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Sunday Profile: Bruce King (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
Many Incline Village residents have personal reasons for participating in the Aug. 15 Relay for Life.
2008-08-10 06:13:27 -
UK home repossessions hit 12-year high - Scotsman
HOME repossessions have risen to their highest level in 12 years, it emerged yesterday, intensifying the gloom surrounding the housing market. The number of UK homeowners losing their properties after failing to keep up mortgage repayments soared by ...
2008-08-09 03:48:00 -
Market Forces - Guardian Unlimited
During these dark days of soaring fuel bills and mortgage costs, it seems that one thing remains sacred: the annual foreign holiday. That's what analysts are reporting as they look ahead to trading updates this week from two of the biggest holiday ...
2008-08-10 05:17:00 -
Guest column: Don't scapegoat speculators; they benefit markets ... - Des Moines Register
Did you fill up your gas tank last week in anticipation of another hike in gas prices? Did you sell some stock last week, fearing further reductions in the price? Did you buy a house a few years back in the expectation that housing prices moved only ...
2008-08-10 02:25:00 -
Britain, home of crooks and spivs - Daily Telegraph
As he ponders his autumn economic recovery plan (and his hoped-for political recovery plan), Gordon Brown should reflect on a simple truth: he has allowed Britain to become the global capital of crooks and spivs. For the past decade, New Labour has ...
2008-08-08 06:59:00 -
Joining the Corporate Bail-Out Receiving Line - Eastern Group Publications
I’m changing my name to Fannie Mack. I figure when the federal government is handing out all those billions to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to solve the mortgage crisis, I’ll just slide in line and get a few dollars for my own mortgage crisis ...
2008-08-10 03:15:00 -
Your credit score: a few key points - Baltimore Sun
Y ou probably know your SAT score, assuming you took the test. But what about your credit score? Once you're past the college-application stage of life, the second score is a lot more important. Or, rather, scores , because a variety of companies are ...
2008-08-10 01:42:00 -
Dollars & Sense (Modesto Bee)
Boom goes bust
2008-08-10 03:16:00 -
Economic woes stress shopping addictions (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
In a land where people are implored to shop as an expression of patriotism, where little girls can attend summer camp cruising the stores of a mall, and where the average credit-card holder is $1,673 behind in payments, buying things in the United States is more than a hunt for daily provisions. Photo caption: Assistance is out there for those who overspend. Photo by Los Angeles Times
2008-08-10 03:18:48 -
At Krazy Karaoke, everyone can sing (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Malcolm and Lynn Shiroma have built a thriving family-oriented karaoke business and are preparing a strategic expansion to the neighbor islands and mainland over the next five years.
2008-08-10 03:25:55 -
New map expands flood plain (Killeen Daily Herald)
The flood zones of Central Texas are getting remapped, and if you live near a waterway, it could cost you money. On Sept. 26, new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) will take effect for the communities across Texas.
2008-08-10 04:37:18 -
Economists try to find right price for an American home - International Herald Tribune
Let's be honest. No one actually knows when and where the housing market will bottom. Experts have been proclaiming the bottom is now — this very moment — since Alan Greenspan notoriously predicted the worst was over way back in 2006. But there ...
2008-08-10 02:18:00 -
Credit check only a small part of score - Elkhart Truth
It's not uncommon for home buyers to talk with several mortgage brokers or lenders to compare loan products and interest rates. One buyer who shopped around was scolded by a mortgage broker when he found out she was talking to more than one broker ...
2008-08-09 08:13:00 -
Winnemucca doing just fine (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Winner's Casino lights up the April sky in Winnemucca. Humboldt County is seeing economic prosperity these days. Photo by John Locher . Ranch owner Susie Montero, above, gets her horses ready for a 4-H show in Winnemucca. She recently paid $6,000 to fill up her ranch tank with diesel fuel.
2008-08-10 02:56:47 -
Ripple effect to be contained (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - With billions of dollars being injected in property-mortgaged loans in Vietnam, some are worried that a credit crisis will hurt the country's banking system, similar to that caused by the UK lender Northern Rock last year or Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae recently in the US. But analysts at VietCapital Securities Company (VCSC) have reasons to think otherwise.
2008-08-10 02:57:57