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  • Zapatero's Election Prospects May Hinge on Turnout (Update6) (Bloomberg.com)

    March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Spaniards voted today in an election fought on Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's handling of the economy, immigration and terrorism, with his prospects of winning a second term hinging on achieving a turnout similar to the 77 percent which swept him to power in 2004.
    2008-03-09 11:17:07
  • Tyler Rated Well In Annual Prognosis

    Tyler Morning Telegraph - Yes, too many unrealistic loans were made, leading to a rash of defaults, but only 5 percent of the mortgage market was ... If you calculate, we have some 140 million U.S. workers, and about 7 million that are unemployed," he said. "And let's ...
    2008-03-07 11:57:00
  • Andy helped on environment

    Albany Democrat-Herald - Certainly, the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, with its subsequent effect on the availability of credit, is one of the immediate ... Even a candidate who wants to begin an immediate withdrawal needs to calculate and be realistic about the cost of bringing ...
    2008-03-06 03:58:00
  • GKK: Humbled (Again) on Wall Street

    Stockhouse Canada - Housing-related debt has been affected the most, but anything and anyone in the mortgage business (or, indeed, any business ... Book value, as far as I tried to calculate it, is about $18.18 per common share, and that values GKKs business platform at ...
    2008-03-07 03:57:00
  • Drugs in water could affect human cells

    Buffalo News - The University of Pittsburgh researchers didn't calculate how much effect came from pharmaceuticals instead of natural ... shot at college teams ... and maybe the NHL Bridesmaid revisited Buff State cop charged in murder of West Valley woman Mortgage ...
    2008-03-09 12:23:00
  • 2008 Student exchange: A day in the life of an Islander

    Guam Pacific Daily News - After spending an hour and 40 minutes in class learning how to calculate car insurance premiums and mortgage rates, class ended. Once lunch time hallways again were jammed with students all with something to do.
    2008-03-09 08:48:00
  • Financial Companies Look To Secure Better Pay For CEOs Despite Credit Crisis (New London Day)

    New York — Financial company CEOs often talk about needing better incentives to perform. How about this one: You're lucky to have a job when
    2008-03-08 09:14:34
  • 2008 Student exchange: A day in the life of an Islander (Pacific Daily News)

    After almost four years of attending an all-girl private high school, I always wondered what student life would be like at a co-ed public high school.
    2008-03-09 09:07:43
  • Kobe beef -- beyond prime

    NWI.com - ... pregnant cows were the perfect present because the couple long has had an interest in ... According to Eshelman, 2 percent of the beef sold in the United States is prime ... these calves aren't given drugs or hormones, they have a slow maturation rate ...
    2008-03-04 03:53:00
  • New market sees banks change tack

    South China Morning Post - Within just two months, local banks cut the prime rate - their benchmark lending rate - by a full percentage point, tracking a US cut in interest rates.
    2008-03-08 12:50:00
  • A brutal week for credit markets

    San Francisco Gate - So far, the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts have done little to restore confidence in the credit markets or stimulate lending ... Although default rates on these prime loans are very low, Thornburg also held some securities backed by Alt-A mortgages ...
    2008-03-08 11:41:00
  • Change the mortgage rules

    Los Angeles Times - And as prices fall and more borrowers are jolted by interest rate "resets," the drag on the overall economy will only increase. ... HR 3609 and S 2136 ) would allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite mortgages for troubled debtors with sub-prime or ...
    2008-03-07 11:57:00
  • Friday, March 7

    News.com.au - ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hit back at John Howard's attack on plans to wind back Work Choices ... ANZ boss Mike Smith has flagged that ANZ may raise interest rates above this week's RBA rate rise, after NAB raised its lending rate.
    2008-03-09 06:18:00
  • 6 hrs ago » Japan Opposition Doubts Bank Nominee «

    San Francisco Examiner - 2 days ago Bank of Japan Keeps Interest Rate Steady 23 days ago Bank of Japan Keeps Rates Unchanged ... Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama said Saturday that Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda should nominate ...
    2008-03-09 08:19:00
  • Double the rates trouble

    News.com.au - ... has more than doubled in the past five years after yesterday's 12th consecutive interest rate rise. ... Two rate rises will hurt working families,'' he said. ``I'm Prime Minister of the country, I take responsibility for the good news and the bad news ...
    2008-03-04 03:53:00