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  • Cyprus, Malta celebrate euro adoption (People's Daily)

    Mediterranean countries Cyprus and Malta on Tuesday embraced the euro as their new legal tender with outdoor celebrations, with the adoption bringing the number of countries using the currency to fifteen. At a midnight ceremony held ...
    2008-01-01 06:10:07
  • How Will Wal-Mart's Scorecard Impact You? (Packaging OnLine)

    With Feb. 1 as the official launch date of the Wal-Mart packaging scorecard looming, packaging companies across the country still have many questions.
    2008-01-01 06:26:57
  • Cheapest Stocks Since 1974 Make Phone Shares Cheaper (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

    Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The steepest yearend slump in global stocks since 2000 left equities with the cheapest valuations in more than 30 years as inflation accelerated and the U.S. economy showed signs of slowing.
    2008-01-01 06:27:52
  • Australian, New Zealand Dollars Gain on Yield Spread Over U.S. (Bloomberg.com)

    Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian and New Zealand dollars gained on speculation investors were attracted to the yield premium available on the countries' government bonds.
    2008-01-01 06:30:03
  • In the Land of Many Ifs (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    Plunging housing prices and soaring oil costs have provoked gloomy talk of a possible recession. Yet the economy has kept growing. How much longer can the expansion carry on? How much longer can the expansion carry on? .
    2008-01-01 06:37:49
  • 2007 Was Unpredictable, but Let’s Brave 2008 Anyway (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    Like baseball or the weather, the economy can be a difficult thing to predict. Nonetheless, here’s a sampling of what economists expect for 2008. .
    2008-01-01 06:37:50
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-01-02 02:15 GMT: SKorean shares open lower on Wall Street's decline - UPDATE (Interactive Investor)

    SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korean shares opened lower Wednesday on Wall Street's recent weakness and ongoing concerns about the health of the world's largest economy.
    2008-01-01 06:42:58
  • Dollar Trades Near Three-Week Low Before U.S. Factory Report (Bloomberg.com)

    Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar traded near a three-week low against the yen before a U.S. report that may show manufacturing grew at the slowest pace in 11 months, suggesting a housing slump is spreading to other parts of the economy.
    2008-01-01 06:43:59
  • Hardware Sony Exits and Concedes Rear-projection Market to DLP

    DailyTech - But if you want a 70" screen without having to take out another mortgage it's your only option. LCD's are thin, use less power ... Yeah Sony had some good tech, but it was years behind DLP (especially in failure rates). At the end of the day, TI sold ...
    2007-12-26 03:56:00
  • Disaster President Made

    OpEdNews.com - In this post, I compare his hearing testimony and ... of 2007 will coincide with rising interest rates, rising oil prices and rising bankruptcies. That's what happens when you owe more than your home is worth ~ and you probably have a second mortgage ...
    2007-12-30 11:23:00
  • Housing troubles expected to worsen

    Albuquerque Tribune - That would compare with a 66 percent plunge in housing construction during the 1980s slump, a period when mortgage rates hit double-digit levels, and a 36 percent fall in construction during the 1990-91 housing downturn. David Seiders, the home ...
    2007-12-31 06:39:00
  • US market burns Kiwi investors

    Stuff - Uncertainty in financial markets, triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis, has ... But the portfolio manager continued to believe that market-wide default rates for ... The Fortress losses in the US financial markets compare with about $1.5 billion of ...
    2008-01-01 07:50:00
  • Dealing with 2007 debt

    News.com.au - Read fine print before getting a new card or loan Calculator: Compare credit cards ... commentary and speculation regarding what the US subprime crisis means for mortgage ... The rates range from 19.99 per cent under the ANZ Bank's Rewards Visa product, to ...
    2008-01-01 04:54:00
  • State refinery isn't realistic - Bismarck Tribune

    State refinery isn't realisticBismarck Tribune,  USA - Dec 26, 2007You quote it makes 7.8 million in purchases annually Compare that to purchases a refinery makes annually (60000 BOPD x $75 a barrel x 365 days a year ...
    2007-12-26 10:13:10
  • TWENTY TAX TIPS FOR YEAR-END 2007 - Gather.com

    TWENTY TAX TIPS FOR YEAR-END 2007Gather.com, MA - Dec 27, 2007If you lowered your mortgage interest rate in the past year, you may now have a lower-interest deduction. Also, if you used any of the proceeds for ...
    2007-12-27 01:46:11