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  • CreditCards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report - Forbes

    Annual percentage rates for new credit card offers were flat this week, as banks left interest rates alone, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report. With credit card delinquencies low and the Federal Reserve's key short-term ...
    2008-08-14 12:57:00
  • Mexico's central bank raises key interest rate again to battle ... - Los Angeles Times

    MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's central bank pulled the monetary trigger again Friday, raising its benchmark interest rate to 8.25% in a bid to shoot down inflation. The hike in the overnight lending rate, from 8%, was the third since June, underscoring the ...
    2008-08-16 11:43:00
  • Treasuries Gain on Speculation Fed Won't Raise Rates This Year - Bloomberg

    Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries gained, driving yields on two-year notes close to a three-month low, as falling commodity prices and a strengthening dollar spurred speculation the Federal Reserve won't raise interest rates this year. Ten-year notes ...
    2008-08-16 07:25:00
  • Sterling: Pound slumps against dollar as analysts predict UK rate cuts ... - Guardian Unlimited

    The Bank of England says the fall in housing starts will slow economic growth significantly. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Fears that the UK economy is heading into recession sent sterling tumbling against the dollar for the eleventh day ...
    2008-08-16 06:14:00
  • ACC race in spotlight as energy costs cause pain (East Valley Tribune)

    A race that usually attracts minimal voter interest is taking on new significance this election year as energy issues rise to the top of public concerns.
    2008-08-16 01:42:54
  • Piper goes thirsty in the IPO desert (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

    The dried-up market for initial public offerings may continue into next year. This year's pace would set a new low.
    2008-08-16 01:47:02
  • Sunday, August 17, 2008 (Deccan Herald)

    'BABU-BUILDER BHAI BHAI!' Raid after raid, Karnataka Lokayukta sleuths were perplexed not to find enough liquid cash in the houses of corrupt officials. With the Lokayukta, Justice Santosh Hegde, himself hinting at a nexus between the babus and the builders, the lid is finally off the mystery.
    2008-08-16 01:47:51
  • Lear, 86, working to get out youth vote (Johnson City Press)

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Norman Lear burst into his cavernous office here with a grin and an apology for the people he had kept waiting. “Forgive me,” he said, “but I was working to get ‘Gossip Girl’ for us.”
    2008-08-16 02:03:29
  • Housewives too can apply for credit cards (Express India)

    The current rate of interest on home loans ranges between 11% to 13%, depending on the borrower's and builder's profiles.
    2008-08-16 02:17:51
  • Searching for A Hot Investment? Try Your Mortgage. (Washington Post)

    I know where to get a guaranteed 6 percent return on savings, with no brokerage commissions, bank fees or worries that the Feds are going to have to swoop in and take over the failed institution that has my money. I'm putting whatever extra cash I can find into paying off my mortgage early.
    2008-08-16 02:51:42
  • Colorado crucial in presidential race (Summit Daily News)

    DENVER- Standing on the sun-baked bluffs at Horsetooth Reservoir, the city of Fort Collins sprawls below. The Cache la Poudre River curves through it, a shimmering, tree-lined strand in the afternoon heat.
    2008-08-16 03:03:36
  • KMF increases milk price, govt says 'no' (The Times of India)

    KMF decided to increase the price due to inflation, diesel price hike and increasing administration costs. But the government said the move is 'against public interest'.
    2008-08-16 03:17:06
  • Radian Guaranty Affirms Financial Strength During Second Quarter ... - MSN MoneyCentral

    Radian Guaranty Inc., a provider of mortgage insurance products and services and subsidiary of Radian Group Inc. RDN , today announced the availability of a replay of a customer conference call which was held August 12. Teresa Bryce, President of ...
    2008-08-14 09:01:00
  • PMI Group shares soar on subsidary sale - Boston Globe

    CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Shares of PMI Group Inc. surged Thursday, after the mortgage insurer said it would sell its Australian mortgage insurance subsidiary and announced its intention to sell its Asian mortgage business. The moves come as PMI tries to ...
    2008-08-14 09:01:00
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    2008-08-16 07:34:52