The Libertarian State of the Union: The Future of the Affordable Care Act (Mike Tanner) – Video

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IFC Expands Operation in Solomon Islands

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IFC Expands Operation in Solomon Islands to Boost Private Sector Investment, Create Jobs

Honiara, the Solomon Islands, February 12, 2014IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Solomon Islands government to expand IFCs operation, attract more investors to the country, and strengthen its private sector to create jobs and improve the livelihoods of its people.

IFC has had a small presence in the Solomon Islands since 2010. Under the new agreement, it will maintain a permanent office with four staff to be based in Honiara, including Country Resident Representative, Seva Payevskiy. He oversees IFCs operations, including support for small and medium enterprises and generating new investments in key sectors including energy, fisheries, and tourism.

The private sector makes up 80 per cent of Solomon Islands economy through small, medium and large business enterprise; it is also commonly described as the engine room of our economy, said Clay Forau, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade. IFCs commitment towards the development of our private productive sector is crucial and warmly welcomed.

Last year, IFC invested $10 million in SolTuna Ltd., a tuna processor in the Solomon Islands, to help the company expand its facilities in Noro, Western Province. The expansion is expected to create an additional 500 jobs, allowing the local women and economy to benefit more from the income generated by the tuna industry, which is vital to the Solomon Islands economy.

IFC is scaling up its Pacific operations and we have already begun to see transformation take place in places like the Solomon Islands, said IFC Regional Manager for the Pacific, Gavin Murray. With this agreement, we will focus our attention on helping the Solomon Islands take further advantage of its valuable natural resources while growing local businesses, creating jobs, and improving the skills of women.

IFC is located in the World Bank Group headquarters, Mud Alley, Honiara.

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State health care exchange officials said they had thoroughly vetted Christa Ann McClure, the Connect for Health Colorado director they placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday after learning she had been indicted for stealing from her last employer.

McClure, 51, pleaded not guilty Feb. 6 in federal District Court in Montana to eight counts of theft and fraud from a nonprofit housing agency in Billings.

She was indicted Jan. 16 and notified her current Denver employer, the state-sponsored health exchange, on Monday, a few days after the story broke in Montana media, Connect for Health spokesman Ben Davis said in a telephone interview.

Connect for Health performed a criminal background check and checked references before hiring McClure in March, Davis said.

"She was completely clean," he said. Her position as executive director of Housing Montana of Billings, he said, made her well-qualified for her post as Connect for Health's director of partner engagement she was liaison with state and federal partners, such as Medicaid officials. The job pays $130,000 a year.

"Integrity and public trust are paramount to the mission of Connect for Health Colorado," Davis said in a statement released Wednesday. "We take extensive measures to protect consumer information and technology systems."

Connect for Health Colorado, a new health insurance marketplace, was established by a state law in 2011 and opened for business in October. Its official name is the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange.

In her job with the exchange, McClure doesn't have access to any of the exchange's finances, Davis said.

McClure, who has not been convicted of any charges, should have informed Connect for Health much earlier of the accusations she was facing, Davis said.

The charges against her are "very serious, and we are taking this very seriously," he said.

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