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Smooth sailing for yacht builders despite economy 
Los Angeles Times - 3 Hours ago
NEW ORLEANS Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts. The well-heeled buyers of the floating mansions     Add Comment

Need to know: M&S calls on investors ... Centrica secures licences ... Amec  
The Times - 20 Hours ago
The services sector shrank for the second month in a row in June, with its activity falling to the lowest levels since October 2001, the latest CIPS purchasing managers survey showed. Its headline index     Add Comment

Barratt axes 1,000 jobs 
Guardian Unlimited - 20 Hours ago
Barratt Developments closed six offices and culled 1,000 jobs yesterday after the collapse in demand for new homes. Staff were told the housebuilder needed to shed 15% of its 6,500 workforce. Like other
Troubled housebuilder Barratt Developments culls 1,000 jobs Guardian Unlimited
Barratt culls 1,000 jobs Guardian Unlimited
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Official: Abramovich to build cement plant 
UPI - 2 Hours ago
MOSCOW, July 4 (UPI) -- Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich intends to build a $500 million cement plant in the Ural Mountains, a regional official has confirmed. The deputy head of the Perm Territory     Add Comment

Banks order Taylor Wimpey to sell Taywood 
Building - 8 Hours ago
Lenders insist on disposal of housebuilder's construction arm after it fails to raise 500m in capital Taylor Wimpey's banks are demanding a quick sale of its Taylor Woodrow construction arm after it failed     Add Comment

SPECIAL EVENT AND ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION/CLOSURE ACTIVITIES FOR WEEK OF JULY 5-12 
CMD First Source - 10 Hours ago
853 words US States News MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release:SPECIAL EVENT:There will be no Special Events taking place this week.ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION/CLOSURE     Add Comment
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>>   Fed watch
Fed Ponders Private Equity In Banks 
Forbes.com - 15 Hours ago
The U.S. Federal Reserve has already taken several unprecedented steps to assist investment banks, including allowing them to access its short-term lending facilities, collateralize their borrowings with     Add Comment

Fed values Bear Stearns assets at $29bn Download free Congoo NetPass for access
FinancialTimes.com - 14 Hours ago
The Federal Reserve on Thursday confirmed the estimated fair value of assets that were formerly held by Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) at about $29bn, the amount at which it was sold to JPMorgan in March. The
Fed cuts Bear Stearns assets value WA Today.com.au
Fed: Size of Bear Stearns Loan Declined by $1 Billion CNBC
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UPDATE 1-Fed's Bear portfolio shrinks more than $1 bln 
Reuters UK - 18 Hours ago
NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's portfolio of Bear Stearns assets has lost more than $1 billion of its original value, a sign that credit market conditions have worsened in recent months.
Fed's Bear portfolio shrinks more than $1.4b Asiaone
Bear portfolio worth $28.9 billion, down $1.1 billion, Fed says MENAFN
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Weak U.S. Economy A Plus For Wal-Mart 
National Post - 12 Hours ago
When the economy falters, people don't stop spending money, but they might be more likely to spend it at Wal-Mart Inc. (WMT/NYSE). 'We believe Wal-Mart's U. S. business is regaining momentum, particularly
U.S. economy could be weak for some time, Fed's Mishkin Yahoo!
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Euro Still Smarting From Yesterdays Collapse - What Will Fed Do? 
Mena Report - 7 Hours ago
A day after the 200 point collapse EURUSD bulls continued to lick their wounds as the pair tried to consolidate around the 1.5700 level in quiet holiday trade.Talking Points Japanese Yen: Very tight 106.60-106.80     Add Comment

How Will the Federal Reserve Be Reshaped? 
Kiplinger - 8 Hours ago
Either Barack Obama or John McCain will have a big opportunity to shape the Federal Reserve Board. Not only will the next president get to name the next chairman -- because current chief Ben Bernanke's     Add Comment
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>>   Homes related
Barbara Presnell Retreat offers chance to work and enjoy nature 
The Dispatch - 41 Minutes ago
It's been two Saturdays since I got in the car and headed north and then west, through West Virginia, through Kentucky, and settling finally in this Indiana valley called Mt. St. Francis. There's a Franciscan     Add Comment

Our Neighbor: Nellie Tesh 
The Dispatch - 41 Minutes ago
, Nellie Eller Tesh's dear friend Marion Tarkington had urged her to enter the Ms. Senior Davidson County Pageant.And every year, Tesh laughed off her friend's requests."I said no. I told her I just didn't     Add Comment

