Gravel tax may boost building costs (Reg Req’d)
About 80 railroad cars loaded with gravel rumble out of Anchorage Sand & Gravel’s 500-acre pit off the Glenn Highway each day.
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Local Landlords Are Moving Into Faraway Markets to Cash In Even as the market for single-family homes dampens in much of the U.S., individual real-estate investors are seeking out profits by snapping up rental properties far from their home markets.read
Marketing, Customer Service Strategies for Dean Saunders' Businesses Want to sound like a knowledgeable collector? Use an unfamiliar term, like "matsu-no-ke" (pronounced "mat-sue-no-kay"). It is the name of a special type of three-dimensional hand-applied glass decoration. Stevens &
Labor Ready Rolls Up Its Sleeves The nation's largest provider of day laborers faces profit pressure as the construction boom slows The day begins early at Labor Ready Inc.Commentread more...
UK mortgage lending soars to near two-year high (New Ratings) LONDON, August 18 (newratings.com) ? Underlying net mortgage lending in the UK rose to a near two-year high in July, according to data published by the British Bankers Association (BBA).read
Fitch Downgrades $14M in Mortgage Bonds (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Fitch Ratings downgraded $13.8 million in mortgage bonds sold by JPMorgan Chase & Co., the ratings agency said Friday. Fitch affirmed its rating on one class of bonds backed
How mutual fund distributions work Federal regulations require the distribution of most income and capital gains, says Dr. Don.read more...