Personal Expression Gets a New Room
A bath-industry show features a throne toilet and a self-cleaning shower.
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Analysis Questions Lenders' Practices As record numbers of homeowners default on their mortgages, questionable practices among lenders are coming to light in bankruptcy courts, leading some legal specialists to contend that companies instigating foreclosures
Mortgage exit fees on scrapheap (BBC News) Mortgage lenders are scrapping exit charges, levied when a loan is paid off, after pressure from watchdogs.read more...
Buckling under the weight "Often people have debts to doctors, lawyers, dentists, hospitals that need to be paid off, too." Consumers struggling to keep up with higher gas prices and other rising household
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Malik ousted from credit union Vancouver businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik has been removed from the board of Khalsa Credit Union by government regulators because he has "terrorist connections" and provided false or misleading information at
Stocks Mostly Higher After Spending Data Stocks traded mostly higher Friday amid falling oil prices and news of a slowdown in personal spending that helped soothe investors concerns about higher interest rates.read more...