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Iraq tour ends in $14,000 Internet bill (Vallejo Times-Herald)
An entertainer's huge Internet bill could cost Vallejo's youth a promising program. It's already caused delays, said Vallejo native Felton Pilate. Pilate, a single dad and the lead singer for Con Funk Shun, recently returned from 12 days entertaining U.
2008-07-02 07:56:10 -
Review: Banking site MoneyAisle shows promise (Savannah Morning News)
BOSTON - MoneyAisle is a new free Web service that makes a bold claim: It says it will maximize the interest rates consumers can get on savings accounts by running online auctions in which banks bid for consumers' business.
2008-07-02 10:16:45 -
Foreclosure Preventions by Industry on Pace for Record - Forbes
WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HOPE NOW, the private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, counselors, and investors that is working to help prevent foreclosures, announced today that mortgage servicers helped approximately 170,000 ...
2008-07-02 10:06:00 -
Inflation-protected bond fund best for 401(k) - Dallas Morning News
Go for the inflation-protected bond fund. Long term, it will provide you with a small premium (probably something over 1 percentage point) over the inflation rate. With the CPI running year-over-year annual increases just over 4 percent so far this ...
2008-07-03 12:25:00 -
Buyers to Search for Homes by Mortgage Payment on ZipRealty.com - MSN MoneyCentral
ZipRealty (NASDAQ: ZIPR) ( www.ziprealty.com ), the nation's largest online-based, full-service real estate brokerage, announced today the launch of a new way for buyers to search for MLS-listed homes online -- by estimated monthly mortgage payment ...
2008-07-02 04:58:00 -
US' Paulson touts regulatory plan, says financial firms must be ... - Forbes
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The current credit crisis is not yet over, but policymakers should strike while the iron is hot and rework the overall financial and regulatory structure to better prevent future crises, while at the same time allowing ...
2008-07-02 04:51:00 -
TOM WALSH : More action, less blame from leaders could ease our economic pain (Detroit Free Press)
With General Motors stock sinking below $10 today to a 54-year low, a share of Ford Motor stock barely worth a gallon of gas, my home unsellable at virtually any price and my 401(k) retirement savings plan now worth about 89 cents, isn't it time for somebody to take some bold action to help right the teetering U.S. economy?
2008-07-02 05:36:24 -
Rock Brings Sharp Commentary To Tampa (The Tampa Tribune)
Comedian Chris Rock was all jokes when he performed his latest stand-up routine, "No Apologies World Tour," on Wednesday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Carol Morsani Hall.
2008-07-02 09:20:16 -
The Ticker (Boston Herald)
The Dow Jones industrial average extended its retreat from its October record to more than the 20 percent, the first time since 2002 the gauge has closed below the "bear...
2008-07-02 09:22:21 -
Divorce on the rise as couples feel the pinch (icWales)
AN increase in the numbers of married couples seeking a divorce has become the latest trend attributed to the current credit crunch.
2008-07-02 11:24:00 -
www.kentonline.co.uk - your gateway to Kent (The Kent Messenger)
During recent years the housing market has gone from strength to strength. Many consider property the best investment they could make. However, doubts began creeping in last autumn, with the Northern Rock crisis and "credit crunch".
2008-07-03 01:34:12 -
Living Together While Keeping Money Unmarried - US News and World Report
Pasha Carroll and her boyfriend, Matthew Krise, follow a strict his/ her money system: The Chicago couple split rent and groceries down the middle and pay credit card debt separately. He pays for dinner when they eat out, and she cooks. As they ...
2008-07-02 11:11:00 -
REAL ESTATE CRISIS ISN'T A ROLLER COASTER, BUT IT HAS BUMPS - Albuquerque Journal
Subprime mortgages have now been credited for bankrupting hundreds of mortgage lenders and seriously damaging operations at many major mortgage firms. Frost Mortgage was affected — our lender, First Magnus Financial Corporation, closed its doors ...
2008-07-02 09:41:00 -
ECB expected to raise interest rates - Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Analysts widely expect the European Central Bank to raise its main interest rate Thursday for the first time in a year in an effort to rein in escalating inflation, but whether such a move will help or hurt is still in ...
2008-07-02 10:38:00 -
Asia-Pacific Bond Risk Rises on Concern Bankruptcies to Climb - Bloomberg
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of default protection on Asia-Pacific bonds rose to the highest in more than three months on concern record oil prices and the global economic slowdown will derail corporate earnings. Credit risk rose after Cathay ...
2008-07-02 11:28:00