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  • Possible murder-suicide investigated

    Baltimore Sun - The vice president of a bankrupt Columbia mortgage lender apparently jumped to his death from the Delaware Memorial Bridge yesterday shortly after his wife's body was found inside their New Jersey home, police said. Police are investigating the ...
    2008-01-19 03:32:00
  • Builders say customers have trouble selling homes - Green Bay Press Gazette

    Builders say customers have trouble selling homesGreen Bay Press Gazette, WI - 1 hour agoKaufman said several factors make building now attractive, including reasonable material costs and good interest rates. He said the one thing lacking is ...
    2008-01-19 02:17:16
  • DGA locks down deal - Hollywood Reporter

    DGA locks down dealHollywood Reporter, United States - 57 minutes agoResidual rates for ad-supported streaming and use of clips on the Internet. The agreement more than doubles the current residual on downloads of TV ...
    2008-01-19 03:02:53
  • Property prices 'staying bouyant' - Dorset Echo

    Property prices 'staying bouyant'Dorset Echo, UK - 55 minutes ago"This might change, not just for first-time buyers but right across the board if we get another interest rate cut in the near future. ...
    2008-01-19 03:04:43
  • 'Real warriors hold jobs' - National Post

    'Real warriors hold jobs'National Post, Canada - 37 minutes agoDespite a current federal spending cap of 2% increases yearly, the population growth of aboriginals alone, well beyond that rate, could well pressure Ottawa ...
    2008-01-19 03:23:16
  • Devaststing Crisis Unfolds - International Viewpoint

    Devaststing Crisis UnfoldsInternational Viewpoint, UK - 32 minutes agoBy reducing real short-term interest rates to zero for three years, they facilitated an historically unprecedented explosion of household borrowing, ...
    2008-01-19 03:27:46
  • The Air Car Part 2 - Q & A With Louis Arnoux of IT-MDI - The Oil Drum

    The Air Car Part 2 - Q & A With Louis Arnoux of IT-MDIThe Oil Drum - 12 minutes agoIt’s great to feel the excitement, interest and intrigue about the MDI “air car” as posted on The Oil Drum – Australia and New Zealand. ...
    2008-01-19 03:47:25
  • Will ‘We The People’ pay the price for greed? - Aspen Times

    Will ‘We The People’ pay the price for greed?Aspen Times, CO - 3 hours agoWith all that easy money floating around, mortgage lenders got the idea of enticing the insolvent and the stupid into signing up for ridiculously ...
    2008-01-19 12:14:08
  • Possible murder-suicide investigated - Baltimore Sun

    Possible murder-suicide investigatedBaltimore Sun, United States - 3 hours agoBy Jonathan Bor | Sun reporter January 19, 2008 The vice president of a bankrupt Columbia mortgage lender apparently jumped to his death from the Delaware ...
    2008-01-19 12:24:49
  • Forecasters predict further drops in U.S. home prices (Seattle Times)

    While the supply of unsold homes is at a record high and forecasts of further price depreciation and swelling inventories bode well for buyers, housing affordability still remains low. The decrease in housing prices has only begun to eat into the nearly 13 years of quarterly price gains.
    2008-01-19 02:16:14
  • Man leaps off bridge after wife found slain - Cherry Hill Courier Post

    Man leaps off bridge after wife found slainCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 3 hours agoBuczynski, a graduate of Rutgers University, previously worked at First Home Mortgage Corp. and GE Capital Mortgage Services in Cherry Hill, according to ...
    2008-01-19 12:26:02
  • US consumer sentiment up, recession talk prevails (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

    CHICAGO - US consumers' mood unexpectedly brightened a bit in January but failed to silence the drumbeat of talk about a possible economic downturn. A second report on Friday showed leading economic indicators for December continued to weaken, suggesting growth will remain sluggish for some time.
    2008-01-19 02:27:02
  • Philips May Say Quarterly Profit Rose on Stake Sales (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

    Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world's biggest maker of light bulbs and electric shavers, may say fourth-quarter profit rose 81 percent on gains from selling Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. shares.
    2008-01-19 02:47:45
  • Shore home prices, sales escape brunt of market downturn - Cherry Hill Courier Post

    Shore home prices, sales escape brunt of market downturnCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 3 hours ago"Lenders are anxious to get the market started and lend, but they will look a little closer into the buyer's credit history. Still, it doesn't cost anything ...
    2008-01-19 12:26:03
  • Where to find a foothold amid downward spiral (The Globe and Mail)

    Just for variety, the stock markets briefly stopped unravelling yesterday morning. Then, it was back to the business of losing money for investors. After five consecutive great years for stocks, we're really getting hammered.
    2008-01-19 03:14:12