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  • OECD warns UK outlook more ‘uncertain’

    Financial Times - ... become more uncertain and there is a risk that growth will be weaker going forward, which could imply a need for interest rate ... This was especially the case in education - one of prime minister Gordon Brown’s main themes - where policy should ...
    2007-09-27 02:23:00
  • Battlers told to sell McMansions

    News.com.au - The survey found nearly 20 per cent of those who voted Liberal/National in the last election had changed their voting intentions because of recent rate rises. "When the Prime Minister deliberately deceives people by suggesting the level of interest ...
    2007-09-27 01:04:00
  • Low rates promise continues to haunt PM (The West Australian)

    Prime Minister John Howard's promise to keep interest rates low continues to haunt him, with a survey showing voters are continuing to turn against the coalition because of recent rate hikes.
    2007-09-26 09:54:22
  • US rate cuts to propel Thai market (Bangkok Post)

    The US Federal Reserve has spoken and one thing is certain: global stock markets clearly like the Fed's decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points.
    2007-09-26 12:09:09
  • Dollar surges on US rate talk (Perth Now)

    THE dollar opened stronger today after a dose of weak economic data stoked rumours of another US federal reserve interest rate cut.
    2007-09-26 03:09:00
  • Federal Reserve Bank announces drop in prime rate (Daily Vidette)

    CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Although money does not grow on trees, a recent drop in lending rates could make it easier to come by. Last week the Federal Reserve Bank announced a half-percent drop in a key interest rate, referred to as the prime rate. The lower rate applies more to home equity and commercial loans than auto and mortgage loans, but could also affect private student loans.
    2007-09-26 08:01:51
  • On the Money

    Aspen Daily News - The odds are they'll be hard-pressed trying to continue rent or mortgage payments, cover child-care and eldercare costs, or ... The first step people need to take is to calculate the financial needs of their families should something happen to them. The ...
    2007-09-25 05:55:00
  • Enrollment still on the climb

    Chippewa Herald - ... on the number of students who attended school on the third Friday in September, which is the date the state uses to calculate ... If we have to mortgage the future so that Mrs. DoLittle can have a smaller class size to better influence the way our ...
    2007-09-24 05:57:00
  • Some affordable housing foreclosures not preventable, despite best ...

    Martha's Vineyard Times - By the time the property was forced into foreclosure and sold back to the mortgage holder at the Sept. 4 auction, the ... The housing committee then is supposed to calculate the maximum resale price, and the owner is required to seek an eligible ...
    2007-09-26 05:40:00
  • Proposition 1: How much will it really cost?

    Seattle Post Intelligencer - I will paying for it for 30 years, but I did not calculate the amount of my mortgage in "inflation adjusted" numbers. As inflation increases the cost of construction, so too will it increase the cost of all the goods we by, thus increasing the revenue ...
    2007-09-24 05:57:00
  • Nuts, bolts and beauty

    OregonLive.com - Scott Bowman and Susan Van Dyke can calculate structural loads and measure wind shear the same way most of us add up spare ... But it's better than paying a double mortgage." Van Dyke kept the couple in groceries while Bowman served as general ...
    2007-09-27 12:14:00
  • Debt-rating firms accused of conflicts of interest

    Baltimore Sun - ... were accused by senators yesterday of being hampered by conflicts of interest that may have contributed to the mortgage ... Coffee, is for the SEC to calculate default rates for each rating agency and make that information public. Rating agencies ...
    2007-09-27 12:57:00
  • Debt-rating firms accused of conflicts of interest (Baltimore Sun)

    Senators say agencies act as 'coach and referee' Executives from major credit-rating agencies were accused by senators yesterday of being hampered by conflicts of interest that may have contributed to the mortgage market turmoil rattling investors worldwide.
    2007-09-27 12:50:15
  • Senators grill credit rating execs (The Pantagraph)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Executives from major credit rating agencies on Wednesday were accused by senators of being hampered by conflicts of interest that may have contributed to the mortgage market turmoil rattling investors worldwide.
    2007-09-27 12:28:47
  • Rating agencies questioned (The News & Observer)

    Critics say they failed to warn about the risks of mortgage-backed securities.
    2007-09-27 12:41:40