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Mortgage Fears Yield Opportunity for Bond Funds (Morningstar.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Some managers are laying the groundwork for long-term success.
2008-03-20 04:00:00 -
Wary banks revert to strict lending standards (MSNBC)
Banks and mortgage insurers, which have lost billions because of bad bets made during the housing boom, are now reverting to strict lending standards not seen in nearly 20 years.
2008-03-20 04:05:52 -
Hardev Kaur: There's worse to come for the global economy (The New Straits Times)
THE outcome of the March 8 elections spooked the stock market on Monday, March 10. Malaysians who had their attention focused on the US presidential elections, which were said to be more exciting, were jolted into refocusing their attention back home.
2008-03-20 04:36:10 -
Housebuyers struggling as credit squeeze pushes lenders to protect margins (Times Online)
Mortgage lending slumped 7 per cent last month as the credit squeeze and sliding house prices continued to take a toll on borrowers and lenders.
2008-03-20 04:49:12 -
Should You Unlock Capital From Your Home? (The Motley Fool)
Does it make sense to borrow more money against your home?
2008-03-20 05:25:53 -
Historic generosity (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
The San Diego County grand jury says the city is too generous in giving landowners historic property status, which allows a tax reduction of up to 70 percent.
2008-03-20 05:39:19 -
Banks remain wary of home loans; lending standards as strict as they were 20 years ago (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow — even for those with good credit.
2008-03-20 05:54:24 -
Mortgage Mess Hits Home For Nation's Small Builders (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
Small and midsize home builders are facing difficulties in keeping operations going amid the housing slump.
2008-03-20 05:58:01 -
FACTBOX-Global interest rates in 2008 (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Federal Reserve slashed U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday, to a three-year low of 2.25 percent.
2008-03-19 05:53:00 -
INDICATORS - Lebanon - Updated March 19 (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
BEIRUT, March 19 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.
2008-03-19 07:25:32 -
Health board stays with First State (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
MONMOUTH - The Warren County Health Board accepted First State Bank's proposal Tuesday.
2008-03-19 09:00:51 -
Mike Garibaldi-Frick: Economic Bailouts! (HuffingtonPost)
It's time for the oil companies, corporations and banks to take responsibility and clean up their own messes.
2008-03-19 04:08:30 -
Savers feel pain of Fed rate cuts (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
While interest-rate slashing by the Federal Reserve may be good medicine for the economy, it's a bitter pill for conservative savers who invest in bank certificates of deposit.
2008-03-19 08:26:55 -
03-20-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)
LA TIMES WRITER DEFENDS TUPAC ARTICLE: Chuck Philips says he has two more articles on the subject coming soon. [Watch interview here.]
2008-03-20 12:05:52 -
posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 26th Aug 2002 18:13 UTC (OS News)
Almost a year after our much discussed Mac OS X 10.1 review, it is time to write down our impressions from the new version of OSX, Jaguar 10.2 . Is Jaguar worth the full $129 USD? Dive in for more.
2008-03-20 04:18:24