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  • For-Profit Schools Facing Aid Crunch (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

    A changing lending environment is hurting for-profit colleges but may help students by compelling them to use often-overlooked federal loans
    2008-02-04 05:30:58
  • U.K. Pound Rises as Stocks Advance Spurs Demand for Carry Trade (Bloomberg.com)

    Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. pound rose the most against the dollar in more than a week and climbed versus the euro as a rally in European and Asian stocks spurred demand for higher- yielding currencies.
    2008-02-04 08:53:53
  • North Dakota a haven for home prices (The York Dispatch)

    DAVE KOLPACK BISMARCK, N.D. -- Homeowners in California or Florida may be hurting, but in North Dakota, you can still sell a house for more than you bought it and get a favorable loan, too.
    2008-02-04 08:58:09
  • Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, at the Worshipful Society of International ... (HM Treasury)

    1. It is a pleasure to be here tonight and I am delighted to see so many people from the banking sector present. I'd like to thank Angus MacLennan for the invitation to speak here this evening.
    2008-02-04 11:21:59
  • Yen Falls as Lower Volatility Spurs Demand for Higher Yields (Bloomberg.com)

    Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The yen weakened versus most of the world's other most-actively traded currencies as a decline in volatility prompted investors to purchase higher-yielding assets funded by low-cost loans in Japan.
    2008-02-04 11:29:27
  • Rates on 30-year mortgages rise after 4 straight weekly declines (Daily Journal)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Rates on 30-year mortgages rose for the first time this year after four straight weekly declines.
    2008-02-04 11:31:46
  • Jan 2008

    KELOLAND TV - Fancy second homes on the lake: calculate how much income could be generated from renting such places out to tourists (there ... Knock a couple payments off your mortgage? Save the money? Blasphemy! If we don't buy more iPods and TVs and plastic junk ...
    2008-01-30 03:58:00
  • PRICE OF FOOD SOARS TO ALL-TIME RECORD

    Daily Express - Worryingly, food prices are going up at a time when households are facing crippling rises in energy bills and mortgage ... As I scheme and attempt to calculate a way of paying a months Council Tax arrears, as well as paying a fuel oil bill double ...
    2008-02-04 08:00:00
  • Advisor Makes Public His 'Once a Year' Buy Signal

    PR Newswire - The subprime mortgage problem is evaporating right in front of investors' eyes -- and no one is noticing! Almost overnight ... All stock pricing models essentially contain two numbers: earnings and an interest rate to calculate the present value of ...
    2008-02-04 10:58:00
  • Should investors stay away from equity - Moneycontrol.com

    Should investors stay away from equityMoneycontrol.com, India - 13 hours agoDon’t watch TV channels portraying bloodbath and calculate your losses or gains daily (instead watching Saas Bahu sagas for a change could be a good option) ...
    2008-02-03 10:56:41
  • Is Uncle Sam’s top credit rating at risk of a downgrade? - FinancialWeek (subscription)

    Is Uncle Sam’s top credit rating at risk of a downgrade?FinancialWeek (subscription), NY - 7 hours agoOther factors besides government debt and spending are used to calculate the sovereign ratings, such as US monetary conditions, labor market, and openness ...
    2008-02-04 04:10:50
  • National Taxpayer Advocate to ask Congress for Taxpayer Bill of Rights - Accountingweb.com

    National Taxpayer Advocate to ask Congress for Taxpayer Bill of RightsAccountingweb.com, IN - 4 hours agoThis rule received significant attention in 2007 as homeowners who could not make their mortgage payments lost their homes to foreclosure and stood to ...
    2008-02-04 07:29:20
  • Unwrapping the Stimulus Package: How Does Spending Help? - KOAM-TV

    Unwrapping the Stimulus Package: How Does Spending Help?KOAM-TV, KS - 1 hour agoDepending on its severity, a recession could add 1.6 to 3.5 percentage points to the 2006 poverty level of 12.3 percent, calculate Mr. Schmitt and Mr. Baker ...
    2008-02-04 11:08:10
  • I'll buy your house if you buy mine (Baltimore Sun)

    House swaps are increasingly popular option in slumping housing market Eager to move closer to their grandchildren in Tennessee, retirees Allen and Wilma Sawtelle put their home in the Southwestern Nevada town of Pahrump up for sale in August. They got nowhere. "The market is just dead," Allen Sawtelle said. At their open house, he said, "I think one guy came, and he'd been drinking."
    2008-02-04 12:39:20
  • Advisor Makes Public His 'Once a Year' Buy Signal (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

    Michael McDonald, manager of the Dollar Strategy Global Fund, is publicly releasing the "Once a Year" buy signal issued to subscribers on January 21st. McDonald says, "Our long term indicators were so bullish two weeks ago we had to pull the trigger.
    2008-02-04 08:30:00