... Sudan. Recent grants from the Church of the Brethren's Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) have been given for humanitarian assistance in Pakistan, and health ... received initial funding from a special Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to develop basic health services in the ... Sudan while efforts are made to restore the MDTF funding. In other disaster relief news, the church's Material Resources program ...

... Mike Beebe has authorized $2,000,000 from the Governor's Disaster Fund to provide limited individual assistance for flood and storm victims in 12 Arkansas counties. Arkansans with uninsured damage ... Pulaski, Scott, Union and White Counties. "While we will request a Presidential Disaster Declaration for flooding damage to infrastructure in Arkansas, we don't ...

... the three banks closed yesterday, may be 1 Billion to the FDIC fund. Remember when that was a lot of money? Suited Bureaucrats Waiting for critical ... "The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $344 million. ... Century Bank, FSB is ... "The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $615 million. ... Orion Bank is the 122nd ...

... declared a state disaster for storm damage last month on Kodiak Island. The declaration means the state will fund eligible ... pay for infrastructure repair projects, restoring them to pre-disaster conditions. The island received substantial rainfall beginning in ... directed state officials to take the first steps in a request for federal disaster assistance. The Associated Press Download Audio (MP3)

Karl Denninger submits: You can put a fork in us down the road.... The U.S. currency dropped against 12 of its 16 major counterparts as the International Monetary Fund said traders are probably using the dollar to fund so-called carry trades around the world and it may still be overvalued. Complete Story »

... its swollen rolls of uninsured. As I recently detailed, Texas ranked 46th in the Commonwealth Fund's 2009 scorecard of state health care performance. Among the poster children for ... have plenty of company among their red state brethren when it comes to dismal health care. The Commonwealth Fund's analysis tells the tale. While nine of the top 10 performing states voted for Barack Obama in ...