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  • When renter pays, owner doesn’t: You’re out, tenant (Las Vegas Sun)

    The six senior citizens were strung to IV drips in a Henderson home converted into a geriatric care facility.
    2008-07-27 02:16:42
  • Business Datebook: 07.27.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

    Primerica Financial Services will have a presentation on "How Money Works" at 7 p.m. at the ValueBank Tower, 3649 Leopard St., Suite 512. Free. For reservations/directions, call Mark Oser & Associates at 883-7217 or 883-9365.
    2008-07-27 02:21:34
  • Lawyers work pro bono to stave off foreclosure (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

    A judge's decision to launch a foreclosure-mediation program has saved the homes of several Clermont County families, and similar efforts are under way throughout Southwest Ohio.
    2008-07-27 02:23:19
  • Felipe and Maria Betancourt (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Felipe Betancourt Age: 53 Occupation: self-employed barber Income: $25,000 Maria Betancourt Age: 52 Occupation: speech therapist Income: $68,365 Assets Savings/CDs: $49,045 Maria's 403(b) and 457(b) retirement accounts: $18,202 Felipe's IRA: $1,214 Maria's annuity: $1,977 Maria's life insurance cash value: $6,296 Personal assets: $52,500 Home: $505,000 Total: $634,234 Liabilities Home mortgage: ...
    2008-07-27 03:10:55
  • Subprime was an accident 'waiting to happen' in US - Independent

    Share The US subprime mortgage crisis was an "accident waiting to happen" as a period of unprecedented global growth seduced investors into underpricing risk, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan argued in an article published by ' The Wall ...
    2008-07-27 01:23:00
  • Malaysia Bucks Asian Trend of Raising Rates; Focuses on Growth - Bloomberg

    July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia's central bank broke with its Asian neighbors by keeping interest rates unchanged, putting economic growth ahead of fighting the fastest inflation in a quarter century. Bank Negara Malaysia kept its overnight policy ...
    2008-07-25 03:44:00
  • Iran pegs interest rate at 12% - AME Info

    Iran's Central Bank has announced to state and private banks that lending rates wound remain at 12% until the end of the Iranian year in March, Reuters has reported. This is despite the annual inflation now running at around 26% . The International ...
    2008-07-26 09:41:00
  • Iran will not raise interest rates - IranMania News

    LONDON, July 27 (IranMania) - The Central Bank of Iran refuses a top monetary organization's request to change its policy of keeping interest rates below price rises, PressTV reported. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has submitted an action ...
    2008-07-26 08:15:00
  • Q&A on housing prices (Miami Herald)

    Q. What is a home-price-to-income ratio? A. It's the median home price within a market divided by the median household income. Nationally, this number stayed between 3 and 3.5 from 1975 to 2000, at which point it increased sharply. In South Florida, we might expect a higher ratio than the national average because lots of people want to live here, including many whose income isn't included in ...
    2008-07-27 12:53:06
  • Candidates care about Bath Twp. (DeWitt-Bath Review)

    There are four Democratic candidates for Bath Township Trustee that are inspiring lots of excitement and interest in their campaigns.
    2008-07-27 01:09:42
  • ICAP keeps eye on futures (Louisville Courier-Journal)

    In a nondescript office building off Ormsby Station Road, dozens of employees at ICAP Energy huddle around computer screens while they track the price of natural gas, coal and electricity.
    2008-07-27 01:31:46
  • Weeks seeking switch from chief to sheriff (The Daily Telegram)

    Morenci Police Chief Larry Weeks is one of five Democratic candidates running for sheriff in Lenawee County.
    2008-07-27 02:18:48
  • Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)

    Roger Buick, a native Australian, not only looks like a "rock star" with his long dark hair swept to one side and has the name to match, he actually is one.
    2008-07-27 02:25:50
  • Letters to the Editor (Mohave Valley Daily News)

    In answer to Ester Clark's letter, we do have a true leader and a presidential candidate. Barack Obama. His brain is in gear (Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School besides being President of the Harvard Law Review).
    2008-07-27 02:42:13
  • Student loan burden grows N.H. college grads carry 2nd highest debt load (The Citizen of Laconia)

    Craig Osborne/ Democrat photo Michael Ruby sits with a stack of student loan paperwork at his home in Rochester on Friday.
    2008-07-27 03:01:40