision by $172 million.
� The movement of $1.4 billion of delinquent and current student loans and $0.5 billion of delinquent Ginnie Mae loans to loans held for sale decreased noninterest income by $92 million.
� Additionally, valuation losses related to the planned sale of $0.2 billion of affordable housing investments resulted in a $96 million increase in noninterest expense.
� Collectively, these actions contributed $753 million to net income available to common shareholders, or $1.40 per average common share, in the third quarter.
Including the effects of the strategic actions, net income available to common shareholders during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, was $1.1 billion and $1.6 billion, or $1.98 and $2.94 per average common diluted share, respectively. Comparatively, net income available to common shareholders during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, was $211 million and $424 million, or $0.39 and $0.81 per average common diluted share, respectively. Results in 2012 compared to 2011 were driven by the strategic actions, but beyond the strategic actions, earnings were also impacted positively during both 2012 periods by improvements in net interest income and core mortgage-related income. Additionally, for the nine month periods, the absence of preferred dividends paid to the U.S. Treasury since the first quarter of 2011 and a non-cash charge related to the accelerated accretion associated with repayment of the U.S. government's TARP investment in March 2011 also drove improvement in 2012 compared to 2011. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, the provision for credit losses increased 30% and decreased 10%, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. Excluding the additional provision in the third quarter related to the strategic actions discussed above, the provision for credit losses decreased significantly. However, as credit quality continues to improve, the impact to net income available to common shareholders due to lower provisions for credit losses is expected to be less substantial in future periods.
Our PPG expense initiative made significant progress during the first nine
months of 2012 and at September 30, 2012, we have surpassed the goal of
realizing $300 million in annualized savings through this program a year ahead
of schedule. While the PPG program is complete, we expect to continue our
efforts to become a more efficient organization. Further, we are focused on
revenue and expense initiatives that will help us to achieve our long-term
efficiency ratio target of below 60%.
Our asset quality metrics continued to improve in 2012, driven in part by the strategic actions taken in the third quarter specifically designed to improve our risk profile and also due to improved core credit quality trends. At September 30, 2012, the ALLL ratio remains elevated by historical standards at 1.84% of total loans, but has declined 17 basis points compared to December 31, 2011 due to decreases in the ALLL primarily as a result of improving core credit quality trends. Total NPLs continued the downward trend that began in 2010, with a decline of 40% from December 31, 2011, partially due to the sales
in the third quarter as part of the strategic actions and the remainder as a
result of reduced inflows into nonaccrual combined with our problem loan
resolution efforts. Declines in NPLs were experienced in all categories, with
the largest declines coming from the residential and commercial portfolios,
driven by the sales during the third quarter. Partially offsetting the declines
was the decision, driven by regulatory guidance, to move $81 million in
performing second lien loans that were subordinate to nonaccrual first lien
loans into NPL. Even if the sales from the strategic actions were excluded and
despite the movement of the performing second liens into NPL, our NPLs declined
22% compared to year end. OREO declined 37% compared to the prior year end and
was the result of continued disposition of properties once we had clear title,
coupled with a moderation of inflows. Our restructured loan portfolio declined
14% compared to December 31, 2011, with decreases in both the nonaccruing and
accruing loan populations. Further, the accruing restructured portfolio
continued to exhibit strong payment performance with 95% current on principal
and interest payments at September 30, 2012. Early stage delinquencies, a
leading indicator of asset quality, particularly for consumer loans, declined
during the first nine months of 2012, both in total and when excluding
government-guaranteed loan delinquencies. This decline was a result of our
ongoing efforts to reduce risk in the portfolio as evidenced by declines in
certain higher-risk loans. Our nonperforming loans are also down by almost 70%
since their peak in 2009, to $1.7 billion, or 1.42% of the loan portfolio at
September 30, 2012.
The provision for loan losses decreased 11% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, but increased by 29% during the three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period a year earlier. The decrease was due to improvement in credit quality, while the increase was driven by the additional provision related to the strategic actions taken in September. Excluding this additional provision, the provision for loan losses declined during the current quarter compared to the prior year quarter as a result of improvement in credit quality. Similarly, net charge-offs increased 4% during the three months ended September 30, 2012 and decreased 18% during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, . . .


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Even if is advertised as SEO friendly, this plugin is not compatible with SEO plugins available on WordPress.
Even if is advertised as SEO friendly, this plugin is not compatible with SEO plugins available on WordPress.
Hi ionutmanta,
I believe you might have incorrect information here.
We definitely support Yoast SEO and have an article here about how to use it properly: http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/faq/how-to-configure-yoast-seo-correctly-for-bd/
Yoast's is the only SEO plugin we've found that has the API for us to hook into to allow the right SEO extensions for the BD pages.
If you are having trouble with it, we would welcome contact by you to fix any issues you might have.
I would ask that you reconsider your review in light of this information, if possible.
If it works then please tell me how I can fix this:
If I add a seo description for the all-listing page, then this description will overwrite all the descriptions that I have for individual listings.
I would need to see this specifically in action to comment further. Can you contact me here and we continue the discussion?
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Seeing Larry Flynt's name up made me smile, becuase it wasn't American for Values, which would have made me go "figures", but Larry... he's cool. Go gettum some more tiger.
Anyone remember this... http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Business/story?id=1585840
If only they had a crystal ball
In other Iraq news:
"$282 Million (yes, MILLION) Stolen in Heist at Private Bank in Baghdad."
