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  • Don’t cave in to bankers who plead for more (Times Online)

    “PLEASE, SIR, can I have some more,” whinge the Oliver Twists on Wall Street.
    2008-02-16 05:18:33
  • 'Kiddie Tax' Hits Many Families (The Morning News)

    WASHINGTON - If you have a child who turned 18 in 2007, you are in luck, taxwise. But that's the only bright spot for families burdened by the "kiddie tax."
    2008-02-16 05:27:02
  • CBA corporate doctors chase bad debts (The West Australian)

    Australia's largest retail bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, has sent corporate doctors into two troubled companies as the lender faces a blow-out in bad debt.
    2008-02-16 05:30:08
  • Erdogan: We will wait for the Court’s decision on headscarf ban (Hürriyetim internetim)

    Turkish Prime Minister said they will wait for the completion of all process including the Constitutional Court decision regarding the lifting of headscarf ban in universities before taking the next step, Milliyet daily reported.
    2008-02-16 05:35:47
  • The Power of Whimsy (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    By one rough estimate, Sandra Boynton has sold around a half-billion cards, which may make her one of the best-selling card creators of all time.
    2008-02-16 05:40:02
  • Local interest rates may not follow US lead, warns BBL (Bangkok Post)

    Domestic interest rates do not necessarily have to follow US trends, according to Chartsiri Sophonpanich, the president of Bangkok Bank.
    2008-02-16 05:40:37
  • Refinancing at cheap rates biggest benefit of stimulus (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

    WASHINGTON - The biggest winners in the economic rescue plan President Bush signed last week are likely to be Americans with more expensive homes who will be able to refinance their home loans at cheaper rates.
    2008-02-16 05:45:23
  • More non-subprime Americans walking away from homes (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

    It's not just subprime borrowers who are defaulting on their mortgages these days.
    2008-02-16 05:45:33
  • Mineral County applied for a REAP grant and was turned down. (Cumberland Times-News)

    REAP stands for Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan.
    2008-02-16 05:47:11
  • Your View

    Austin American-Statesman - I have received acupuncture from licensed practitioners in California and Austin, so I have others with whom to compare her. I am so disappointed that she hasn’t been granted a license. Cumbo was the most professional and skilled acupuncturist from ...
    2008-02-13 03:56:00
  • Has China shrunk? - eTalkinghead

    Has China shrunk?eTalkinghead, CA - 2 hours agoTo adjust for that, the economists compare prices from one economy to another and compute an adjusted GDP based on the principle of "purchasing-power-parity ...
    2008-02-16 02:25:03
  • The lazy investors’ guide to getting a good deal - Times Online

    The lazy investors’ guide to getting a good dealTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoCompare that with Cheshire building society’s two-year discount at 5.44%. If you decided to constantly switch to a discount at that rate every two years, ...
    2008-02-16 04:05:56
  • Parents fail to cash in on tax-free savings for children

    Guardian Unlimited - Home buyers waiting for mortgage approval from Advantage Home Loans, the UK-based residential mortgage arm of Morgan Stanley, will not be affected by the firm's closure last week. Morgan Stanley cited 'dislocation in the mortgage markets' for its ...
    2008-02-16 03:59:00
  • Bill Clinton coming to Austin tonight

    KEYE Austin - She is the only person who says we should freeze the foreclosures for 90 days, go in and examine every one and of these people, who are good, honest people and have never missed a home mortgage payment and they can keep making it. We should guarantee ...
    2008-02-16 03:02:00
  • Hurrah for the recession. It will do us a power of good

    Guardian Unlimited - If only we hadn't all wanted to keep up with the Joneses to the extent that we bought their home as a rental investment, never mind that our existing mortgage was five times our salary. Earlier last week, I had to go to Paris. It happened to be ...
    2008-02-16 04:28:00