Don’t Put Away That Yawn-o-Meter Just Yet
IT’S August. It’s time for a doldrums check. The price of an ounce of gold, which has risen 60 percent since the end of 2000, is up just 1.7 percent this year.
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Euro banks halt trading in some mortgage bonds (CNN Money) Growing unease among investors has driven banks in Europe to temporarily suspend trading of covered bonds, the latest sign of the deepening problems in the mortgage debt market.read more...
Tour shows off restored homes in city neighborhood Photo Gallery click to enlarge Will Davies, 23, and his golden retriever "Sunny" Jasmine Gehris/Tribune-Review click to enlarge Detail work from the floors Jasmine Gehris/Tribune-Review click to enlarge The ...read
Paulson wants mortgage help for large groups (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, convinced individual workouts will not solve a worsening mortgage crisis, is pressing the industry to help large groups of borrowers qualify for more affordable loans.read
Same-sex marriage tops list before voters Texans will cast ballots Nov. 8 on nine proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, only one of which has received much attention or scrutiny: Proposition 2, which would prohibit same-sex
Business Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to pay nearly $700 million to settle a majority of legal claims that labels on its anti-psychosis drug Zyprexa had failed to provide adequate
Home Improvement Hot Despite the slow economy, metro-Detroit homeowners continue to invest in their homes.read more...