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Deciding what to do - Daily Territorial
Q: My mother, who I take care of, has her assets in an account with a broker I trust. Should I keep it all in there with the Wall Street crisis? It is diversified with stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. - J.M, via e-mail A: If your concern is the ...
2008-11-14 11:18:00 -
Ask the Dolans: Is a reverse mortgage a smart move? - Walletpop.com
Ken and Daria Dolan, America's First Family of Personal Finance, answer your money questions every Friday. Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question . A reverse mortgage can sound like a tempting concept: Instead of you sending a mortgage payment ...
2008-11-14 01:41:00 -
Investors holding up mortgage modifications (Contra Costa Times)
Fresh evidence that foreclosure problem is getting worse
2008-11-14 03:54:57 -
In desperate need of repair (The Globe and Mail)
The global financial system has cracks in the foundation, its pipes are clogged and the roof is in danger of caving in. Leaders of the G20 meeting this weekend in Washington have two choices as they gaze at a house hit by a hurricane: Fix it up or tear it down
2008-11-14 08:21:19 -
America at a fork in the road (The Murray Valley Standard)
On the campaign trail these past two weeks, I met Terence Snow, a 46-year-old African-American who had returned home to the tough-as-nails town of Clairton, west Pennsylvania. Standing in boarded-up Main Street, he gestured to the top of the hill. "Up there's Constitution Circle.
2008-11-15 12:01:46 -
Portfolio (SouthtownStar)
Will County foreclosuresrise again in October
2008-11-15 04:02:30 -
HOW TO FIX IT (The Globe and Mail)
Brazil's populist President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, took the podium in Sao Paulo last weekend to deliver a blunt speech to 20 global powers, essentially saying: You started it. Now fix it.
2008-11-15 05:09:57 -
How bad is it? WNC families feel the pinch of recession (Asheville Citizen-Times)
ASHEVILLE – Call it the invisible bubble. For years, the Asheville area has been somewhat insulated from economic downturns by a sort of economic shield — a burgeoning real estate market spurred by retirees and booming tourism and health care industries that provide thousands of jobs.
2008-11-15 11:28:27 -
Assessing your credit: Big 3 report the good and bad - Billings Gazette
As complex as individuals are, the financial risk they pose a lending company can be summed up by one number - their credit score. Being "creditworthy," or having a satisfactory credit rating, opens up lending doors for people and can affect the ...
2008-11-09 02:48:00 -
10 Reasons The Small Mortgage Broker Is A Dying Breed - Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs
We thought it would be easier to manage than the 100 plus we had in the previous company. It was. Even with a few skilled and experienced professionals it had to go. Please note as I list these 10 reasons that my strong opinion still is that the ...
2008-11-14 05:59:00 -
Robert Whitcomb: Where credit is due - Providence Journal
Back about 1971, when I was living in New York, I tried to rent a station wagon to help carry some of a friend’s stuff from the East Side to the West Side of Manhattan. Being a carless New Yorker, a very common species, I went to a rental agency ...
2008-11-08 05:59:00 -
NORTH: New world financial order - The Washington Times
For the last seven years, according to Rep. Jim Moran , "We have been guided by a Republican administration who believes in the simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it." Actually, that "simplistic notion" has been the ...
2008-11-15 10:08:00 -
Consumer Rights: the insurance I had to pay twice (Independent)
Q: I am furious at being made to pay twice for insurance on the same property. The property in question is a small flat I purchased on South Terrace in Littlehampton, West Sussex. Insurance has recently become the responsibility of Pier Management, which is demanding £331 for cover from 24 December 2007 to 23 December 2008. Under threat of a fine, I paid this by credit card.
2008-11-15 06:20:54 -
G20 push for financial reform (Perth Now)
WORLD leaders - meeting to tackle the global financial crisis - have agreed to a broad range of solutions, but left the details to be worked out in the spring.
2008-11-15 09:00:00 -
Taxpayers left without pail amid bailout (The Facts)
When Congress and the Bush administration were shoving through a $700 billion rescue package for the financial industry last month, we were told our failure to do something would cause our entire banking system to fail.
2008-11-15 09:35:43