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Tax Group Revs Up Endorsement Machine (Hernando Today)
BROOKSVILLE - Linda Hayward has become a poster woman of sorts for the causes of lower property taxes and smaller government.
2008-04-17 06:13:05 -
Yen Heads for Weekly Decline on Signs Banks to Weather Turmoil (Bloomberg.com)
April 18 (Bloomberg) -- The yen headed for a weekly decline against the euro on signs financial companies will weather the global credit crisis, encouraging investors to buy higher- yielding assets funded in Japan.
2008-04-17 06:21:39 -
Broken securities market draws fire (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Fear, loathing and the freezing of the auction-rate securities market are joining customers, lawyers and regulators in common cause against the always-creative securities industry.
2008-04-17 06:49:44 -
In the Subprime Mortgage Mess Wanting to Help And Getting The ... - American Chronicle
In the Subprime Mortgage Mess Wanting to Help And Getting The ...American Chronicle, CA - 22 hours agoYet they were up against unscrupulous lenders using mortgage jargon, misleading information, often fraudulent practices and feeding their clients´ hopes and ...
2008-04-16 07:08:51 -
Home furnishing stores seeing mixed bag (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
If consumers are spending less on home furnishings, John DeYoung hasn't seen it.
2008-04-17 02:16:06 -
Cheniere drops on concern it can't meet obligations (Houston Chronicle)
Cheniere Energy, a liquefied-natural-gas company set to open a terminal next week, plummeted 16 percent, its third day of declines, on concern that it won't be able to meet debt obligations.
2008-04-17 02:43:55 -
Democrats unveil housing rescue plan (Boston Globe)
Homeowners buckling under their mortgage payments would be allowed to refinance into more affordable government-backed loans under a proposal introduced by a House committee chairman Thursday.
2008-04-17 02:52:38 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-17 22:21 GMT: Freddie Mac to buy up to $15B in higher value mortgages (Interactive Investor)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Thursday it would buy up to $15 billion in home loans for higher-priced properties, using new flexibility granted by Congress earlier this year.
2008-04-17 02:54:20 -
At any rate (Bankrate.com)
Rates remain great … should you act before it's too late? Point your cursor at any state to see how rates compare with national overnight average rates. Click a state to get local mortgage rates.
2008-04-16 04:39:19 -
Wells Fargo Beats Analysts' Estimates; Shares Rise (Update6) (Bloomberg.com)
April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Wells Fargo & Co. , the biggest bank on the U.S. West Coast, said first-quarter profit fell less than analysts estimated as the company limited losses from the decline in California home prices.
2008-04-16 01:48:42 -
Marriott International Reports First Quarter Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
First Quarter Highlights:
2008-04-17 03:30:00 -
Bay Area firms show mixed results in quarter / WELLS FARGO: S.F. bank sees second straight drop in quarterly profit, ... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wells Fargo & Co.'s first-quarter profit fell 11 percent as the nation's fifth-largest bank wrestled with rising loan losses and braced for more trouble. However, the decline was less than analysts expected, and Wells shares rose on the results. The San...
2008-04-17 12:31:25 -
Working from outside the confines of the office (Evening Standard)
The idea of working from home appeals to many people, to the extent that some of them say they'll take a pay cut in order to do it.
2008-04-17 12:37:30 -
Stu Bykofsky: Tonya Harding a no-show at debate (Philadelphia Daily News)
A LITTLE BEFORE 3 p.m. yesterday, Barack Obama's camp shared with reporters a published story that the rest of Hillary Clinton's advertising would be 100 percent negative. If that's accurate, said Obama spokesman Matthew Lehrich, "It looks like we'll see the 'Tonya Harding option' on display at tonight's debate."
2008-04-17 12:41:47 -
Cedar Hill/Duncanville home sales (Dallas Morning News)
This list of home sales in Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Mountain Creek and The Woods was compiled by MasterFiles Inc. from county deed records. The amount listed is the mortgage, not the total price.
2008-04-17 12:42:41