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  • Wall St set to drop on credit woes, oil (The Economic Times)

    US stock headed for a lower open as fears of more credit losses in the financial sector rattled investors while shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slid anew.
    2008-08-21 07:02:29
  • Fannie Mae opens satellite offices to sell foreclosures (Los Angeles Business Journal)

    Fannie Mae is rethinking how it will handle the tens of thousands of properties being repossessed as the real estate market continues to plummet. (FNM)
    2008-08-21 07:03:11
  • IAC completing split into 5 publicly traded parts (INO News)

    (AP:NEW YORK) Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp completed its split into five publicly traded companies Thursday _ a move intended to give each business more focus and value than the previously cluttered whole.
    2008-08-21 07:03:21
  • Fannie, Freddie shares keep falling (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

    Shares of troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their freefall Thursday, as market expectations grew that the government would intervene and eliminate common stockholders' investment.
    2008-08-21 07:07:49
  • Stocks open lower on financial sector worries (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

    Stocks fell in early trading Thursday as oil prices rose again and investors grew more anxious about the financial sector, particularly mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
    2008-08-21 07:08:56
  • Live free for a year! (News Of The World)

    The News of the World has teamed up with ASDA to offer readers the chance to LIVE FREE FOR A YEAR this Sunday ! That's right! One lucky reader will ‘live free for a year’ with their mortgage, food shopping, petrol and much more, all paid by ASDA for the next 12 months.
    2008-08-21 07:10:48
  • The call Swan was banking on (The Age)

    NAB chief tells Treasurer Wayne Swan he will fall into line on interest rates.
    2008-08-21 07:11:07
  • Mining the wealth of home-buying information (AM New York)

    Experts say the full picture is in knowing limits of the data For buyers and sellers alike, the cornucopia of housing and mortgage reports released regularly from the industry groups can be overwhelming.
    2008-08-21 07:11:14
  • U.S. markets turn lower Thursday (UPI)

    NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes turned lower Thursday as oil prices rose and financial concerns continued to show signs their troubles weren't over.
    2008-08-21 07:12:40
  • Danier Leather Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results - Earthtimes

    Author : Danier Leather Inc. TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 08/20/08 -- Danier Leather Inc. (TSX: DL) today announced its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 28, 2008. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ($000s, except earnings per ...
    2008-08-20 11:38:00
  • Parents stumped by kids' math - Pantagraph

    When it comes to helping her son with math homework, Lisa Earl is at a loss. "I know nothing. Nothing!" Earl said. Her 14-year-old son Patrick is a freshman this year at Francis Howell Central High School in St. Charles County, Mo., where classes ...
    2008-08-19 08:12:00
  • Letters to the Editor - Aug. 20 - Daily Camera

    How will the traffic issues that will arise if Boulder County's 168-unit senior and affordable housing project is built in the First Union neighborhood of Lafayette be alleviated? One way will be to run a road across the eastern edge of Carpenter's ...
    2008-08-20 05:51:00
  • August 2008 - Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com

    State leaders started weighing how much renewable energy they should recommend electric utilities provide. As part of a sweeping energy law passed this year, the Florida legislature asked the state's Public Service Commission to develop a so-called ...
    2008-08-20 02:09:00
  • Standard & Poor’s forecast pulls KSE 393.07 points down - Daily Times

    KARACHI: The Karachi stock market witnessed selling pressure on Wednesday as Standard and Poor (S&P) rating agency revealed that the economic concerns are likely to remain unattended. This statement propelled investors to book profits, analysts said ...
    2008-08-20 02:52:00
  • Please Not Biden - Slate

    Why Biden Would Be Bad: There's a bit of CSPAN tape that should surface quickly if he's named. ... Remember, it wasn't Biden's plagiarism that knocked him out of the 1988 race. It was "''I think I have a much higher I.Q. than you do.'' ... [ via ...
    2008-08-21 01:22:00