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  • Home Base Calendar, Aug. 20. (The Norwich Bulletin)

    Home Base Calendar, Aug. 20.
    2008-08-19 09:46:32
  • MEXICO: Tight monetary policy may cause superpeso (International Herald Tribune)

    The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) on August 16 increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 8.25%. The tightening -- the third in as many months -- was widely expected. However, it increases the interest rate differential with the United States. This may increase pressures on the peso to appreciate further, particularly since the currency is increasingly attractive to short-term ...
    2008-08-19 09:49:48
  • AGL Can't Decide on Power-Plant Sale Before Carbon Plan Details (Bloomberg.com)

    Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- AGL Energy Ltd. , Australia's biggest power and gas retailer, wants more information on a planned national carbon trading system before deciding whether to sell its stake in the coal-fired Loy Yang A power plant.
    2008-08-19 09:56:34
  • The facts on ATM-based salaries (Vietnam Net)

    VietNamNet Bridge - The use of ATM cards to receive monthly salaries is not a compulsory measure for workers at export processing zones and industrial parks and retirees.
    2008-08-19 09:58:06
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-20 05:34 INSTANT VIEW-Japan 5-year JGB auction meets decent demand (Interactive Investor)

    TOKYO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - An auction of five-year Japanese government bonds (JGBs) on Wednesday met with decent demand as investors sought the safety of the debt with prospects for the domestic and global economies steadily deteriorating.
    2008-08-19 09:59:32
  • UPDATE 1-BoE's Besley-inflation spiral must be contained - FXStreet.com

    LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - British interest rates must be kept at a "suitable level" until price pressures have cooled, Bank of England policymaker Timothy Besley said on Tuesday, predicting inflation to start falling towards target next year ...
    2008-08-19 02:00:00
  • Fresh fears as Fannie and Freddie plunge - Financial Times

    Fears about the financial system grew on Monday as money market liquidity tightened and sharp falls in the share prices of mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac led the US stock market lower. Fannie’s and Freddie’s shares lost 22 per ...
    2008-08-19 04:44:00
  • No relief for those who play economy safe (Daily Press)

    Some say taxpayers who have been saving are punished by Washington. Some say taxpayers who have been saving are punished by Washington.
    2008-08-19 07:14:14
  • Zopa pushes US incentives programme (Finextra)

    Zopa, the social finance pioneer, already offers the only loan that gives borrowers the power to reduce - even eliminate - their monthly payments. ...
    2008-08-19 07:41:50
  • Rates may not have peaked: Kamath (Express India)

    ICICI Bank managing director and CEO, KV Kamath, has not ruled out the possibility of interest rates going up in the immediate run and said that the rates may not have peaked yet.
    2008-08-19 02:56:17
  • Hero Honda hikes prices (Express India)

    Reeling under high input cost, the country's largest two-wheeler manufacturer Hero Honda said that it has hiked the prices of vehi-cles across models by up to Rs 1,500.
    2008-08-19 02:56:36
  • How the Housing Law Affects Reverse Mortgages - US News and World Report

    Here's how the new law affects reverse mortgages and what you still need to be wary of. Instant cash— with strings . A reverse mortgage is a loan against your home if you're generally age 62 and over that doesn't have to be paid back as long as you ...
    2008-08-18 01:00:00
  • Mortgage Marketing - Colleyville Courier

    Direct mail mortgage postcards view samples w/ proven results. Increase loan production by regularly touching past borrowers, new clients, Realtors and financial professionals with newsletters that help increase repeat and referral business. As a ...
    2008-08-18 09:06:00
  • Inflation Worries The Fed - Forbes

    Two Fed officials were screaming like hawks on Tuesday as wholesale inflation hit a 10-year high. Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, had a lot to say about inflation when he spoke in Aspen, Colo. Tuesday morning. He said ...
    2008-08-19 12:37:00
  • Mortgage Newsletter - Colleyville Courier

    http://JustClickLocal.com/ Mortgage Marketing With Our Network Mortgage companies use Loanbright's PPC Ad Network to drive targeted traffic to their websites by promoting their latest rates across a variety of mortgage and real estate portals. Mike ...
    2008-08-19 03:29:00