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No Secrets, No Quick Fixes
About - 52 Minutes ago
The quick and easy trend seems to be getting worse. We want everything reduced to One Rule, and that rule has to be Simple. And as if we weren't having enough trouble dispelling the Inborn Talent myth, Add Comment |
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What's Your Artistic Brand?
About - 52 Minutes ago
A toy sale catalogue arrived in our mailbox today, an I was struck by how everything is branded. You can't just buy a truck - you buy a Transformer. Hannah Montana beams out from kits of craft supplies Add Comment |
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Old books aren't always valuable
Indianapolis Star - 54 Minutes ago
To a bibliophile like myself, all books are valuable. But anyone dealing with values in antiques and collectibles knows that some are far more valuable than others. The trick is in knowing which ones. Add Comment |
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Houseplants get pot-bound; help them out
Indianapolis Star - 54 Minutes ago
Don't forget to tend to houseplants that have become pot-bound. Congested roots impede a plant's ability to take up water and nutrients. Look for roots growing out of the drain hole as a sign of being Add Comment |
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Control your home's humidity
Indianapolis Star - 54 Minutes ago
Question: In summer, my basement floor gets damp. Should we seal it now in hopes of solving the problem before it happens again? Answer: You probably don't want to seal the floor. You will want the moisture Add Comment |
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Fed watch |
Sympathy for Greenspan
The New Nation - 2 Hours ago
J. Bradford DeLong In the circles in which I travel, there is near-universal consensus that America's monetary authorities made three serious mistakes that contributed to and exacerbated the financial Add Comment |
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Rates hinge on Fed exit strategy
Reuters - 11 Hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. interest rates in the second half will likely move on perceptions of how the Federal Reserve handles paring its burgeoning balance sheet and ending emergency funding programs, Add Comment |
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Dour Fed Chatter
Forbes.com - 7/2/2009
Recent talk from Federal Reserve officials goes to show that you really get to know a person once they leave the office. Over the past week a handful of speeches have, in many ways, offered more insight Add Comment |
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Mortgage industry |
The Mortgage Professor
Washington Post - 2 Hours ago
Some of the most difficult questions I receive from readers concern the relationship between making extra mortgage payments and refinancing. I have never been very happy with my answers, and recently Add Comment |
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Mortgage debt down by record 8 billion
24dash.com - 2 Hours ago
Britons reduced their mortgage debt by a record 8.14 billion during the first quarter of the year, figures showed today. Falling house prices and the economic downturn have put people off taking money Add Comment |
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Worst of UK house price falls 'over'
24dash.com - 88 Minutes ago
A Bank of England policymaker and mortgage market expert told MPs today that he believed the worst of the UK house price falls were over. Professor David Miles - author of a Government-commissioned report Add Comment |
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House prices hold steady
Property Week - 4 Hours ago
Rising sales volumes, a dwindling supply of housing and a continued increase in demand are propping up prices, which have remained unchanged for the past two months, Hometrack, the market information Add Comment |
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