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In wake of US housing crisis, what lessons have we learned? - Today's Zaman
Riverside, part of the thickly populated area known as the Inland Empire east of Los Angeles, has become synonymous with all the worst lending and spending practices of a property boom that busted and pushed the world's No. 1 economy into its longest ...
2009-10-17 06:03:00 -
How To Buy A Morgage - PRLog (free press release)
1. Ask friend near your home or office if they know a decent mortgage broker. Get 3 names. 2. Call broker. 3. Be pleasant and professional. These are generally nice hardworking people and deserve respect. 4. Tell him/her the amount of the morgage ...
2009-10-17 06:10:00 -
CA-BUSINESS Summary - ReportonBusiness.com
BERLIN (Reuters) - Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg expressed confidence on Saturday that Germany could address EU concerns about a sale of carmaker Opel to Canada's Magna, saying they did not put the deal at risk. The European Commission ...
2009-10-17 05:56:00 -
Star Spangled Land of Misfit Toys - A Review of Chris Hedges' Empire ... - OpEdNews.com
As Aldous Huxley once said "Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know" which passes for visionary in America circa 2009. I have long found Chris Hedges to be a beacon of morality in the belly of the beast that ...
2009-10-17 05:56:00 -
Newly built vs. foreclosed - Rise in foreclosure creates big challenge ... - Johnson City Press
Several underlying weaknesses in the economy and the overall real estate market suggest that local new-home builders and developers face stiff headwinds in their efforts to reverse recent trends. With unemployment in the 10 percent range, many people ...
2009-10-17 08:04:00 -
Plainview’s Emily Jones takes on a new adventure - Plainview Daily Herald
Emily Jones, technically, is not Emily Jones anymore. She is Emily Jones McCoy. That doesn’t mean that she isn’t still, well, Emily Jones. That may sound weird, but the recently-married Jones has made a career of hard work and new adventures, and ...
2009-10-17 09:52:00 -
New rules seen as adding hurdle to R.I. home buyers - Providence Journal
New rules instituted this year to protect the integrity of real estate appraisals are driving up the costs of closing on a residential mortgage and are watering down the quality of appraisals in Rhode Island, appraisers and mortgage brokers say ...
2009-10-17 07:14:00 -
PENSCO Trust Hosts Self-directed Retirement Investing Event, 10/20th - WebWire
San Francisco, CA -- PENSCO Trust will host a Self-directed Retirement Investing Event in Las Vegas on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 ( http://www.penscotrust.com/education/events/advancedEducation.aspx ). Attendants will learn about the vast wealth ...
2009-10-17 06:53:00 -
Tough new lending rules expected - BBC Business
New rules intended to make sure that banks and credit card companies only lend to people that can afford the repayments are due to be introduced. The move is part of a review of how lenders behave by the Financial Services Authority watchdog. The ...
2009-10-17 07:50:00 -
Did authorities ignore alerts? - Times Union
ALBANY Several people who were solicited to invest money with an Albany company that's the target of a federal criminal investigation said they warned state and local authorities two years ago about Swiss Capital Harbor/USA. Three of those people ...
2009-10-17 08:04:00 -
Some want Marathon gas station closed at midnight - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Hines told about three dozen people at a meeting at Reformation Lutheran Church, 2201 N. 35th St., that a resident submitted a letter asking the city to require the gas station, which has remained open as late as 4 a.m., to close at midnight. After ...
2009-10-17 08:19:00 -
Goldman Can Spare You a Dime - New York Times
AT the dawn of the progressive era early in the last century, muckrakers attacked the first billionaire, John D. Rockefeller, for creating capitalism’s most ruthless monster. “The Octopus” was their nickname for Standard Oil, the trust that ...
2009-10-17 08:19:00 -
Gawker Purchases Balloon Hoax Story - The Business Insider
For the first time, 25-year-old researcher Robert Thomas reveals to Gawker how earlier this year he and Richard Heene drew up a master plan to generate a massive media controversy using a weather balloon. To get famous, of course. Thomas spent ...
2009-10-17 08:04:00 -
Business News - Corsicana Daily Sun
Woodmen of the World Lodge 5 met Oct. 12, and recognized its first business of the month. Woodmen of the World has decided to honor businesses whose ownership and/or management strive to be a positive impact on the local community. Century 21 Marrs ...
2009-10-17 08:33:00 -
Commercial real estate is expected to lag as economy recovers - Cleveland Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND -- As the economy makes the long, slow climb to recovery, the lagging commercial real estate market will tug against progress each step of the way. Job losses, store closings and corporate cost-cutting have put office buildings, shopping ...
2009-10-17 02:06:00