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  • Mortgage Fraud (WLBT 3 Jackson)

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    2008-08-15 10:10:41
  • Setting Goals Is Antidote To Undisciplined Spending (Hartford Courant)

    When economic times are tough, returning to spending basics can help. And nothing is more fundamental than setting goals. As the saying goes, "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time."
    2008-08-16 01:06:39
  • Grace periodChristians learning to manage money God's way (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    WATERLOO --- Jeremy and Staci Yoder have always been budget conscious. They've always watched their spending and contributed regularly to a savings plan.
    2008-08-16 01:39:02
  • 'People can topple off a financial cliff so easily' (Independent)

    Unemployment is back with a bang. The official jobless figure jumped by 60,000 in the three months to the end of June and now stands at 1.67 million. And with recession looming, worse may follow.
    2008-08-16 04:11:08
  • Lawyer's penalty weighed in fraud case (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

    Victims want him disbarred, not suspended
    2008-08-15 10:15:14
  • 2 men charged in fire (Erie Times-News)

    The fire looked like a terrible accident that left a beautiful brick home in the Frontier neighborhood badly damaged, two men homeless, and a dog dead.
    2008-08-16 12:39:45
  • Margareta Pagano: His holiday's cancelled. But Zapatero has more important things to do (Independent)

    The grand autopistas linking Barcelona with the rest of Spain and the French border were almost empty. Usually these motorways heave with lorries carrying goods from the city's industrial suburbs and the zona franca port into the rest of Europe. Not any more. I've just returned from the Catalan city and the difference from two years ago is stark. Not only are the roads emptier, but once booming ...
    2008-08-16 04:12:11
  • Google, 10 years in: big, friendly giant or a greedy Goliath? (Guardian Unlimited)

    Eagerly they came - the young, the ambitious, the smartest of the smart. They queued impatiently and crowded into the rafters above Charlie's Cafe at the 'Googleplex', the curving glass and steel cathedral of the internet age. Finally, laptops snapped shut and the room hushed. It was time for Barack Obama to preach to the converted. 'There is something improbable about this gathering,' said ...
    2008-08-16 04:29:13
  • Google, 10 years in: big, friendly giant or a greedy Goliath? (Guardian Unlimited)

    Has the cool baby grown up into a sinister corporate threat to privacy? David Smith reports
    2008-08-16 04:39:39
  • Insurance special section (Toronto Star)

    Travel, home, drivers, pet ... consult our special section before making any choices on insurance. Canadians' safety net on holidays Experts tell us 'don't leave home without it' because even a small medical problem can result in some big bills while you're abroad.
    2008-08-16 01:42:47
  • FBI Educates Public on Mortgage Scams (Blogcritics.org)

    If you are facing foreclosure be wary of all the too good to be true offers popping up on websites and in your inbox. A lot of people are in dire financial straights because they got sucked into what is now being called the mortgage crisis. Now that the problem is being examined carefully, a lot of fraud is blamed as being a contributing factor to the entire mess. The problem is that the fraud ...
    2008-08-16 09:20:44
  • Residents Get Scam Alert (Carollwood News & Tribune)

    TOWN 'N COUNTRY - If you can save it or spend it, chances are someone has found a way to steal it.
    2008-08-16 04:14:07
  • Parents fail to make the most of child trust funds as £248m lies dormant (Guardian Unlimited)

    Parents are missing out on saving a tax-free nest egg of over £9,000 by failing to invest their offspring's child trust fund vouchers.
    2008-08-16 04:24:15
  • Rebounding dollar brings its own problems - Times Online

    The most important economic news of recent weeks is the recovery of the long-comatose dollar. On a single day this month it recorded its biggest jump against the euro in eight years, before retreating a bit. That sounds like unambiguous good news ...
    2008-08-16 03:11:00
  • UK warned of imminent recession by British Chambers of Commerce - Times Online

    THE British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) will this week become the first leading business group to predict a recession in Britain. Its quarterly economic forecast, to be published tomorrow, is expected to say that Britain is heading into a “technical ...
    2008-08-16 12:55:00