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  • US Voters Showing A Darker Mood Than In 2000 Race - Free Internet Press

    US Voters Showing A Darker Mood Than In 2000 RaceFree Internet Press, NY - 2 hours agoTwo years ago, after the adjustable-rate mortgage on his apartment building kicked in, Jennings had to take an hourly job for the first time in a decade, ...
    2008-01-23 08:29:27
  • US Financial Powerhouse: "House of Cards" - uruknet.info

    US Financial Powerhouse: "House of Cards"uruknet.info, Italy - 13 minutes agoThe rich take care of themselves first, witness the savings and loans scandal of the 1980s, and Bush’s failed business attempts and the buyout of Harken Oil ...
    2008-01-23 10:47:02
  • Experts: Expect Fed action to trickle down - St. Cloud Times

    Experts: Expect Fed action to trickle downSt. Cloud Times, MN - 12 minutes agoThis is the rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans. The interest rate cut won't directly impact mortgage rates, but it could help potential ...
    2008-01-23 10:47:39
  • Legislature proposes bills to protect consumers - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Legislature proposes bills to protect consumersSeattle Post Intelligencer - 2 hours agoSenate Bill 6728, which was heard in committee Wednesday, also prohibits prepayment penalties within 60 days of when an adjustable-rate mortgage initially ...
    2008-01-23 08:49:03
  • Stocks pull off a big turnaround - Los Angeles Times

    Stocks pull off a big turnaroundLos Angeles Times, CA - 6 minutes agoMortgage delinquencies continue to surge and some experts see new problems bubbling up at struggling banks and brokerages in loans for commercial real ...
    2008-01-23 10:53:46
  • Mortgage rates are good news for local housing market - KOAA

    Mortgage rates are good news for local housing marketKOAA, CO - 2 hours agoIt's their lowest level since the summer of 2005. Mortgage brokers and economists agree, this is good news for the local housing market. ...
    2008-01-23 08:56:43
  • As with Vale, Highveld Steel funding is up in air - Business Report

    As with Vale, Highveld Steel funding is up in airBusiness Report, South Africa - 1 hour agoThe average rate of increase in house prices declined to 8.3 percent last year, the lowest growth since 2000. By comparison, house prices grew 9.8 percent ...
    2008-01-23 09:07:52
  • Thursday 24 (Austin Chronicle)

    LIVING IN A PORN CULTURE: HOW PORNO GRAPHY SHAPES OUR POLITICAL & PERSONAL LIVES A presentation from feminist scholars Gail Dines and Rebecca Whisnant.
    2008-01-23 10:36:44
  • For GOP, Economy Roils Election-Year Politics - Town Hall

    For GOP, Economy Roils Election-Year PoliticsTown Hall, DC - 1 hour agoWith the economy sending almost daily signs of weakness in its financial markets, corporate earnings, consumer spending, mortgage foreclosures and job ...
    2008-01-23 09:21:25
  • Remodeling basics - kjrh.com

    Remodeling basicskjrh.com, OK - 1 hour agoIf you're not paying cash, do some homework and compare interest rates and repayment terms to find the best deal. This station will not store your email ...
    2008-01-23 09:41:25
  • While Nevada Caucuses, the Senate Can Wait (Washington Post)

    While Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) brought the House back in session this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is keeping legislative business at bay in his chamber while he eagerly tends to his state's first-ever January caucuses.
    2008-01-23 10:39:32
  • National earnings: Many investors hang up on Motorola (Houston Chronicle)

    Motorola's new CEO, Greg Brown, spooked investors Wednesday with a gloomy assessment of the cell phone maker's inability to turn around its ailing handset division, saying a recovery will take longer than expected.
    2008-01-23 10:43:55
  • The Market's Wild Ride - BusinessWeek

    The Market's Wild RideBusinessWeek - 1 hour agoHe cited the 8.3% rise in mortgage loan applications during the week ending Jan. 18 reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association on Wednesday. ...
    2008-01-23 09:44:27
  • KSE index rebounds 0.9 pct in positive response to rate cut - Arab Times

    KSE index rebounds 0.9 pct in positive response to rate cutArab Times, Kuwait - 1 hour agoThe stock has plunged since it missed fourth-quarter earnings forecasts and said the US mortgage crisis had hurt demand for chemicals. ...
    2008-01-23 09:58:01
  • Whitney sees earnings fall (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

    Fourth quarter earnings at Whitney Holding Corp. dropped by 11 percent because of increasing provisions for bad loans, the bank reported Wednesday.
    2008-01-23 10:47:57