Finance
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Rates on 30-year mortgages unchanged but other rates drop
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages were unchanged this week but other rates showed declines. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year fixe...
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Fed's Kohn: Investment firms need 'regulatory attention'
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One more reason you should saveApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For years I've been telling my kids they better take care of me in my old age. "Mommy, can we go to McDonald's?" one of them might ask. "Do you promise to ...
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Chinese banks seek U.S. branchesApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Major Chinese banks are racing to open branches across the United States, but they are unlikely to make much money from them any time soon. The banks, once i...
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Younger workers see retirement out of reachApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK-- Baby boomers say they are worried about achieving a comfortable retirement, but a new study suggests Generation X is even more pessimistic. More than two-thir...
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Insightful book tackles secret topic of financesApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cyndi Lauper is right when she sings, money changes everything. The abundance or lack of it does change everything. But if money is so important why do so ...
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Economist's report says tax rebates could be ticket to summer vacationApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- For many Americans, those tax rebate checks meant to stimulate the economy will be coming just in time -- for a vacation. The centerpiece of Presiden...
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Here's a surprise: Sex, money linked in brain
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Credit cards often make spending too easyApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- There is no question that the federal government plus many lenders and financial professionals shoulder a lot of the blame for our current economic crisis....
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Health-care issue shouldn't be dismissed by the insuredMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Maria Gomez knows firsthand the devastation that can hit families who don't have health insurance. Gomez is chief executive officer of Mary's Center for Ma...