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  • Wall St Wk Ahead:Volatility, thin trade seen due to holiday

    Guardian Unlimited - ... forecast. The expanded outlook will offer more insight on the Fed's view of the economy and the likely path of interest rates. ... Kleintop, of LPL Financial Services, said major market indexes will likely hover around current levels, with recent lows ...
    2007-11-18 09:11:00
  • Pfizer - Current Difficulties and Future Challenges, 2005-2010

    BioPortfolio - 3.1 Pfizer's Current Situation 3.2 Pfizer's History 3.3 Key Personnel 3.4 Areas of Work ... 5.1.1 Hypertension – A Key Area of Interest 5.1.2 Camptosar and Campto – A ... Figure 7.1a, 7.1b, Growth Rates (%) of the Top Ten Pharmaceutical Companies Figure ...
    2007-11-18 01:04:00
  • Which is just right?

    Chicago Tribune - The heaping helping of mortgage that a lender says you're qualified to borrow. Should you put it on your plate? Maybe. Then again ... In DuPage County, where the median home price in September was $348,000, [the typical proportions of debt are] in ...
    2007-11-18 06:19:00
  • Creative pay packages for top officials of subprime mortgage company

    International Herald Tribune - NovaStar, one of the top 20 mortgage businesses in the United States, was about as freewheeling a lender as there was during the recent boom. ... This followed $1.6 million that each earned in 2005 and $1.7 million each took home in ...
    2007-11-18 05:29:00
  • Which is just right? (Chicago Tribune)

    Determining how much house -- and loan -- you can afford defies formulas There it sits, like a big, inviting slice of cake at the all-you-can-eat-buffet: The heaping helping of mortgage that a lender says you're qualified to borrow. Should you put it on your plate?
    2007-11-18 07:00:26
  • Tough to get out of mortgage insurance (Everett Herald)

    Question: We purchased our home in July with a significant down payment, but less than the 20 percent (particularly after closing costs) required to avoid mortgage insurance.
    2007-11-18 12:13:36
  • Savvy savers aren't out of luck; healthy yields can still be found

    Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Conventional wisdom holds that when the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, savers suffer, because rate cuts reduce yields from ... The average rate for a one-year CD last week was 3.61 percent, the lowest this year, according to Bankrate.com. But ...
    2007-11-18 12:14:00
  • DATA SNAP: Euro-Zone Sep Trade Surplus Widens To EUR3.1B

    FXStreet.com - Federal Reserve and cut interest rates. The ECB left its key interest rate on hold at its November monthly policy meeting, and a sharp spike in the October inflation data means it's unlikely to cut rates any time soon. In the first eight months of ...
    2007-11-16 01:56:00
  • Fund expert offers advice on how to evaluate performance

    Seattle Times - You can shop for CD rates on Bankrate.com . Sometimes there are high-interest savings accounts that are as good as money-market funds, and you can also find those at Bankrate.com. You can perhaps put money simply into just a high-yielding savings ...
    2007-11-18 12:14:00
  • Eileen Ambrose: How to make the most of shrinking dollar

    Baltimore Sun - The money market account doesn't pay interest on balances under $10,000. CD rates depend on the currency and term. As of last week none of the Japanese yen CDs paid interest, while the 3-month South African rand CD paid a 7.71 percent annual rate. But ...
    2007-11-18 06:47:00
  • Is an equity accelerator program for you? (Everett Herald)

    A Lake Stevens couple is following a plan that can save them thousands, but experts say the program isn't for everyone.
    2007-11-18 12:14:14
  • Eileen Ambrose: How to make the most of shrinking dollar (Baltimore Sun)

    Supermodel Gisele Bundchen grabbed headlines when she reportedly demanded to be paid in euros instead of dollars. Her spokesman later denied it. Long before that, the greenback had been out of fashion with billionaire Warren E. Buffett, who repeated last month that he remains down on the dollar.
    2007-11-18 12:31:10
  • Fund expert offers advice on how to evaluate performance (Seattle Times)

    Personal-finance author Gail MarksJarvis says investing isn't complicated — if you understand some important definitions and basic principles.
    2007-11-18 12:10:39
  • Savvy savers aren't out of luck; healthy yields can still be found (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Conventional wisdom holds that when the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, savers suffer, because rate cuts reduce yields from certificates of deposit and other conservative investments. But sometimes, conventional wisdom is wrong.
    2007-11-17 11:02:36
  • Stocks Gain on Tech Strength

    CNBC - ... at the open, conflicted over signs that the Fed might not cut interest rates ... outlook, said the economy is headed for a "rough patch" but added that the current ... Henry Paulson said in South Africa that some aspects of the subprime mortgage crisis ...
    2007-11-16 06:50:00