Home Depot buys Yardbirds
The home-grown Yardbirds Home Center has been gobbled up by a national chain – Atlanta-based “big box” retailer The Home Depot Inc.
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Plumbing contractor fined for collapse A Republic-based plumbing contractor has been cited and fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violations related to a trench collapse at a home construction site May 24
DA staffer's conduct probed A probe of mortgage and bank fraud in the city's Greek immigrant community triggered separate corruption inquiries into the conduct of an investigator on the staff of Manhattan District Attorney
30-Year Mortgage Rates Spike to 3-and-a-Half Year High (Fox News) Due to inflation worries in financial markets, rates jump to highest level since 2002, according to Mortgage giant Freddie Mac.read more...
Shares in U.S. mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie fall on renewed bailout fears Whether or not the U.S. government is actually on the verge of taking over mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, investor fears that a bailout is imminent could
For second week, mortgage rates decline (Philadelphia Daily News) WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages dipped slightly this week, the second decline after five weeks of increases. The mortgage company Freddie Mac reported yesterday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged
MetLife unit buys First Horizon mortgage business (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A subsidiary of MetLife Inc. on Wednesday said it will buy the residential mortgage business of a unit of First Horizon National Corp., including more than 230 retail and