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House prices fall back in Britain (Calcutta News)
House prices in the UK have dropped, for a median house, by 0.6 per cent to an average of £179,100.
2008-03-28 05:43:42 -
Florida's latest attraction is bringing in bargain hunters by the busload (Guardian Unlimited)
Business & money: Buyers hope to profit from the sub-prime mortgage crisis across the Sunshine State
2008-03-28 05:53:43 -
Binghamton Water Rates (News Channel 34 Binghamton)
Mayor Matt Ryan hosts meeting Thursday night to discuss possible water rate hike.
2008-03-28 04:33:59 -
Jury gives OK to hospital loan (Bastrop Daily Enterprise)
The board that oversees Morehouse General Hospital is one step closer to completing the maze that is the application for a $13 million federal loan program.
2008-03-28 04:36:11 -
HBOS investigation: Blowing the whistle can help FSA nail the cheats (Times Online)
When the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said last week that it was launching an investigation to catch the market manipulators behind the spectacular bear raid on HBOS shares, the response from regulatory lawyers was a near-unanimous and sceptical “Oh yeah?”.
2008-03-28 04:44:21 -
Mayor Announces Funding For Unfinished Maintenance Projects (Channel 8 San Diego)
Mayor Jerry Sanders wants to finish the city's backlog of postponed maintenance projects.
2008-03-28 04:44:24 -
States Reviewing Verizon-FairPoint Deal (San Francisco Chronicle)
New Hampshire and Vermont regulators will hold separate emergency meetings Sunday to reconsider Verizon's $2.35 billion sale of its voice and Internet land lines in northern New England. When the buyer, North Carolina-based FairPoint Communications, tried...
2008-03-28 04:56:16 -
Realtors: Cedar market still strong (Saint George Spectrum)
CEDAR CITY - Local real estate leaders say Cedar City residents should still be confident in the housing market, despite national reports of a mortgage crisis and a possible recession.
2008-03-28 04:02:53 -
6 Ways To Ride Out A Recession (The Motley Fool)
Read these six great tips for protecting your finances in the face of a recession.
2008-03-28 05:39:17 -
The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
The notion that inflation is harmful is a staple of economic science.
2008-03-28 07:32:50 -
How the candidates think we can save housing (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The housing crisis took center stage in the presidential race this week. For good reason: Recent data show that nearly a million American households are at risk of foreclosure, 71% more than a year ago.
2008-03-28 07:39:00 -
Fact Sheet: Taking Sensible, Decisive Action to Help Homeowners (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----Today, President Bush will visit the Novadebt counseling center in Freehold, New Jersey to meet with housing counselors who are helping struggling homeowners and discuss the housing market.
2008-03-28 09:54:00 -
KB Home Posts Big Loss (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The homebuilder posted a first-quarter loss of $268.2 million amid weak sales and its chief said he does not see “meaningful improvement” in the housing market in the near term.
2008-03-28 01:41:00 -
Parties Differ on Whom Economic Aid Should Help (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The presidential candidates’ ideological clashes are less about whether the government should step in and more about whom it should try to rescue.
2008-03-28 01:41:00 -
KB Home posts big loss for 1Q (AP via Yahoo! News)
KB Home, one of the nation's biggest residential homebuilders, said Friday it posted a loss of more than $268 million in its first quarter as weak home sales amid a worsening housing market forced the company to take a large write-down related to falling home prices.
2008-03-28 01:48:37