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Reuters Canada Business Summary (The Globe and Mail)
ROME (Reuters) - Alitalia union leaders said they were willing to resume collapsed takeover talks with Air France-KLM to avert the Italian airline's bankruptcy, but warned that any possible deal would take time.
2008-04-06 05:44:05 -
Rural areas hit hard by foreclosures (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
While news about the mortgage crisis often focuses on cities and booming suburbs, rural America has been hit hard, too.
2008-04-06 06:58:37 -
Confidence in central banker on the wane (The Australian)
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia got some unpleasant wake-up calls last week.
2008-04-06 07:00:00 -
Flat opening after Wall St fizzer (The Australian)
THE Australian stock market is expected to open flat today after Wall Street closed marginally lower on Friday, as employment data added to recession fears in the US.
2008-04-06 07:00:00 -
add. formats (Kavkaz Center)
LAST Monday, March 31, two British marines and one Danish invader were killed in a firefight with Taleban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. This brought the number of international invaders killed in Afghanistan this year to over 30.
2008-04-06 07:52:24 -
Experts differ on how to tackle political corruption - rules or ballot box (Times & Transcript)
John Les seemed genuinely surprised when he learned a special prosecutor was investigating allegations he and other officials may have profited from land transactions while he was mayor of Chilliwack, B.C., in the 1990s.
2008-04-06 09:11:25 -
CII not for interest rate hike to combat inflation (Hindustan Times)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says more steps could be taken to contain inflation and a moderation could be expected in two weeks.
2008-04-06 09:27:51 -
Resources can prepare you before you commit (Baltimore Sun)
Part II of two columns on The Consumer Resource Checklist
2008-04-06 12:41:52 -
Ex-insider tells how subprime lenders spun out of control (Dallas Morning News)
Richard Bitner isn't after sympathy, vindication or condemnation of the home mortgage industry. He just wants to give us a better understanding of how and why things went so terribly wrong.
2008-04-06 12:47:38 -
CHILL FACTOR: Colorado Springs market takes rare hit (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Colorado Springs-area homeowners have grown accustomed to rising home prices from one year to the next. That changed last year.
2008-04-06 06:48:13 -
City breaks deal over garage without permit (San Francisco Chronicle)
Q: The previous owner of the house I bought built the garage without permits from the city. Before I bought the house in 1995, I met with city officials and agreed to remodel the house to comply with city building codes. Part of the agreement was that I could...
2008-04-06 12:25:11 -
Bracing for tough times (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
The drop in home sales, spate of foreclosures and ongoing credit crunch have been a nuisance for the real estate market, and the spring season, usually a busy time for home improvements and other ancillary businesses, is not expected to be very green this year.
2008-04-06 02:03:17 -
Market doesn't stop new buyers (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
A hefty number of foreclosures and tighter access to credit were two key reasons why home prices here fell last year, experts say.
2008-04-06 02:44:03 -
Helping out homeowners tricky task for Congress (The Wilmington Star-News)
Washington | The task sounds nearly impossible: Fashion a rescue plan for homeowners that will prevent a tidal wave of foreclosures, cost taxpayers as little as possible and avoid bailing out reckless lenders and greedy speculators.
2008-04-06 03:12:24 -
Is the wound fatal this time? (Orange County Register)
Entrepreneurs and ex-employees ask whether Orange County's mortgage industry can recover.
2008-04-06 03:19:47