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May 2008 - New York Daily News
Davidson Goldin, who put his share of politicians on the hot seat as co-anchor of NY1's "Inside City Hall" and editorial director of MSNBC, now hopes to help some of the very people he once had a hand in tormenting. As reported by The Post and Women ...
2008-05-30 09:05:00 -
Four vie for two council seats - Rapid City Journal
This year's city election season has been much more low-key than last year's extravaganza that featured 21 candidates for Rapid City offices, including eight seeking the mayor's chair, but there are still four candidates seeking seats on the city ...
2008-05-31 01:36:00 -
I like to buy the whole album on CD - Hounslow Guardian
Newly released figures show West Middlesex Hospital was one of the worst in London for cases of superbug deaths. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed 107 died in the West Mid after being infected with C diff from ...
2008-06-01 01:32:00 -
SUSAN TOMPOR: Brokered CDs may not be covered if bank fails (Detroit Free Press)
Putting money into an FDIC-insured certificate of deposit called a brokered CD could seem like a no-brainer. It's insured after all, right? But some savers found unsettling hurdles with so-called brokered CDs issued through one distressed Arkansas bank that brought in money from savers nationwide.
2008-05-31 12:23:27 -
Business (national) update (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Here are some of the highest nationwide yields on five types of accounts, according to the 100 Highest Yields consumer-investor newsletter.
2008-05-31 02:29:03 -
More recovery centers open for May 10 tornado victims (The Joplin Globe)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration have opened disaster recovery centers for Missouri residents hit by the May 10 tornado, officials said Friday.
2008-05-31 02:54:52 -
Banks fear overreaction to mortgage crisis - Buffalo News
Bankers are cautioning state lawmakers and regulators not to go too far in passing legislation to address the mortgage crisis and lending abuses, lest they unwittingly increase the cost of borrowing for consumers. Bank executives say they recognize ...
2008-06-01 03:41:00 -
Home mortgage 'reset' shock to hit suburbs (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The pain of rising payments is far from over for subprime borrowers.
2008-05-31 06:38:56 -
Silver lining in foreclosure cloud (San Francisco Chronicle)
In a bleak real estate market, some Bay Area residents are finding a bright spot. People who thought they could never afford a home here are buying foreclosed houses at huge discounts, sometimes more than half off the stratospheric heights they reached just a...
2008-06-01 12:46:41 -
A stock’s price doesn’t exist in a vacuum (Tacoma News Tribune)
Ask the Fool: How can a lower-priced stock be called more expensive than a higher-priced stock? – T.K., Champaign, Ill.
2008-06-01 01:40:44 -
Talk Back (The News & Observer)
Readers respond to Work & Money and Business section coverage.
2008-05-31 11:32:25 -
A mortgage-aid bill that would really help (Miami Herald)
Here's a simple message on a complicated topic -- the housing aid package being crafted in Congress: Lawmakers should endorse the version approved by a Senate committee last month. The White House should stop dithering and give the bill its unequivocal support. This rescue package is no magic bullet. Yet it represents the most ambitious effort by the government so far to help troubled borrowers ...
2008-06-01 01:00:23 -
Closing costs big variable in getting mortgage (Los Angeles Daily News)
It's tough getting a mortgage these days, and even if you manage to pull one off you might end up paying more than your fair share in closing costs.
2008-06-01 01:12:34 -
Tax Breaks Right Under Your Roof (The Bradford Era)
(ARA) - Your home may be brimming with tax breaks and now is the time to take advantage of the deductions you're entitled to in order to see a reduction on next year's taxes.
2008-06-01 01:52:47 -
Campaign question-5: Obama's latest racial problem - San Francisco Gate
Apart from the appallingly racist nature of Father Michael Pfleger's remarks about Hillary Clinton, what is one to make of the congregation who seemed to lap it all up? How, one may be entitled to ask, do these assembled churchgoers differ from those ...
2008-05-31 01:00:00