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Answering call for cheaper phone rates - Boston Globe
Sometimes, it's a personal need that prompts a business idea. That was just the case with Alex Filippov, a Russian émigré who, in 1994, formed Long Distance Post LLC, a Belmont-based distributor of prepaid calling cards and prepaid cellular service ...
2008-07-20 07:00:00 -
'Bottom' proving elusive - Chicago Tribune
With prices predicted to keep falling through the coming year or even longer, one might question the wisdom -- even the sanity -- of buying a home now when even better bargains probably await. But people are buying. Armed with attractive mortgage ...
2008-07-17 05:55:00 -
Wall Street awaits banks, housing, oil data - Forbes
Wall Street surged higher last week, but that's cold comfort to people whose stock portfolios are still down more than 10 percent this year. The week's better than expected earnings news, which helped the Street claw itself out of bear market ...
2008-07-20 10:49:00 -
Television - National (Scoop.co.nz)
The Iraqi man involved in a three-hour standoff with police at an Auckland city apartment will now face two murder charges, in addition to the possession of a knife charge that was laid yesterday.
2008-07-20 01:10:57 -
The bigger they are, the harder they fall (Charleston Regional Business Journal)
The mortgage crisis, which shows no sign of subsiding, has sent several giants sprawling, and more are likely to follow.
2008-07-20 02:27:56 -
Fed lets mortgage brokers off the hook - Miami Herald
Two years after the mortgage meltdown started, the Federal Reserve finally released updates to its mortgage regulations last week, replacing rules that were so lax and ineffective that the Fed bears significant responsibility for the mortgage debacle ...
2008-07-20 06:17:00 -
Dollar: Ready to Rebound? (Daily FX)
At the start of trade this week the greenback was caught against the ropes and looked like it was ready to collapse as the panic over the GSE bailout pushed EURUSD to all time highs at 1.6040. But no sooner had the pair reached that lofty level than the hysteria receded as Wells Fargo reported better than expected numbers, oil dropped by more than $15/bbl and capital markets were pacified for ...
2008-07-20 03:20:15 -
New Zealand July Consumer Confidence Down - One News-Colmar Poll (Nasdaq)
WELLINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Consumer confidence in New Zealand worsened this month, a private-sector poll showed Monday, reflecting a long struggle for households as high mortgage rates and rising food and fuel prices crimp budgets.
2008-07-20 03:47:57 -
Non-bank lenders lose slice of mortgage pie - News.com.au
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2008-07-18 06:01:00 -
True cost of living gets personal (Guardian Unlimited)
Forget wild claims of what 'real' inflation is, we just fail to notice when prices drop
2008-07-20 04:13:01 -
Searching online for a home: Many websites, varying insights - Los Angeles Times
First of two parts. If Americans have come to rely on the Internet to search for houses -- and last year, the National Assn. of Realtors says, 84% of all buyers did -- where should one start? The Web is awash in sites that promise to help focus a ...
2008-07-20 03:43:00 -
Not all foreclosures a bargain (Savannah Morning News)
Foreclosures have made selling and buying homes different in today's marketplace. Headlines about skyrocketing home failures have given consumers the impression that buying a foreclosed property is the only way to get a bargain. "The problem that one runs into with foreclosures is everybody thinks it's a good deal," said Matthew Allan, associate broker with Keller Williams Realty Savannah ...
2008-07-20 04:23:11 -
Opinions Split About Financial Sector, But More Large Bank Failures Feared (INO News)
(RTTNews) - Following the failure of IndyMac, the California-based savings and loan that was seized by the FDIC earlier this month, opinion has been split about what is in store for the sector as a whole.
2008-07-20 07:38:39 -
Records, July 21 (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
Joseph Simile Jr. vs. John Cadle/Super Seal, #4 Dubonnet Ct., $500.00, V3265 P724.
2008-07-20 03:36:24 -
State's top mortgage regulator should resign, says Florida CEO (Miami Herald)
should resign, says Florida CEO Florida's chief financial officer called for the state's top mortgage regulator to resign after a report that thousands of mortgage professionals with criminal histories were allowed to work in the industry.
2008-07-20 04:07:00