Home-improvement stores on front lines of day-laborer issue
Laborers gather on the corner of Utah Avenue South and South Lander Street in hopes of getting hired for the day.
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Construction to begin on new library Michael Hines, manager of Marlin's HEB, presented Beth Mullins, Library Board president, with a check for $7000 during the library's groundbreaking ceremonies.via
Savings rates up a pinch A rising tide of interest rates has not significantly lifted the returns offered to consumers on basic savings accounts, according to a new survey by Bankrate.com. Bankrate's fall 2005 survey
Banks Adjusting Mortgage Loan Rates (donga.com) Banks are modifying their lending rates for mortgage loans by lowering or repealing their prime rates.read more...
Mortgage, credit woes drain earnings at regional banks (Market Watch) A quartet of regional banks reported steep declines in profit on Tuesday as lenders continued to be knocked by turmoil in credit and mortgage markets.
Southbury couple charged with embezzling $250,000 from mortgage lender (Republican-American) SOUTHBURY ? A wife and husband were charged Thursday with conspiring to embezzle about $250,000 from Northeast Mortgage Corp. on Main Street South, police said.read more...
Pending real estate sales dip in October Realtor trade group reports 'modest slowing' in market Tuesday, December 06, 2005 Inman News David Lereah, NAR An index that is a gauge for future home sales dropped 3.2 percent