Our tax dollars at work.
"In Mosul, an American helicopter returned fire after being shot at, but hit civilians, according to Brig. Gen. Abd al-Kareem Khalaf Juboori of the Mosul police. Two people were killed and 14 wounded, including two children."
Original Andrew, the war is stealing $12 billion a month from us now -- $282 mil is a drop in the bucket. But it is a little better than the average thousand bucks or so a US bank robbery gets you.
The only drawback I see to cases like this Vitter asshole is that it increases the chances that in future the ONLY criteria for political office will be extensively vetted sexual purity, which is not a very good way to get quality candidates. Who's going to be the first Senator to announce that he's been castrated and thus unable to boink (which isn't true, but we're talking politics not science)? Do you want that man to represent you?
In yet more news, another fun story about food safety in China!
Mmm, caustic soda.
Fnarf @ 4,
The idea is that the Republicans need to get out of the 'legislating morality and condemning everyone who isn't like them' business and focus on actually doing their jobs (even though at this point they seem totally incompetent).
**yawn** Am I the only person who is totally over Beckham at this piont? I mean who gives a rat shit about him. Until he commits a crime or a gay porno surfaces with him getting gang banged by a dozen or so guys no more news coverage. We want our celebrities tarnished beyond repair!!!
The Republicans don't dare campaign on actual issues. The majority of Americans are fairly moderate-to-liberal on most issues, and considerably to the left of the modern neocon-infested Republican party. All they have to campaign on is Terra Terra Terra, and various thinly-disguised forms of Fear Of The Other - whether it's "welfare reform" (q.v. "Welfare Queens in Cadillacs"), "pro-life" (aka Uppity Wimmins Will Take Our Jobs If They Control Their Own Fertility), "immigration reform" (aka we're being overrun by brown people who speak another language!!!), or "defense of traditional marriage" (otherwise known as Dammit, We're Running Out of People We Can Openly Despise and Discriminate Against!)
They can't run on the issues. Most of America disagrees with them, and they know it. If they tried to run on economic issues with any degree of honesty, they'd be creamed; their policies do not benefit the average American citizen; in fact, they are actively harmful. So they blather on about "high taxes" as if there was such a thing as a free lunch, and ignore the issues that their corporate masters want buried, like genuine health-care reform.
So they have to run on the bullshit hot-button issues. Democrats want to take all your guns away! Democrats will make the Bible illegal! Democrats will force your Baptist preacher to marry people to goats! Democrats will force you to abort all your children, and will teach your kids how to perform forms of sex that you only look at (and spank the monkey to) on the Intarwebs (sic) late at night when you're sure your wife is asleep!
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Facebook and its discontents
You used to use Facebook regularly, and then you quit. Or tried to quit. Please tell me about it. [more inside]
Facebook's 'eavesdrop' setting?
So what function of Facebook is it that lets my friends see the comments I've made on pages I like - which they have NOT liked - and comment on them? I've gotten into several conversations lately made more uncomfortable by someone not in the community I'm commenting to jumping in and making a comment about my participation. I thought I had my settings pretty nailed down, but can't figure out where this one is. Thanks. [more inside]
Exporting from FaceBook
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I don't know if anyone else has come across this but it happened to me twice today. I logged into my newly updated WordPress 3.2 site and it loaded the IE6 dashboard.
The first time it happened was in Firefox 5 and I was with a client so I just hit refresh and it disappeared.
Second time it happened on my client's computer in IE8. I took a screenshot of that one since it happened agained http://screencast.com/t/f3ld0kAXZb
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Dr. Brazelton, a well-known pediatrician and the author of a number of books on child development, emphasized that "rigorous scientific research now proves the early childhood development programs that help kids in so many other ways are also our most powerful weapons in the fight against youth violence."
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Prosodic Awareness Skills and Literacy Acquisition in Spanish
- Sylvia DefiorAffiliated withUniversidad de Granada, Facultad de Psicología Email author
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There has been very little research in Spanish on the potential role of prosodic skills in reading and spelling acquisition, which is the subject of the present study. A total of 85 children in 5th year of Primary Education (mean age 10 years and 9 months) performed tests assessing memory, stress awareness, phonological awareness, reading and spelling. In written language tests, errors were classified as phonological (grapheme-to-phoneme conversion rules) or stress-related (placement of the stress mark). Regression analyses showed that, once memory and phonological awareness were controlled, stress awareness partially explained reading and spelling performance as well as error type; however, differences were found between reading and spelling errors. These results show a relationship between prosodic skills—namely stress sensitivity—and the acquisition of reading and spelling skills that seems to be independent of phonological awareness skills.
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If Romney/Ryan win....the markets will take off! All companies are down and doing nothing as they do not know what regulations, EPA, and what will come out of the Obama administration....so it's a HOLD situation until AFTER Obama has checked out of the White House! God Bless America!
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A Framework for Modeling the Software Assurance Ecosystem: Insights From the Software Assurance Landscape Project
Today's operational environments are complex and dynamic. User needs and environmental factors are constantly changing, which leads to unanticipated usage, reconfiguration, and continuous evolution of practices and technologies. Operational requirements for software-reliant systems are often ambiguous, incomplete, or incorrect. New defects and vulnerabilities are continually discovered. In environments characterized by these conditions, the effects of complex interrelation-ships and dependencies among organizations are not well understood, and the incentives that drive people's behavior often form barriers to the adoption of assurance solutions for the soft-ware-reliant systems those organizations depend on.