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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-11 07:13 FOREX-Dollar strikes 6-mth high on global 'pain trade' (Interactive Investor)
TOKYO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The dollar vaulted to a six-month high against a basket of currencies on Monday, racking up more gains as heightened worries about the global economy's strength sparked a sell-off in the euro and higher-yielding currencies.
2008-08-10 11:38:19 -
Mailbag: Tips for First-Time Homebuyers - CNBC
My husband and I are looking to buy our first house. We know that the market is really difficult for buyers and sellers alike. My question is, are there any programs out there for first time homebuyers with not so perfect credit? Is there anything ...
2008-08-08 05:58:00 -
Car crash fraud faces industry crackdown - Financial Times
Criminals who invent or stage car accidents for insurance scams face a crackdown as part of a wide-ranging and potentially contentious industry effort to tackle the organised fraud problems that hurt it most. The Insurance Fraud Bureau, a new company ...
2008-08-10 07:00:00 -
Agency won't pay off your mortgage - Detroit Free Press
Dear reader: Sorry, but you will have to keep making your payments. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is the government-run agency that insures a customer's deposits at a bank -- not loans.
2008-08-10 12:23:00 -
New York tops list for mortgage closing costs - Seattle Post Intelligencer
For the second straight year, New York, Texas and Florida are the most expensive states in which to get a mortgage, according to Bankrate's annual survey of closing costs. Nationwide, the average origination and title fees on a $200,000 mortgage this ...
2008-08-07 05:52:00 -
Seminar for home businesses offered (The Norman Transcript)
Those who use a portion of their house for business purposes, have an office in your home, are self-employed, or work from home, might be able to deduct associated business costs on their income tax return.
2008-08-10 09:31:42 -
Website Pros new name change done, but not legal yet (The Florida Times-Union)
Looking for stock information on Web.com? Good luck.
2008-08-10 09:43:36 -
Pelosi's idea of saving the planet (WorldNet Daily)
Editor's note: Michael Ackley's columns may include satire and parody based on current events, and thus mix fact with fiction. He assumes informed readers will be able to tell which is which.
2008-08-10 09:44:28 -
Populism then and now: Old wine, new bottle, part 1 (Online Journal)
You were once Jed Dawson, a farmer in Kansas in 1886 when nearly half of Americans worked on farms. You’re tough as a leather boot with about 5 percent body fat and hard, stringy muscles. Your wife can drive a team of horses with her left hand while she cradles the new baby in her right arm.
2008-08-10 09:52:37 -
Flood insurance a leaky safety net for some flood victims (The Gazette)
When a flood insurance adjuster stepped one foot inside the porch of Linda and Gary Seger’s northwest Cedar Rapids home, looked around and said, “You’ll get the max.” the couple thought they were hearing good news.The “max” turned out to be less than $2,000 — the amount the Segers owed on a 30-year mortgage they had been paying for more than 29 years. The insurance paid off the mortgage, so now ...
2008-08-10 10:02:57 -
Rasdal: Road to recovery brings good news and bad (The Gazette)
“I passed,” shouts a jubilant Mike Reinert to a neighbor in the flood damaged Time Check area. “I went down and passed my electrical test. Seventy-six percent. One more percent than I needed to pass.”The good news didn’t stop there. That afternoon Mike passed his mechanical test by one percentage point, too.At 47, standing 6-foot-2 1/2 and weighing 260 pounds, Mike isn’t a kid passing these ...
2008-08-10 10:03:17 -
ON THE MOVE (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
ACCOUNTING James A. Winn has been promoted to partner-in-charge at the Chester office of Goodman & Co. ADVERTISING Ryan Catherwood is an account manager at Punch. John Griessmayer has been named senior vice president and chief creative officer at Neathawk Dubuque & Packett. ARCHITECTS Watershed: Kristen Ziegler and Jennifer Clark are intern architects.
2008-08-10 10:06:30 -
D.158 outlines sign-up procedures (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
LANSING | Lansing Elementary District 158 is preparing to register students for the upcoming school year.
2008-08-10 10:20:05 -
Fuel benefit slip raises heat on No 10 - Guardian Unlimited
Draft government proposals to soften the blow of rising fuel bills by spreading relief across all British families with children this winter have been disclosed by a senior Whitehall official who was overheard discussing options on a Leeds to London ...
2008-08-10 04:08:00 -
Massive fraud server exposed - ZDNet Australia
A server discovered in June contained 50GB of stolen user account and financial details, including 9,000 bank and credit-card account credentials and 463,582 user account passwords, according to a report published at the Black Hat conference last ...
2008-08-10 02:49:00