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  • Real Estate Weekly -- Feb. 8 (MENAFN)

    Real Estate Weekly -- Feb. 8
    2008-02-08 04:14:33
  • McCain's CPAC Suck-up

    Slate - 1) He pledges to appoint "judges of the character and quality of Justices Roberts and Alito." [E.A.] " Character and quality"? What about legal ideology? John Paul Stevens arguably has the "character and quality" of Roberts and Alito. He's just a ...
    2008-02-08 01:07:00
  • Falling interest rates no favor for savers

    Inside Bay Area - ... CREEK — While prospective homeowners may have applauded the Federal Reserve's decision to lower interest rates, others are lamenting the loss of savings or retirement income that also disappeared in one fell swoop. A certificate of deposit, or CD ...
    2008-02-08 02:04:00
  • K.J. gets overlooked, but shouldn’t

    Atlanta Journal Constitution - Humm, seems to be a lot of interest in some cat going by the screen name U Kno Who. Seriously, it was a good couple of days with ... forget … You folks in the northeast Atlanta area who aren’t working this afternoon should stop by Ella Guru CD store ...
    2008-02-08 12:12:00
  • Canada Morning: C$ Sharply Higher After Strong Economic Data

    FXStreet.com - News that wages increased by 4.9% year-on-year for permanent workers is one factor that suggests interest rate cuts from the ... These are the exchange rates at 9:56 a.m. EST (1456 GMT), 8:00 a.m. EST (1300 GMT), and late Thursday. USD/CAD 0.9973 ...
    2008-02-08 06:58:00
  • ECB hints at rate cut after Trichet reverses amid slowdown signs

    South China Morning Post - The European Central Bank looks set to follow the lead of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England after ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said he was open to cutting interest rates for the first time in five years as economic growth falters ...
    2008-02-08 12:34:00
  • Colo. bill would cap payday loan rates

    FXStreet.com - DENVER (AP) - State lawmakers are considering a proposal to limit what payday lenders can charge their customers and stop people from being able to get multiple short-term loans. The bill would cap the annual interest rate at 36 percent for all ...
    2008-02-08 10:11:00
  • Bank of England cuts rates but worries remain

    South China Morning Post - The Bank of England trimmed interest rates on Thursday to help shore up the economy but policymakers remain worried about inflation, dampening hopes of rapid rate cuts. The bank lowered its key rate by 0.25 percentage point to 5.25 per cent ...
    2008-02-08 12:34:00
  • Outside Edge: Australia revels in fizzing economy

    Financial Times - If evidence were needed that the Lucky Country has decoupled from just about every other developed nation, it was provided this week when the central bank bucked the world trend by lifting interest rates to a near 12-year high – Australia’s ...
    2008-02-08 02:00:00
  • Falling interest rates no favor for savers - Tri-Valley Herald

    Falling interest rates no favor for saversTri-Valley Herald, CA - 13 hours agoA certificate of deposit, or CD, is a fixed-rate and fixed-term, low-risk investment product that — until recently — was earning around 5 percent interest ...
    2008-02-08 02:42:15
  • Lowering a hidden cost of higher education - Alameda Times-Star

    Lowering a hidden cost of higher educationAlameda Times-Star, CA - 8 hours agoPublishers also frequently bundle unwanted additional materials such as CD-ROMs and study guides with textbooks. Professors rarely assign these extra ...
    2008-02-08 07:01:37
  • Dead Oil Bull Walking - Inside Futures

    Dead Oil Bull WalkingInside Futures, IL - 8 hours agoRemember back in October when the FED surprised us with a 50 basis point interest rate cut? That tanked the dollar and drove oil towards $100 a barrel. ...
    2008-02-08 07:06:52
  • Midday News Recap: Canadian Housing, Employment Data Surprise to ... - CEP News

    Midday News Recap: Canadian Housing, Employment Data Surprise to ...CEP News, Canada - 7 hours agoThe strength in the January numbers sends a message to the Bank of Canada that there's no rush to lower interest rates, said Laurentian Bank chief economist ...
    2008-02-08 08:48:27
  • Week in Review Week in Review - 04-08 February 2008 - IJ Online

    Week in Review Week in Review - 04-08 February 2008IJ Online, UK - 6 hours agoIt is one of the first PFI hospitals to be procured using the CD process. The city council of Lille has named Eiffage its PB to develop a new US$652m PPP ...
    2008-02-08 09:53:03
  • Latin America EconoMonitor - RGE Monitor

    Latin America EconoMonitorRGE Monitor, NY - 1 hour ago... is the equivalent of adding 50 basis points to the base reference interest rate….we would love to see how they calculated that one! ...
    2008-02-08 02:09:21