Croc Dundee to tax authorities: 'Come and get me' 
San Francisco Chronicle - 88 Minutes ago
'Crocodile Dundee' star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion. The 68-year-old
Crocodile Dundee to tax authorities: 'Come and get me' Chicago Tribune
Croc Dundee to taxman: 'Come and get me' Winnipeg Free Press
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Interior investments crucial in stopping the run 
Inside Bay Area - 107 Minutes ago
July 4th, 2008 at 8:56 am in Oakland Raiders. Third in a series of concerns regarding the makeup of the 2008 Raiders with the reporting date approaching on July 24 at the Napa Marriott: During a practice     Add Comment

Thousands Flock To Beaches 
NBC San Diego - 115 Minutes ago
People are hitting beaches around San Diego, including the Silver Strand State Beach in Coronado -- one of the few places beachgoers can legally drink alcohol -- where parking lots are already full.     Add Comment

2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos 
Miami Herald - 2 Hours ago
Jul. 04, 2008 print email AIM The Associated Press DOVER, N.Y. -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted     Add Comment
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>>   Mortgage industry
SBI raises floating home loan rate by 0.5 per cent 
The Hindu - 32 Minutes ago
Mumbai (PTI): The country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday increased floating home loan rate by 0.5 per cent across all tenors with effect from June 27. Home loan up to Rs 30 lakh for 20     Add Comment

House price falls aren't helping first time buyers 
Telegraph - 2 Hours ago
By Edmund Conway, Economics Editor First-time buyers are being frozen out the property market by the credit crunch and cannot snap up the bargain properties for sale, experts have warned. Sharp falls
House price falls could bring buyers back - NEA's Brown This Is Business - East Midlands
First-time buyers could benefit from house price falls Houseladder.co.uk
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Nationwide bucks gloom with mortgage rate cuts 
The Times - 6 Hours ago
Nationwide Building Society today injected some much-needed cheer into the gloomy mortgage market after cutting a number of its home loan deals by more than a quarter of a percentage point. The lender     Add Comment

Disposable income hit hard by rising mortgages and energy bills 
Guardian Unlimited - 13 Hours ago
UK households are 15% worse off than 5 years ago as rising food and oil prices put the squeeze on household incomes, a report out today said. Ernst & Young's annual discretionary income study showed that     Add Comment

Obama defends mortgage rate 
Los Angeles Times - 14 Hours ago
Sweet deals on home loans have gotten a string of Democrats into hot water lately. Among those humbled was James A. Johnson, who was helping vet potential running mates for Sen. Barack Obama until Johnson's     Add Comment

St George top-up leads mortgage escalation 
Sydney Morning Herald - 6 Hours ago
ST GEORGE Bank yesterday added to the pressures on household budgets already strained by rising fuel prices and high home-loan costs with another 'top-up' monthly mortgage repayment increase. Signalling     Add Comment
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>>   Real Estate industry
Real Estate Weekly: Home-eauity-loan woes continue to mount 
MarketWatch - 5 Hours ago
The delinquency rate on home-equity lines of credit rose to its highest in more than a decade during the first quarter, the American Bankers Association said this week. Higher food and gas prices, coupled
Real Estate Weeklies - 44 listings Intelligencer Journal
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Aisi Realty Public pre-lets Brovary Logistics Park development on 10-year lease 
Forbes.com - 13 Hours ago
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Aisi Realty Public Limited said it has signed an agreement with Ukrainian logistics operator UVK, for the pre-letting of the company's commercial development Brovary Logistics     Add Comment

Indian shares firm in opening hour ahead of inflation data; realty stocks rise 
CNBC - 15 Hours ago
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Indian shares were slightly higher in the opening hours of trade on Friday, as investors bought stocks beaten down in yesterday's 4 percent fall, ahead of inflation data to     Add Comment

Rate direction critical in refinancing 
MarketWatch - 20 Hours ago
The reason I ask this is that I am about to refi my mortgage, which is going to switch to an adjustable rate in the next 60 days. I plan to remain in my house for the next10 years. I am looking for an
Direction of interest rates critical factor in refinancing MarketWatch
Realty Q&A: Direction of interest rates critical factor in refinancing MarketWatch
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Govt eyes China's foreign investment 
Sydney Morning Herald - 16 Hours ago
'You will have heard, as I have, a couple of arguments about our approach to Chinese investment - broadly, that we have changed our policy to a more restrictive stance, and furthermore, are slowing down
China simplifies examination on foreign investment in real estate Macro World Investor
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Merger of real estate firms could be big boon for S.A. operations 
San Antonio Business Journal - 7 Hours ago
Subscribe to San Antonio Business Journal Real Estate Roundup San Antonio Business Journal - by Tricia Lynn Silva Related News Romo could nab Starter endorsement [Dallas] Oracle Corp. to buy Skywire
Classes help real estate agents survive Business Journal of Tampa Bay
The Best Real Estate Firm That Will Help You To Buy Turks and Caicos Real Estate  ArticleAddict
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