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  • FOREX-Dollar subdued by rate talk, safe-haven flows (Reuters Finance News, Australia via Yahoo!7 Finance)

    SYDNEY, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The dollar stayed soft on Monday as expectations of more U.S. interest rate cuts enhanced the euro's yield advantage, while the yen benefited from a reluctance to hold risky positions over the holidays.
    2007-12-30 02:57:38
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    2007-12-30 11:34:00
  • An Inconvenient Year Relive the zany antics of Al Gore, Leonardo ...

    Washington Post - No problem!") It got so bad that you couldn't let your dog run loose because it would come home with a mortgage. The subprime mortgage fiasco resulted in huge stock market losses, and the executives responsible, under the harsh rules of Wall Street ...
    2007-12-30 12:53:00
  • Subdued end likely for market

    News.com.au - US stocks ended flat on Friday as weak new home sales data reinforced concerns that the housing and mortgage markets might be far from a recovery, offsetting the energy sector's strength. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 6.26 points or 0.05 ...
    2007-12-30 02:47:00
  • Sims MVP as Mt. St. Joe wins tourney; Seton Keough girls lose

    Baltimore Sun - Hicks hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to lift the visiting Bruins over the Knights in the consolation game of the Nationwide Home Mortgage Gaithersburg Holiday Tournament. Hicks led all scorers with 17 points and Kevin Hunt chipped in with 14 ...
    2007-12-30 05:58:00
  • Selling the city

    Baltimore Sun - Home-buying education classes // Throughout the year, Live Baltimore offers free classes on topics that include applying for a mortgage, renovating a home and maximizing home-buying incentive opportunities. Live Baltimore Home Center // The center ...
    2007-12-30 03:37:00
  • U.S. Holiday Internet Sales Rise at Slowest Pace, ComScore Says

    Bloomberg - ... Bloomberg) -- Internet sales by U.S. retailers rose at the slowest pace on record as $3-a-gallon gasoline and rising mortgage ... Unemployment May Rise as Home Sales Slow, Manufacturing Almost Stalls Dollar Posts Biggest Weekly Drop Against Euro ...
    2007-12-30 10:30:00
  • Dollar rises on weak US data

    News.com.au - Ms Hampton said the chance of a cut to the US federal funds rate, to four per cent, grew to 90 per cent from 75 per cent after the home sales data release. Still, Ms Hampton said worries about the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and its potential to ...
    2007-12-30 03:37:00
  • Financial Q&A: Retirement savings not the best source to pay off a ...

    Christian Science Monitor - What are the pluses and minuses of investing the money or using it to pay off my home? I would use 25 percent of my retirement savings to pay off my mortgage, which has a 5.75 percent interest rate. R.S., Plainfield, Ind. A: Anthony Purpero ...
    2007-12-30 07:38:00
  • New Year investments

    Baltimore Sun - Others see money to be made in companies whose sin was standing too close to the housing and mortgage markets. Some of the ... New Year investments Insiders' guide to Hampden Home values in city rise 25% Ship breaker settles suit Top tool executive aims ...
    2007-12-30 01:29:00
  • Report: Indians Denied Home Loans More Often

    WCCO - The Forum analyzed a database containing records of 34,373 home loan applications made in North Dakota and 537,288 filed in Minnesota last year, as reported under the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. American Indians, like other races, are denied ...
    2007-12-30 11:05:00
  • Home lending falls to four-year low (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)

    Growth in mortgage lending has slipped to its lowest level in more than four years, while consumer lending recovered to its highest since May 2006, Reserve Bank figures show.
    2007-12-30 03:51:31
  • Loonie flies highest as The Canadian Press top news story of the year

    CJAD - And it kept inflation down and that helped keep interest rates down, and that has benefited a lot of people." "Among those that ... Current rate: With one day left in the year, the dollar sits at 101.99 cents US. Trend: From Jan. 1 to the record November ...
    2007-12-30 12:38:00
  • BWL rates: Utility should pour out information in pursuit of rate ...

    Lansing State Journal - To reduce a $19 million "income deficiency" for the current fiscal year (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008). In the lead-up to ... 1. practicing usury; charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money: a usurious moneylender. Wait a second ...
    2007-12-29 09:58:00
  • Currency: Kiwi on comeback trail

    New Zealand Herald - ... current attempt. In contrast to 2006, when the kiwi started at US70c but remained below that point for much of the year, this year the currency was above US70c for most of the period. Strong world dairy prices and the country's high interest rates have ...
    2007-12-30 12:03:00