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  • Friends Provident is investigating the whereabouts of staff pension contributions at Unwins, the off-licence chain, as the troubled high street retailer was forced into administration last night threatening the future of about 2,000 jobs.

    Naught For Your Comfort Laban 2005

  • Also I see UNUM Provident is under a multistate federal investigation for RICO Rackateering and I also noticed they are openly advertising on the internet for life insurance on foster children!

    Think Progress » Tom DeLay’s PAC receives felony indictment 2005

  • Friends Provident is investigating the whereabouts of staff pension contributions at Unwins, the off-licence chain, as the troubled high street retailer was forced into administration last night threatening the future of about 2,000 jobs.

    Archive 2005-12-18 Laban 2005

  • Recently he called Provident, the lender of absolutely last resort, looking for a loan just to hold off the threatening letters.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2008

  • But officials at the nearby University of Chicago Medical Center said they are bracing themselves to receive a number of the ambulance calls Provident will turn away.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • But officials at the nearby University of Chicago Medical Center said they are bracing themselves to receive a number of the ambulance calls Provident will turn away.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • GunnAllen executives and outside attorneys said that the firm could have between $35 million and $50 million in liabilities in client lawsuits stemming from brokers such as Mr. Bluestein and investments - namely Provident private placements - that have blown up.

    InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines 2010

  • Ultimately an independent mortgage broker-Mitch Ohlbaum of Legend Mortgage in Los Angeles-found me a loan with an institution I'd never heard of called Provident Funding.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2009

  • That may sound hardly worth bothering with, but even a cap at that level would exclude a lot of the lenders in the UK such as Provident Financial, whose standard APR on a £100 loan over 23 weeks is 545%, and the payday loan companies such as Payday UK, whose advertised rate for an £80 loan is 1,737%.

    Interest rates: Time to introduce a cap 2010

  • In the current environment, energy firms such as Provident will be challenged to generate cash flow comparable to levels achieved in recent years.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

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