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Housing legislation likely - News-Press
WASHINGTON - Housing legislation Congress is expected to pass in the coming weeks includes something for everyone caught up in the current crisis - struggling homeowners about to be foreclosed, lenders holding bad loans and builders and real estate ...
2008-05-31 09:57:00 -
Neighbors' feud leads to investigation - Watertown Daily Times
First there was the property transaction that went sour, then came the calls to police about loose dogs, manure in a mailbox, the death of a chicken, the disappearance of the culpable canine and charges of harassment. What began as a dispute between ...
2008-06-01 09:46:00 -
MAILBAG (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The ins and outs of buying a property in foreclosure Q:I would appreciate it if you would comment on the procedures for bidding on houses that are up for foreclosure. I suspect that one could get a decent deal, but I can't seem to crack the code on how to go about purchasing a house at a foreclosure auction. I realize that I have to show up with a cashier's check for the specified amount and ...
2008-05-31 09:32:20 -
Talk Back (The News & Observer)
Readers respond to Work & Money and Business section coverage.
2008-05-31 11:32:25 -
Economic View: From oil to base rates to consumer spending: the signs ... - The Independent
I am worried we are worrying about the wrong things. You know the conventional litany of gloom: how a combination of falling house prices and rising energy costs will undermine consumer spending, leading to a possible recession, which in turn will ...
2008-05-31 03:52:00 -
Harper Rejecting Demands for Inquiry into Security Breach - The Ledger
Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to reject demands for a public inquiry into a potential security breach that led to the forced resignation of Cabinet minister Maxime Bernier. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is ...
2008-06-01 04:24:00 -
Alan Watkins: Mr Brown will keep muddling on - The Independent
The Prime Minister has done nothing really wrong that he can be charged with – except having disappointed everyone all round Ever since things began to go wrong for Mr Gordon Brown, in autumn last year, the progress of the Government has been ...
2008-06-01 08:41:00 -
Paulson Says Dollar Pegs Don't Worry Mideast Leaders (Update2) - Bloomberg
June 1 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Middle East leaders haven't indicated concerns with their fixed exchange rates to the dollar and understand that changing the peg would have little impact on rising prices. ``There's ...
2008-06-01 07:30:00 -
Juncker-Not in favour of French oil tax proposal - Forbes
PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - France's proposal to cap oil taxes in response to the rise in oil prices goes against the general spirit of the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the euro zone finance ministers, said on Sunday. Juncker said ...
2008-06-01 12:16:00 -
Haiti's tourism dreams deferred by riots - Newsday
MILOT, Haiti - The tour guides were waiting with bony, undersized horses to carry travelers to Haiti's historic Citadelle Laferriere, one of the most impressive mountaintop fortresses in the world. The tourism minister was waiting, bound proposals in ...
2008-06-01 11:40:00 -
Dollar Posts Monthly Gain, Reaches 3-Month High on Fed Outlook - Bloomberg
May 31 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar rose this month, reaching the highest since February against the yen, as economic reports signaling the U.S. economy may avoid a recession led traders to bet the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year ...
2008-05-31 03:45:00 -
Latest Updates (Malaysia Today)
Umno must decide which road to take for it to remain the backbone of the Barisan Nasional. It cannot be all things to all Malays.
2008-06-01 04:51:22 -
Argentine alert as inflation's spectre stalks half the world (Daily Telegraph)
Buenos Aires has moved the goalposts on data, so peso bonds are once again priced for the dustbin, warn critics.
2008-06-01 05:12:26 -
Paulson Signals Gulf Will Keep Dollar Link Even as Prices Climb (Bloomberg.com)
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson signaled Persian Gulf nations will probably keep their currencies tied to the dollar even as inflation accelerates.
2008-06-01 06:28:51 -
Pacific Star to lure more foreign funds to Thailand (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
Pacific Star International (Thailand) plans to bring more foreign funds to invest in the Thai property market as assets here can generate high returns at double-digit rates.
2008-06-01 06:32:20