Greenspan Issues a Warning
Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned of the risk of trade and budget deficits.
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Toll Brothers preliminary 2Q sales fall 30 percent "So far we're very happy where we are, but it's not ruled out." Investors scouring for hints of a housing revival won't find much in the second-quarter preliminary sales
Mortgage rates climb to 15-month high (The Arizona Republic) WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages rose this week to the highest level in 15 months while one-year adjustable rate mortgages climbed to the highest level in 4 1/2 years.
Loan shark who charged victims 8,000% interest jailed A LOAN shark who preyed on the sick, poor and vulnerable, sometimes charging them up to 8,000 per cent in interest, was jailed for nearly four years yesterday.read more...
Discount brokers: Getting what you pay for? The traditional 6 percent fee has been slashed by some, but is this being penny-wise and pound-foolish?read more...
Mortgage Foreclosures (The Ledger) Mortgage foreclosures filed with the civil division of the Circuit Court for March 17-24, 2005. Names in bold are the subject of, or have an interest in, the foreclosure action.
No Playroom? No Problem. Here are 10 toy-management strategies suggested by Washington area child development specialists Barbara Strom Thompson and Amy Lear White and by Parents magazine home editor Susan Leaderman: read more...