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  • Browns Sign Head Coach To Contract Extension (WTOV 9 Steubenville)

    Romeo Crennel had two years left on current five-year deal.
    2008-01-28 09:26:46
  • Tag: customs (ZDNet Australia)

    Customs plans on rolling out a system to identify a caller's location and what phone system they are using, however it has yet to reveal whether it will cross reference calls with Australia's national caller database.
    2008-01-28 09:48:00
  • Asian stocks rebound cautiously on US rate cut hopes (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)

    TOKYO (AFP) - Asian stock markets staged a cautious rally in early trade on Tuesday, lifted by an overnight rebound on Wall Street as investors pinned their hopes on another US interest rate cut, dealers said.
    2008-01-28 09:51:42
  • Tag: service (ZDNet Australia)

    Broadband is a vital tool for Australia's farmers, new research has found.
    2008-01-28 10:04:19
  • The good, the pad and the equity (Everett Herald)

    The nonprofit program Home for Good uses a lease-to-own plan to turn would-be renters into proud homeowners.
    2008-01-28 10:09:03
  • Wall St. still bullish on bonuses (MSNBC)

    The grim toll that the U.S. mortgage crisis has taken on financial markets has been felt far and wide, but not in Wall St. investment firms, where year-end bonuses dipped only 2 percent.
    2008-01-28 10:19:07
  • Society blows (Cavalier Daily Online)

    Have you ever noticed how people judge you by what kind of stuff you own? For example, if you own a car, people automatically assume you know how to drive. If you own a backpack, people automatically assume you have a back.
    2008-01-28 10:19:13
  • The Bonuses Keep Coming (Washington Post)

    NEW YORK The grim toll that the U.S. mortgage crisis has taken on financial markets has been felt worldwide, from traders in Hong Kong to small-town mayors in Europe to pensioners in the American Midwest.
    2008-01-28 10:49:32
  • More pulling homes off market to rent Some homeowners choose to rent or wait for spring (The Frederick News-Post)

    Sales of new homes fell 26.4 percent nationally in 2007, the worst level on record, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Home prices, though edging up 0.2 percent nationwide last year, had the poorest showing since a drop of 2.4 percent in 1991.
    2008-01-28 11:04:29
  • Merrill Co-President Fakahany to leave company

    CNBC - ... builds a new management team following a credit implosion that triggered $12 billion in net losses in the second half of ... and investors blame poor risk management for Merrill's exposure to securities underpinned by risky subprime mortgages. CDOs ...
    2008-01-28 01:59:00
  • Bush Urges Congress to Trust Americans With Their Own Money

    FOX News - ... Housing Administration and allow state housing agencies to issue tax-free bonds to help homeowners refinance their mortgages. ... Infrared Helmet Could Reverse Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia MySpace Nightmare: Cyberbullies Hijack Florida Teen's Page Is the ...
    2008-01-27 03:54:00
  • Asian Markets Rise on Wall Street Gains

    WTOP Radio - LONDON (AP) - Global market turmoil extended into a second week as European and Asian markets tumbled Monday in the wake of ... There is also concern about a worldwide credit crunch triggered by rising defaults in risky U.S. mortgages, which has led to ...
    2008-01-28 09:08:00
  • Bush urges endurance in repairing economy

    Asheville Citizen-Times - ... Mae and Freddie Mac, and for state housing agencies to issue tax-free bonds aimed at helping refinance troubled mortgages. On ... Let us complete an international agreement that has the potential to slow, stop and eventually reverse the growth of ...
    2008-01-28 10:41:00
  • Stock markets sharply higher on high hopes for more Fed easing

    Edmonton Sun - The session's sharp gains come near the end of a punishing month that has seen a wave of selling on worries about the depth of a U.S. economic slowdown and a steady series of writedowns of securities linked to U.S. mortgages. On the TSX, the ...
    2008-01-28 01:01:00
  • Market’s net gain is what matters

    Vindicator - ... damage the economy at least as badly as Richard Nixon’s wage and price controls, or efforts by the government to reverse ... lose their homes.” She would also “have an interest rate freeze for five years, because these adjustable-rate mortgages ...
    2008-01-28 09:15:00