Why Galveston is Booming As a Gulf Coast Vacation Spot
Despite erosion and hurricane risk the island has become one of the hottest second-home markets in the U.S.
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Rincon tribe building its first fire station Construction workers this week began to assemble the angular metal skeleton of the Rincon Indian Reservation's first fire station.read more...
College campuses go green Going green to shape a world where energy sources, homes and most material goods would be earth friendly is spreading through colleges like kudzu vine.read more...
Nomura to exit US mortgage business, post big loss (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) TOKYO, Oct 15 - Nomura Holdings , Japan's largest brokerage, said it would pull out of the U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities market and cut its U.S. work force by about
House rejects bailout plan Sep 29 - The House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion bailout plan by a vote of 228 to 205.read more...
Modern Pride in Historic Holmes Run Acres Residents of the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood think it's a notable place. Now they have the historic designation to prove it. read more...
Royal, BMO hike mortgage rates for six-month, one-year, two-year terms (Canadian Business) TORONTO (CP) - RBC Royal Bank (TSX:RY) and Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) are raising short-term mortgage rates Tuesday while leaving longer-term rates unchanged, the banks announced Monday.read more...
July 16th, 2007
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