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Kiski Area could refinance debt; possible savings about $350K - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
The Kiski Area School District could save about $350,000 by refinancing part of its debt, investment advisors say, and the board is expected on Monday to do just that. On Wednesday night, the board heard presentations from two investment firms ...
2009-04-17 07:52:00 -
Ways to stay in your home - Connecticut Post
Much has been written about the opportunities being provided to help stop foreclosure actions against homeowners. But what about homeowners who are still current on their mortgage payments, but have lost a job or seen their income drop? Two federal ...
2009-04-18 05:42:00 -
Dividing debts in divorce - Los Angeles Times
Couples in the process of divorce spend a lot of time divvying up their assets. But in today's miserable economy, experts maintain that soon-to-be-exes should take even greater care dividing up the debts. Otherwise, your former spouse's job loss ...
2009-04-18 06:47:00 -
Now might be the right time to refinance - NW Florida Daily News
Many Americans have been downright glad recently to jump in and play the numbers game involved with refinancing a home mortgage. "People are very rate sensitive, and rates are lower than ever," said Jim Baker of Baker & Lindsey mortgage company in ...
2009-04-18 07:51:00 -
Foreclosure counseling event helps 36 homeowners lower mortgage payments (Norwalk Advocate)
STAMFORD -- More than 100 struggling homeowners from across the region came to the Yerwood Center Saturday to meet face-to-face with bank loan officers and debt counselors in hopes of preventing foreclosures.
2009-04-18 10:56:08 -
New fees could chill home buyers (Boston Herald)
Mortgage rates and house prices are down, but new home-appraisal and mortgage-underwriting changes taking effect this month are throwing new hurdles in front of would-be home...
2009-04-18 11:07:30 -
United Way receives $10,000 grant (MyCentralJersey.com)
Somerset County United Way recently provided a $10,000 grant to Legal Services of Northwest Jersey (LSNWJ) to support its Anti-Predatory Lending Project under United Way's financial stability initiative.
2009-04-18 11:10:43 -
AbitibiBowater weighed down by $6B of debt (National Post)
AbitibiBowater Inc. tried a creative debt-restructuring process out of court, but in the end filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and will file under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada Friday.
2009-04-18 11:31:23 -
Quebec steps in to support AbitibiBowater (National Post)
Mackenzie, B.C. takes a hard hit on AbitibiBowater
2009-04-18 11:34:15 -
Netanyahu likely to wait with economic reform amid troublesome recession (People's Daily)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backtracked from the revolutionary economic measures he suggested during his election campaign early this year to help pull Israel away from the global financial crisis. Analysts expected that Netanyahu was likely to pursue policy inline with central bank governor Stanley Fischer as the new government had few options to deal with a knotty crisis that was ...
2009-04-18 11:35:36 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-19 05:23 PRESS DIGEST - Britain business press - April 19 (Interactive Investor)
The Mail on Sunday
2009-04-18 11:46:17 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-19 05:21 PRESS DIGEST - Britain business press - April 19 (Interactive Investor)
The Mail on Sunday
2009-04-18 11:46:27 -
Reviewing refinancing - San Bernardino County Sun
A: Refinancing generally doesn't affect your score since it's simply a rewritten mortgage, according to Norm Magnuson of the Consumer Data Industry Association, a trade group based in Washington. This is especially true of refinancing under the ...
2009-04-18 07:44:00 -
Generation debt is in for a rough ride (The Globe and Mail)
Th anointed-for-greatness offspring of the first boomers, now in our late 20s and early 30s, have fared the worst in the current financial crisis
2009-04-18 07:21:49 -
State's jobless rate highest in 31 years (Honolulu Advertiser)
Hawai'i's unemployment rate jumped to 7.1 percent in March as the number of people without jobs more than doubled over the past year.
2009-04-18 07:32:58