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  • The way to go (Peter Switzer via Yahoo!7 Finance)

    I'm 55 and have a three-year-old daughter. My husband is younger than me and has a good job. I'm working permanent part-time, but would love to retire to concentrate on more important things. I have approximately $25,000 in super, which I can withdraw if I retire. I'd need to use this to pay some bills and make some house improvements. We have a mortgage of $320,000. I'm unsure of the way to go ...
    2008-01-16 04:20:00
  • Late-breaking letters: Eye on Election 2008 - OCRegister

    Late-breaking letters: Eye on Election 2008OCRegister, CA - 49 minutes agoOn the economy: "we need to freeze the monthly rate on subprime adjustable mortgages"; "the mortgage industry must provide status reports"; "I hope everyone ...
    2008-01-16 06:10:46
  • The stock market has fallen nearly 12% since it reached a record high early last fall...and much of that decline has ... (WTAP-TV)

    That drop, brought on in part by bad news about the mortgage industry, has a lot of investors wondering whether they should sell their stocks.
    2008-01-16 04:36:45
  • A burst bubble may be a boon - Moneyweb

    A burst bubble may be a boonMoneyweb, South Africa - 47 minutes agoMore consumers get better, cheaper insurance or fatter retirement checks because of Wall Street wizardry. But financial innovation is like splitting the ...
    2008-01-16 06:12:06
  • High Flood Risk to Bring Sticker Shock for Natomas Residents - News10.net

    High Flood Risk to Bring Sticker Shock for Natomas ResidentsNews10.net, CA - 45 minutes ago... to an AE designation with new flood maps in December, anyone with a federally backed mortgage will be required to buy standard rate flood insurance. ...
    2008-01-16 06:14:09
  • Leading Article: Private schools need not fear (Independent)

    New guidelines on charitable status issued by the Charity Commission have sent a frisson of fear through Britain's independent schools. In fact, they need not fear. The commission makes it clear that only as a last resort would it act to remove charitable status from any organisation. Indeed, it has given charities a 15-month period before the new law requiring them to show they are of public ...
    2008-01-16 04:56:14
  • Fitch Affirms 172979 MBIA-Insured Issues; Off Rating Watch Negative - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

    Fitch Affirms 172979 MBIA-Insured Issues; Off Rating Watch NegativePR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 33 minutes agoConcurrent with its related rating announcement earlier today on MBIA Insurance Corp. (MBIA), Fitch Ratings has affirmed and removed 172979 bond issues ...
    2008-01-16 06:26:39
  • Where the tax savings are: Detailing deductions - MSNBC

    Where the tax savings are: Detailing deductionsMSNBC - 18 minutes agoOne makes mortgage insurance premiums deductible. But hold off on any celebration. It applies only to 2007. “Also, mortgage insurance premiums are only ...
    2008-01-16 06:41:51
  • Officials Urge New Mexicans To Get Flu Shots (KOAT Albuquerque)

    SANTA FE, N.M. -- The state Department of Health is urging people to get flu shots. The agency says the number of influenza cases in the state is increasing. So far this flu season, 10 people across the state have been hospitalized for the flu, and all of them are back home Wednesday night.
    2008-01-16 05:34:09
  • Mistake On Tax Form Could Cost Calif. Taxpayers (CBS 5 Bay Area)

    The state agency that prints tax forms says a mistake on some of them could cost California taxpayers.
    2008-01-16 05:58:25
  • High Flood Risk to Bring Sticker Shock for Natomas Residents (News10 Sacramento)

    Mandatory flood insurance that will be required by designating the Natomas basin a high risk flood zone could bring annual extra costs of $1,129 for Natomas homeowners.
    2008-01-16 06:20:38
  • Fixed-rate home loans go through the roof (Summit Sun)

    NEARLY one in four borrowers are choosing a fixed-interest home loan in the face of rates rising to their highest in almost a decade - but experts warn they may not be getting the best deal.
    2008-01-16 06:28:16
  • U.S. House Reconvenes – SCHIP Veto Override Vote Expected Next Week (awmanet.org)

    Following its winter break, the U.S. Congress is partially back in business.
    2008-01-16 06:40:46
  • Gov. has not placed New Jersey on a path to stability (Atlanticville)

    Greg Bean's column that appeared on Dec. 26 was right on the mark ("Day of Reckoning Is on the Horizon for Budget"). I would like to add that Gov. Jon Corzine and the lame duck Legislature don't apparently get the message, "the money well has run dry, something realistic must be done.
    2008-01-16 06:44:06
  • Markets slide on recession fears

    BBC Business - Wells Fargo, one of the American largest banks and mortgage lenders, also reported a fall in fourth-quarter profit, the first decline in more than six years. However, analysts said that the JP Morgan and Wells Fargo results showed that banks could ...
    2008-01-16 02:49:00