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- Mortgage industry grilled in Washington - 25/07/2008
A key House committee was set to grill home lenders and housing advocates on Friday about mortgage industry efforts to work out affordable loans for troubled homeowners.
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- Get a grip on your work week - 25/07/2008
Joe Burke never has to look for business. "Old clients give us more work while new clients keep rolling in," says Burke, who runs a five-person engineering design firm, KPEngineering, in Lindenhurst, NY. For many small business owners, this is a dream. But for Burke, it's a problem. "The result is grueling 70-hour weeks," he says.
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- Dollar mixed on Friday - 25/07/2008
The dollar was mixed against major currencies on Friday as investor concern over the health of the US economy got fresh legs after watching the Dow tumble on Thursday and existing home sales for June came in at a 10 year low.
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- Wall Street rebounds on economy, oil - 25/07/2008
Stocks bounced back Friday from a steep decline in the previous session, as investors welcomed encouraging reports on new home sales and factory orders.
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- Gas prices slip, nearing $4 - 25/07/2008
Gas prices declined for the 8th straight day, nearing a level not seen in seven weeks, according to a nationwide survey Friday of filling station credit card swipes. Other fuel prices also continued to fall.
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- Foreclosure filings up 120% - 25/07/2008
As foreclosures continue to soar, 220,000 homes were lost to bank repossessions in the second quarter, according to a housing market report Friday issued by RealtyTrac.
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- Stocks set for rise on durable goods - 25/07/2008
Stocks were set to open higher Friday, despite concerns over the housing market, as orders for durable goods unexpectedly rose in June.
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- Tips for minimum wage earners - 24/07/2008
The Federal minimum wage is increasing to $6.55 an hour today. But for most folks facing higher prices on everything from a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas, it's still getting harder to make ends meet.
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- Fannie's new watchdog: All bark? - 24/07/2008
Backers of the housing rescue bill have been trying to reassure skeptics in Congress by pointing to the bill's creation of a new world-class regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But opponents doubt any watchdog will have enough teeth to keep the well-connected mortgage guarantors in line.
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- Qualcomm plays favorites with Nokia - 24/07/2008
It took a small army of lawyers and about $200 million in legal costs, but Qualcomm finally struck a landmark agreement with phone giant Nokia.
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- The oil speculator sideshow - 25/07/2008
Watch out, speculators: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is getting tough on crime. But since, as the CFTC has said, speculation hasn't pushed up prices, the crackdown will benefit its image more than the economy.
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