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What Are You Losing By Not Contributing to Your IRA Today? from Informa Research Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CALABASAS, Calif.----Would you pass up free money? If you aren't contributing to your IRA, you may be .
2008-04-09 07:58:00 -
Group Considers Building New Hartford Arena (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
A task force bands together to gauge corporate interest for a new arena in downtown Hartford.
2008-04-09 10:38:12 -
Weichert Sees Great Opportunity for First-Time Home Buyers in Today's Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.----Purchasing a home for the first time marks a major milestone in a person's life. James M. Weichert, president and founder of Weichert, Realtors, wants those thinking about buying a home to know that the current market offers one of the best times in history to get in to real estate.
2008-04-09 11:00:00 -
Total Clicks : (ZDNet India)
Bush and Clinton cameo at wireless show COMMUNICATION Former U.S. Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Thursday told wireless executives at an industry event here how important their work is in shaping democracies and economies around the world.
2008-04-09 11:36:00 -
Fed's Fisher Says "Further Danger Could Lie Ahead" (INO News)
(RTTNews) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher spoke Wednesday, addressing current problems facing the economy, including the housing crisis. He discussed the "egocentricity of the present," and how it relates to the economy.
2008-04-09 12:01:53 -
Bush and Democrats push ahead with housing plans (Muzi)
President George W. Bush proposed on Wednesday expanding a program to help homeowners meet mortgage payments while Democratic lawmakers pressed ahead with a broader plan, setting the stage for a political showdown over how best to aid the housing market.
2008-04-09 12:19:57 -
RBS Cuts 200 Jobs Amid Credit Turmoil, People Say (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc , the U.K.'s second-biggest lender, is eliminating about 200 jobs at its corporate-banking unit because of the credit crisis, according to two people with knowledge of the plan.
2008-04-09 12:25:37 -
An Economic Triple-Threat (GoldSeek.com)
*** Dealing with future problems, today…a few worthwhile suggestions from the Philadelphia film festival…and more!
2008-04-09 12:30:34 -
Transcript of a Press Conference on the Spring 2008 Global Financial Stability Report by Jaime Caruana, Director of ... (IMF)
MR. MURRAY: Good day. My name is William Murray. I am Chief of Media Relations at the IMF. Welcome to the Spring 2008 Global Financial Stability Report briefing.
2008-04-09 12:41:33 -
Readers react to 'No homes of their own' (Arizona Daily Sun)
SCREEN NAME: A. ORTIZ The housing market here is horrible! I am 4th generation Flagstaff native and I have a degree, I have a great career, but as a teacher, I will never be able to afford a house with LAND here in Flagstaff. Flagstaff has turned into a second home community and the people that are from here and want to live here and raise their families here can't afford to do so. Well, at ...
2008-04-09 08:47:05 -
European Stocks Decline, Led by Insurers, Retailers on Earnings (Bloomberg.com)
April 9 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell for a second day, led by financial companies and retailers , on speculation the economic slowdown, widening credit losses and rising oil prices will curb earnings.
2008-04-09 09:02:58 -
U.S. to expand government program to help homeowners (Market Watch)
In an effort to let more struggling borrowers keep their homes and prevent defaults on unaffordable home loans, the Bush administration is expanding a federal program to allow more homeowners to refinance mortgages.
2008-04-09 09:03:15 -
US housing agency backs guarantee for sinking loans (Stuff)
The leading US housing agency has endorsed a plan that would refinance home loans even for borrowers who have seen their property decrease in value.
2008-04-09 10:16:20 -
UPDATE — Bush administration announces mortgage help expansion; Democrats push broader housing rescue (The Times West Virginian)
The Bush administration is expanding a government program to help homeowners head off foreclosure as it scrambles to counter Democratic calls for a broader federal housing rescue.
2008-04-09 10:20:51 -
White House Offers New Housing Plan (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The Bush administration proposed loosening the eligibility criteria for new mortgages insured by the federal government.
2008-04-09 10:40:30