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  • AP Top News at 4:32 p.m. EST

    Newsday - BAGHDAD (AP) -- Violence in Iraq is at its lowest levels since ... government financial help for homeowners facing the mortgage crunch would be the best political fix for the economy. He cautioned against meddling with home prices or interest rates to ...
    2007-12-16 01:31:00
  • GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD-Year-end Libor to test liquidity plan

    Forbes - Unless interbank interest rates fall after central banks in Europe and the United ... the year-end cash crunch as problems that began with failing U.S. subprime mortgage ... Feroli expects the lowest accepted bid to be about 0.4 percentage point above the ...
    2007-12-16 12:19:00
  • N.Z. Dollar Drops as Renewed Credit Concerns Pare Carry Trades

    Bloomberg - Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's dollar slid to the lowest in more than a week ... because the currency's movements can erase the profit earned on the two rates of ... Greenspan said he favored spending U.S. government money to bail out mortgage ...
    2007-12-16 12:26:00
  • Savings Fitness Part 2: Envisioning Retirement

    KLTV - There are numerous worksheets and software programs that can help you calculate approximately how much you'll need to save ... Expenses. Add up monthly expenses: mortgage or rent, car payments, average food bills, medical expenses, entertainment ...
    2007-12-14 04:32:00
  • Honda and hedging

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    2007-12-14 05:01:00
  • Vermont's real-estate picture stays ahead of rising foreclosure trend (The Burlington Free Press)

    Upward home values, fewer subprime loans keep state below averages
    2007-12-16 01:30:10
  • US recession will affect Asia, Roach says

    Stockhouse Canada - Former Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, chats with Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia ... They could cut their policy short-term interest rate by one to one-and-a-half percentage points over the next nine to 12 months.
    2007-12-16 11:51:00
  • Tapping retirement plan

    Baltimore Sun - You'll need to begin repaying the loan right away, typically at 1 or 2 percentage points above the prime rate, Meigs said. Most ... take a loan, then reinvest the money elsewhere for a higher return, paying yourself back in the workplace plan with interest ...
    2007-12-16 11:15:00
  • InsiderAsia’s Model portfolio - Week 251

    Edge Daily - With much of the recent expectations of the US interest rate cut and the bailout of sub-prime borrowers already passed, investors will now have to scrutinise each piece of US economic data to assess the prospects for growth ahead. Portfolio review ...
    2007-12-16 07:33:00
  • George F. Will: The subprime mess: Wouldn't you like to be a victim ...

    Minneapolis Star Tribune - ... of his -- a selective five-year freeze on the rates of subprime adjustable-rate ... lenders will henceforth add risk premiums to the cost of money for less-than-prime ... Avoiding preventable foreclosures, then, is in the interest of all homeowners." But ...
    2007-12-16 02:14:00
  • Antony likely to discuss defence ties in Hanoi

    Daily Pioneer - In a liberal investment climate, investors from all over the world are evincing ever-growing interest in Vietnam. Accompanied ... Defence Minister AK Antony will also make courtesy calls on the legendary leader General Vo Nguyen Giap and Prime Minister ...
    2007-12-16 08:37:00
  • PRESS DIGEST-Australian General News - Dec 17

    Reuters - ... on their variable business loans by at least 15 percentage points above last month's official interest rate rise. Westpac said customers had to bear some of the 'funding pressures' faced by 'all banks' in the wake of the United States (US) sub-prime ...
    2007-12-16 11:58:00
  • Major Wanker in Denial: Alan Greenspan

    OpEdNews.com - Greenspan testified before Congress a few weeks ago saying that consumer debt wasn't too big of a concern because so many people had gotten to refinance or buy their home with these low rates. Yet, as Atrios pointed out , Fed Chief Greenspan is ...
    2007-12-16 06:57:00
  • Heathrow eager for a redo

    Dallas Morning News - Somehow, BAA will need to finance the project – not easy when its credit rating is already down to junk status as it struggles to refinance 9 billion pounds [$18.4 billion] of Terminal 5 and other airport development debt," Mr ...
    2007-12-16 06:29:00
  • Second Spanish property firm goes insolvent-paper

    Reuters - Since then, several other real estate companies have tried to sell assets or refinance their debt to ride the drop in the housing market. The Spanish property sector has rocketed over the last nine years but is suddenly screeching to a halt with house ...
    2007-12-16 04:13:00