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MDCE Registrations on Record Pace

MINNEAPOLIS – Dealer registrations for the 2013 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo set a new record during the early-bird registration period and are currently tracking nearly 25 percent ahead of last year’s record registrations. A total of 473 dealers have

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NMDA renews its support of MDCE

ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Marine Distributors Association (NMDA) has signed on to provide Educational Funding Support for the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo for the second year in a row. “It’s no coincidence that the MDCE educational content received

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EPA Finalizes 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)

In August the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the 2013 annual percentage standards for the RFS program for biofuel, biomass based diesel, biofuels and renewable fuels. These standards will apply to all gasoline and diesel produced or imported in 2013.

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Ethanol Update

MRAA attended a meeting last week organized by the Ethanol Coalition. The overall feeling was that Congress itself has done little legislative work. However, the coalition felt Congress is still on schedule for hearings and perhaps reform/repeal legislation in October,

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Update on Second Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

Members of the House and Senate tax-writing committees are putting together legislative drafts that may determine the fate of one of our most prized tax benefits, the second home mortgage interest deduction. In addition other key tax deductions, such as,

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Applications sought for Kevin Lodder Scholarship

MINNEAPOLIS — The MRAA Educational Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2013 Kevin Lodder Scholarship. The Kevin Lodder Scholarship Fund, which was founded in memory of Kevin Lodder of Lodder’s Marine in Fairfield, Ohio, provides a full scholarship to attend

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My-Villages Named Partner Member

MINNEAPOLIS — My-Villages, a web and mobile technology company and developer of The Boat Village, has been named a Partner Member of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas. “My-Villages and the MRAA have a lot in common,” says My-Villages

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MDCE Dealer Registrations up 31 percent

MINNEAPOLIS – Dealer registrations for the 2013 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo are up 31.7 percent over the same time last year, which represents a new record for the event. More than 270 dealers have registered so far for the

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Marine Retail University on track for expansion

MINNEAPOLIS — Almost a year after kicking off the first in a series of seven regional Norman-Spencer Marine Retail University educational and networking events, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and Dominion Marine Media are preparing an expanded line-up

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MRAA Educational Foundation names executive director

MINNEAPOLIS — Liz Walz has been named the Executive Director of the MRAA Educational Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation created in 2004 to provide the recreational marine trades with financial support for education, training and professional development. “We see an

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