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Investors look for signs from central banks (International Herald Tribune)
Eight months after the credit crunch first swept the global market place, the contours of an unprecedented plan to fix the banking and financial system are slowly emerging.
2008-04-06 01:40:38 -
Prime rate, IRA transfers demystified (Tacoma News Tribune)
Ask the Fool: In my IRA, can I shift money invested in mutual funds into other mutual funds or individual stocks? – K.T., Henderson, Ky.
2008-04-06 01:43:10 -
No reason for IMF to worry about UAE mortgage lending (AME Info)
In a week when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has blamed the overexpansion of the mortgage industry for housing busts in the US and Spain, and named the UK, Ireland, France and the Netherlands as likely to suffer the same fate, it is interesting to reflect on just how far away from overleveraging the home finance market is in the UAE.
2008-04-06 01:46:14 -
Lenders say they'll help, but experts question that (The Toledo Blade)
ON THE VERGE of losing her $65,000 south Toledo house in a sheriff's auction, Elizabeth Myers thought she found a way out.
2008-04-06 01:49:15 -
Revealed: How the Speaker has his own Commons credit card to entertain political friends (Evening Standard)
Commons Speaker Michael Martin and his wife Mary use a Commons credit card to entertain political friends, it was disclosed last night. It means he never has to dip his hands into his own pocket when on official business.
2008-04-05 05:44:56 -
Microfinance’s Success Sets Off a Debate in Mexico (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
As microlending becomes big business, a fractious debate is erupting in Mexico.
2008-04-05 06:40:26 -
Investors Seeking to Join Case Against Charles Schwab YieldPlus Funds -- SCHW, SWYSX, SWYPX (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE, April 5, 2008 -- A class-action lawsuit filed by stockholders against investment giant Charles Schwab concerning its YieldPlus Funds Investor Shares and YieldPlus Funds Select Shares is sparking dramatic reactions from investors, according to the law firm which filed the suit.
2008-04-05 08:09:19 -
Programs cuts anger groups (Athens Banner-Herald)
[ Two programs the Athens-Clarke Commission voted to slash last week helped more than 100 people buy their first homes over the past three years.
2008-04-05 10:09:49 -
Vulnerable and victimized (The Columbian)
The drawing Pamela Leibel made of a ring her late husband gave her leans against the mantle of her east Vancouver home. The ring itself is gone. “It’s in the pawn shop now,” Lei...
2008-04-05 11:05:19 -
Realty market slows, for now (Denton Record-Chronicle)
Realtors and their lenders have conflicting viewpoints when it comes to the real estate market in Denton.
2008-04-05 11:14:39 -
So What if $1 Million Isn’t What It Used to Be? (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
One million dollars is a nice round number to aim for as you plan for retirement, and is the focus of two new books.
2008-04-05 11:40:57 -
McClatchy Washington Bureau correspondents Kevin G. Hall and Tony Pugh... (Miami Herald)
McClatchy Washington Bureau correspondents Kevin G. Hall and Tony Pugh are available to answer your questions about the shaky economy at home and abroad.
2008-04-06 12:08:51