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MID-DAY UPDATE: Mixed job indicators, changes to home loan requirements

Mar 2, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department releases its monthly jobs report Friday, but other key job indicators give us a sense of what to expect. Job placement...
Posted In: Health, housing market, job applications, jobless, labor, mid-day update, mortgage, soda, Taxes
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MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Libya causes oil prices to spike; home prices fell in December

Feb 22, 2011
Oil giant Shell has moved all of its foreign workers out of Libya, following a similar move by BP late last week. With protests in Libya escalating...
Posted In: BP, case shiller, home prices, housing market, Libya, mid-day update, Oil, oil industry, oil price, Pittsburgh, protests, Saudi Arabia, Shell, Standard & Poor's, turmoil, unrest
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MID-DAY UPDATE: Mubarak resigns, phasing-out Fannie and Freddie

Feb 11, 2011
Cheers erupted out of Egypt today as Hosni Mubarak stepped down from the presidency, handing over political power to the military. As Alisa Roth...
Posted In: Egypt, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, global economics, housing market, mid-day update, mortgage, Mubarak, protests, resign, U.S. Treasury
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MIDDAY UPDATE: December retail numbers, tax refunds and free college

Jan 14, 2011
December retail numbers saw .6 percent increase according to today's report from the U.S. Commerce Department. Jill Schlesinger of CBS/MoneyWatch...
Posted In: accounting, colleges, Commerce Department, housing market, Jobs, KPMG, mid-day update, Retail, tax refund
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I, renter

Mar 17, 2009
I signed the lease on a new apartment yesterday, and let me tell you, it's a good time to be apartment hunting. My fiancee and I got a great deal...
Posted In: housing market, real estate
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Hamsters with loans

Feb 24, 2009
There's a lot of wheel-spinning when it comes to restructured loans. A bank regulator testified to Congress today that more than half of modified...
Posted In: bailout, housing market, lending
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Neighbor vs Neighbor

Feb 20, 2009
One reason I think the housing bailout is raising so much ire is that it pits Americans against each other. A family on one side of the street...
Posted In: bailout, housing market, lending
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The Countrywide Rap

Feb 19, 2009
Countrywide's reputation is in the toilet, so Bank of America is flushing that name forever. The company will now be called Bank of America Home...
Posted In: bailout, housing market, lending
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The housing plan is out

Feb 18, 2009
President Obama unveiled his plan for the housing market this morning. Here's a detailed article from Bloomberg about the proposal, but I'll also...
Posted In: bailout, housing market, lending

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