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No Exit - Washington Post
HOW BADLY DID the U.S. housing market crash? Well, just look at how much federal aid it has taken to stabilize it, at least for now. The Federal Reserve has bought almost $700 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities, with more to come. The ...
2009-10-11 10:20:00 -
S.Korea keeps nervous watch on property prices - The Guardian
The government argues that a rate rise could knock the nascent economic recovery off kilter. The central bank, though less forcefully in recent days, has warned that the property market boom has dangerous implications for the economy.
2009-10-11 11:39:00 -
Interest rate to 'stay below 2 per cent until 2014' - Daily Mail
Interest rates will stay at record lows for five years, it was claimed yesterday. The credit crunch has driven the Bank of England to cut interest rates to just 0.5 per cent - the lowest since the founding of the Bank in 1694. And according to a ...
2009-10-11 10:06:00 -
What Price Gold? - Lewrockwell.com
"We owe over 12 trillion dollars. At a $1000 per ounce gold price, that's 12 billion ounces of gold. According to estimates, only 4–5 billion ounces of gold have been produced since the beginning of time. This assumes either: a lot of Treasury debt ...
2009-10-11 10:49:00 -
Roth rules to ease in 2010, but decision shouldn't be automatic - Dallas Morning News
Since its creation more than a decade ago, the Roth IRA has been one of the best tax breaks around, but it's been closed off to higher-earning taxpayers. That will change next year. Starting in 2010, the rules governing the conversion of a ...
2009-10-11 10:20:00 -
presidential politics - San Francisco Chronicle
Nancy Sutley -- better known around here as recently resigned White House green jobs adviser Van Jones' former boss -- swung through town the other day and Comrade Zito buttonholed her with a few... Van Jones' former White House boss speaks about Van ...
2009-10-03 01:44:00 -
Foreclosure rate inching upward in Cache Valley - Herald Journal
The elegant five-bedroom house nestled in the Cache Valley foothills is comfortable and carefully decorated. Photos on the walls and refrigerator show a beautiful family smiling during happier times. “The owner started having problems with his ...
2009-10-11 02:18:00 -
Iceland Shrinks 8% as Prices Increase 11% in Deepest Recession - Bloomberg
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Arni Hallgrimsson lost his job as a public relations consultant when Iceland’s three biggest banks collapsed last year, putting him out of work for the first time since 1980. After a stint cleaning the docks at a whaling ...
2009-10-11 05:55:00 -
The clouds part but underlying problems remain - Tehran Times
The letter W is back on some agendas, and sending tremors through the business community — especially as it seems to be displacing V in the discourse of economy-watchers. Recall, the alphabet has been put to the service of economists. A V recovery ...
2009-10-11 04:30:00 -
The housing blues cometh again? - Chillico Gazette
"The time is always right to do what is right." Martin Luther King. Dr. King's quotation has been quoted by many as a guide for business ethics. Many others quote Mark Twain, who said, "It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the ...
2009-10-11 06:07:00 -
A Case Pitting Spin Against Fraud - Wall Street Journal
A criminal trial involving two former Bear Stearns executives could help answer a key question stemming from the financial crisis: How far can Wall Street firms go to put a positive spin on bad news? The two executives, Ralph Cioffi and Matthew ...
2009-10-11 07:50:00 -
Getting mortgage help - MSNBC
The stalled pace of the government's effort to head off home foreclosures has left families looking for other ways to save their homes. There are people out there who can help. But you have to pick very carefully. Can an attorney actually get you a ...
2009-10-11 06:46:00 -
Skeptics question housing recovery - Philadelphia Daily News
Those with big stakes in the housing industry appear to be champing at the bit to declare the recession over and recovery just around the corner. Not as convinced are economists and observers outside the industry, who do not see a few months of ...
2009-10-11 12:19:00 -
They still don't get it: Defiant MPs vow to fight demand they pay back ... - Daily Mail
Audit chief: Sir Thomas Legg's team will send out letters to all MPs, disclosing whether there are any problems with their expenses MPs who fiddled their allowances are threatening a mutiny against demands to pay back more than £1million to ...
2009-10-11 05:20:00 -
CD Rates Finger Counted? - Donga.com
The official interest rate for three-month certificates of deposit announced Friday was 2.91 percent a year, the highest in eight months. With little market transactions between Sept. 28 and Friday, the rates gradually rose 0.01 percentage point per ...
2009-10-11 05:05:00