October 6th, 2011
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.94 percent this week, the lowest rate ever. For those who can qualify, it’s an […]
Filed under: news, technology by Fred
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October 4th, 2011
Stocks are closing with a late afternoon rally on reports that European officials were working on a plan to prop up the region’s struggling banks.
The […]
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September 29th, 2011
Only about one-third of chief executives of the nation’s largest companies expect to hire or spend more in the next six months, down sharply from […]
Filed under: USA, economics by Fred
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September 28th, 2011
The cost of health insurance for many Americans this year climbed more sharply than in previous years, outstripping any growth in workers’ wages and adding […]
Filed under: UK, business by Fred
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September 21st, 2011
NEW YORK — U.S. prosecutors made new allegations Tuesday in a probe of the Full Tilt Poker website, accusing self-styled “Poker Professor” Howard Lederer and […]
Filed under: management, money by Fred
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September 17th, 2011
Finland’s finance minister said she doesn’t expect the eurozone to resolve a dispute over her country’s demand for collateral for loans to Greece at a […]
Filed under: finance, marketing by Fred
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September 14th, 2011
Going to the coffee shop? Forget your wallet. Just take your mobile phone.
Bank of Montreal customers can now make payments simply by waving their mobile […]
Filed under: business, management by Fred
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September 10th, 2011
The financial leaders of the world’s most developed economies wrangled Friday over how to revive a faltering recovery at a time when interest rates are […]
Filed under: money, news by Fred
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September 5th, 2011
The oil spills from offshore wells operated by ConocoPhillips in China’s Bohai Bay are posing technical and political challenges for the oil company far messier […]
Filed under: USA, legal by Fred
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September 1st, 2011
McBride & Son Homes is nearly halfway through a two-month program with St. Louis building trades unions to offer new homebuyers a rebate of up […]
Filed under: USA, management by Fred
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