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  • news of the weird - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

    news of the weirdWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 36 minutes agoAs the home-mortgage industry continued to reel in January from the Countrywide Financial Corp. debacle, a federal bankruptcy judge learned that the company ...
    2008-02-05 09:24:07
  • Commonwealth Bank determined to cash in

    News.com.au - Interest rates on transaction accounts are expexcted to remain close to 0 per cent, says Denis ... Mr McEwan said that given the current volatility in global markets, CBA was of the view that rates in wholesale funding markets would remain high for a ...
    2008-02-05 08:51:00
  • Down housing market has new victim - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

    Down housing market has new victimIdaho Mountain Express and Guide, ID - 32 minutes ago"On the flip side of this, if someone has good credit and stable employment, there are attractive 30-year mortgage rates now, with the interest rate around ...
    2008-02-05 09:28:43
  • Nigeria leaves interest rate at 9.5 percent

    Daily Times - The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has no room to cut interest rates from the current low level, a senior ruling camp lawmaker said on Tuesday, despite speculation of a cut in the face of market turbulence and a clouded outlook for the economy. “With short ...
    2008-02-05 02:32:00
  • The wonder of the Obama odyssey - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

    The wonder of the Obama odysseyIdaho Mountain Express and Guide, ID - 31 minutes agoWhen Sarah and her husband late in life were too ill to support themselves, my parents paid their mortgage and cared for them until their deaths. ...
    2008-02-05 09:29:24
  • Kids cram into elementary school - Fort Mills Times

    Kids cram into elementary schoolFort Mills Times, SC - 22 minutes agoAnd there are so many new teachers they don't know, they miss the sense of home they had at Springfield when they were younger. "There's a lot more people ...
    2008-02-05 09:38:43
  • JGBs jump on safe-haven buying as stocks fall

    Guardian Unlimited - Such expectations were supported by comments from Kaoru Yosano, a heavyweight in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who told Reuters on Tuesday that the BOJ has no room to cut interest rates from the current low level.
    2008-02-05 06:50:00
  • Clinton Speech Excerpts - The Associated Press

    Clinton Speech ExcerptsThe Associated Press - 20 minutes ago... the couple so determined to send their daughter to college, they're willing to mortgage their home with a sub-prime second mortgage, the man who asked ...
    2008-02-05 09:40:45
  • Dear JOHN - Mirror.co.uk

    Dear JOHNMirror.co.uk, UK - 15 minutes agoPlease give your age, income, family circumstances, mortgage, details of any savings and pension plans and your phone number. Alte natively, send an email ...
    2008-02-05 09:45:43
  • Day the credibility of experts rises and falls with the rates

    Daily Telegraph - Both the current account and budget deficits have leapt to record highs, and the recent credit crunch looks certain to ... That said, it is worth remembering that in 2006 few economists expected interest rates to climb much further than 5pc, but by ...
    2008-02-05 06:43:00
  • The Call for Epochal Leadership - BusinessWeek

    The Call for Epochal LeadershipBusinessWeek - 8 minutes agoMy well being, my home, and my family are just not on the official radar screen of the company that sold me a wacky mortgage or the government that ...
    2008-02-05 09:52:45
  • Tanner announces $642 million spending cuts - The Age

    Tanner announces $642 million spending cutsThe Age, Australia - 1 hour agoThe first stage was spending cuts in the 2008 budget to start relieving the pressure on inflation and interest rates. "And next week I'll be delivering a ...
    2008-02-05 08:53:42
  • Yen Rises to One-Week High Against Euro After Stocks Decline

    Bloomberg - Fed Governor Randall Kroszner speaks in Washington on mortgage regulation today at 12:30 p.m. local time. Philadelphia Fed ... euro-selling,'' said Kosuke Hanao, head of foreign exchange in Tokyo at HSBC Bank, a unit of Europe's biggest lender. ``If ...
    2008-02-04 03:59:00
  • Excerpts from Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech on Super Tuesday (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

    Excerpts from Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech on Super Tuesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
    2008-02-05 09:39:25
  • DCC upbeat but warns of possible €3m loss - Irish Independent

    DCC upbeat but warns of possible €3m lossIrish Independent, Ireland - 59 minutes agoThe company also said that based on current exchange rates, the adverse impact of the translation into euro of estimated sterling profits in the year to ...
    2008-02-05 09:00:59