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  • Rate rise, market woes batter conditions (The Age)

    Australian business conditions have weakened to their worst in eight months, following the recent interest rate rise and financial market volatility, a survey shows.
    2007-10-09 06:55:31
  • Business tips rate rise (Adelaide Now)

    THE Federal Government has talked down another interest rate rise, but business believes a further increase is inevitable.
    2007-10-09 08:41:45
  • Carpetright feels higher interest rate pinch (Financial Times)

    Carpetright, the retail group in takeover talks with its founder, confirmed it was feeling the pinch from higher interest rates as it reported increased profits but lower like-for-like sales.
    2007-10-09 12:44:36
  • Will the FOMC Minutes Point to Another Interest Rate Cut (Fox News)

    Today's release of the Committee's minutes will go a little bit more deeply into the arguments for the rate cut and test the likelihood of a similar action when the FOMC meets at the end of this month.
    2007-10-09 07:57:52
  • Science Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Still on Schedule

    DailyTech - Boeing is still going strong with its 787 "Dreamliner" program. The advanced, next-generation airliner makes use of 50 percent composite materials and is 20 percent more fuel efficient than the competing Airbus A330. Boeing has experienced delays ...
    2007-10-07 05:56:00
  • Web to aid title insurer quest

    Sacramento Bee - Responding to calls to lower rates, the title industry and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today will unveil the landmark online tool allowing consumers to compare premiums and title ... on between the title companies and Realtors and mortgage ...
    2007-10-09 01:04:00
  • On Your Side: Reverse mortgage - Is it for you?

    Katu.com - PORTLAND, Ore. - Local banks and mortgage companies are pushing a unique mortgage ... The interest rates for reverse mortgages can be higher than a conventional loan ... that effects the financing of your home, it is crucial to shop around, compare ...
    2007-10-07 05:56:00
  • Five Ways to Take the Bite Out of Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

    Forbes - ... as it does currently and it can be attributed to the AMT exemption and tax rates ... Compare that to the AMT rate of 26% on alternative minimum taxable income up to ... Do pay your January 2008 home mortgage payment and any planned 2008 ...
    2007-10-09 09:39:00
  • Five Ways to Take the Bite Out of Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

    Fourth Quarter, 2007 -- In the past, mostly high-income folks who overindulged in various tax breaks were the ones that came face-to-face with the dreaded individual alternative minimum tax , "This is no longer the situation; AMT can grab anyone," says Robin Christian, PPC Senior Tax Analyst from Thomson Tax & Accounting.
    2007-10-09 09:43:00
  • Utah Housing: Braking, Not Broke (Builder Online)

    Oct. 6--At first, it looked as though Utah's homebuilders would be able to avoid the sharp downturn in new-home construction that followed the nation's subprime-lending debacle.
    2007-10-09 06:24:09
  • Web to aid title insurer quest (The Sacramento Bee)

    California consumers for the first time can log onto their computers and do one-stop comparison shopping for title insurance.
    2007-10-09 12:08:47
  • Learning how to handle your money

    Globe and Mail - Home   National British Columbia Prairies Ontario Quebec Atlantic Politics World Americas Europe Asia-Pacific Africa-Mideast Report on ... Investopedia is constantly being updated, so it has lots of material on the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown, which caused the ...
    2007-10-09 05:50:00
  • UK gross mortgage lending remains strong in Aug, driven by buy-to-let ...

    Forbes - Home movers meanwhile took out loans of an average 3.03 times their income and committed 17.2 pct of their income towards mortgage interest. This leaves debt servicing burdens the worst they have been in 16 years for first-time-buyers and the worst in ...
    2007-10-09 05:57:00
  • North Texas home sales plunge, but prices are up 3%

    Dallas Morning News - September's dip in home sales coincides with the mortgage market crunch, which made headlines starting in early August. Since then, lenders have significantly increased mortgage requirements and curtailed some loan products. ...
    2007-10-09 04:03:00
  • Builders break ground at furious pace

    Globe and Mail - Home   National British Columbia Prairies Ontario Quebec Atlantic Politics World Americas Europe Asia-Pacific Africa-Mideast Report on ... Housing starts jumped 19.6 per cent to 278,200 units in September from August, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday ...
    2007-10-09 06:26:00