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  • Raise the renminbi (FT.com via Yahoo! News)

    China's economic policy has been stable for a decade. With the pegged renminbi exchange rate at its heart, China has pursued growth based on exports and the investment to support them. But with the downturn in the US economy, cuts in Federal Reserve interest rates, and falls in the dollar, the need to rebalance is more urgent than ever before.
    2008-02-19 10:55:23
  • ACG Academy to Present Insider's View of Fed's Actions on OC Business Outlook (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

    TUSTIN, Calif.----The Association for Corporate Growth Orange County Chapter's Academy Program will offer a unique insider's view of the impact of the Federal Reserve Bank's policies and recent actions on the local business economy and long-term outlook in "The Fed Speaks," featuring Fed Senior Economist Gary Zimmerman.
    2008-02-19 11:19:00
  • Chidambaram needs to do a balancing act (The Hindu)

    In budget exercise, he is faced with conflicting demands from different quarters
    2008-02-19 11:25:47
  • Prospective home buyers take part in tour inspired by troubled housing ...

    Enterprise - ... such houses — known as “short sales” because the banks that hold the mortgage agree to let the owner sell for less in order to get out of their home ... tour, participants were able to ask questions of a real estate attorney and a mortgage lender ...
    2008-02-19 05:40:00
  • Housing affordability sinks

    News.com.au - ... affordability has sunk so low that the majority of Australians who have yet to take out a mortgage expect that they may never purchase a home ... for there own actions instead of always looking to blame the Government of the day, The Mortgage Lender or ...
    2008-02-19 05:19:00
  • Wall Street futures rise; financials seen in focus

    Reuters South Africa - Investing Home ... billion range amid signs its latest quarter will be the rockiest since the mortgage ... Group (ANZ) (ANZ.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ), Australia's third-biggest lender ...
    2008-02-19 02:41:00
  • A&L, Abbey, Coventry and Godiva to pull 125% mortgages

    Times Online - The 125 per cent deals usually offer up to 95 per cent of the value of the home as a traditional mortgage, plus another 30 per cent as an ... Director of Mortgages at Alliance & Leicester, said: “Alliance & Leicester is a prudent and responsible lender ...
    2008-02-19 06:44:00
  • Stricken mortgage bank to be nationalised

    The Independent - House & Home Interiors Gardening Property Property Search Gadgets & Tech News Features Motoring Features Road Tests Comment Used ... Both the Chancellor and Gordon Brown had been desperate to avoid taking the crisis-hit mortgage lender into state control and had ...
    2008-02-17 02:54:00
  • Hedge Funds Profit on Northern Rock's Road to Nationalization

    Bloomberg - Hedge funds RAB Capital Plc and SRM Global bought the shares and became the mortgage lender's biggest investors. Others bet on a ... Shareholders will get zero,'' said Perry, who led national Home Loans after its bailout by the Bank of England, and ...
    2008-02-19 07:56:00
  • Joe McNally Joins BankAnnapolis as Vice President, Mortgage Sales ...

    MSN MoneyCentral - ... seasoned industry executive, has joined the bank as Vice President, Mortgage Sales ... He comes to BankAnnapolis from First Horizon Home Loan where he was District ... From a lender's perspective, the times are ripe with opportunities for community ...
    2008-02-19 05:54:00
  • How to tell if now is time to refinance

    MSNBC - ... would need to get 5.1 percent rate rather than the 5.4 percent rate their lender offered. “When you have a first and second mortgage ... with spotty credit or job histories, and those facing adjustable rate mortgage resets or living in a home that ...
    2008-02-19 09:51:00
  • Mortgage lenders pull 125% deals

    Guardian Unlimited - As the mortgage market tightens, borrowers could have problems remortgaging to a new home loan if they originally borrowed up to 125% of the value of their home. ... This is not a risk aversion decision, although we have always been a cautious lender ...
    2008-02-19 08:53:00
  • Baltimore among cities, regulators pursuing mortgage misdeeds

    Baltimore Sun - BOSTON - Regulators are trying to punish Wall Street for mortgage finance practices ... general in New York and Ohio are targeting alleged systematic inflation of home ... Over the years, the relationship between lender and borrower and a particular piece ...
    2008-02-19 05:19:00
  • Former Student Sentenced In School Plot (WCVB Boston)

    A former Marshfield High School student was sentenced Tuesday for his role in a plan to carry out a Columbine-style attack on his school.
    2008-02-19 09:59:59
  • T Launches New Commuter Alert System (WCVB Boston)

    The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority launched a new commuter alert system on Tuesday.
    2008-02-19 10:00:09