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  • AMERISAFE Announces Preliminary Unaudited 2007 Results - Insurance News Net (press release)

    AMERISAFE Announces Preliminary Unaudited 2007 ResultsInsurance News Net (press release), PA - 2 hours agoGiven the events in the subprime mortgage market that began late last spring and the related, more recent announcements regarding companies that provide ...
    2008-02-08 08:16:17
  • 30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall to 4-Year Low - VillageSoup Belfast

    30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall to 4-Year LowVillageSoup Belfast,  USA - 1 hour ago... fourth straight week, landing at their lowest level in nearly four years. Economists say mortgage rates averaged 5.48 percent for the week ended Jan. ...
    2008-02-08 08:22:57
  • HOUSING: CHMC predicts starts to fall slightly, average house ... - Alberta Index

    HOUSING: CHMC predicts starts to fall slightly, average house ...Alberta Index, Canada - 1 hour ago... Canada continues to experience robust employment levels, ongoing income gains and low mortgage rates,” said Bob Dugan, Chief Economist for CMHC. ...
    2008-02-08 08:26:50
  • Canada's jobless rate drops - Forbes

    Canada's jobless rate dropsForbes, NY - 1 hour agoCanada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported that moderate mortgage rates, solid employment, income growth and consumer confidence fueled a rise in housing ...
    2008-02-08 08:37:49
  • Housing starts soar 20 percent in January - Times Colonist

    Housing starts soar 20 percent in JanuaryTimes Colonist, Canada - 1 hour agoThat more than offset a dip in rural starts, at an estimated an annual rate of 33200 units from 33300 in December. "Historically low mortgage rates, ...
    2008-02-08 08:38:36
  • Canada's jobless rate drops - FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market

    Canada's jobless rate dropsFXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market, Spain - 1 hour agoCanada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported that moderate mortgage rates, solid employment, income growth and consumer confidence fueled a rise in housing ...
    2008-02-08 08:39:03
  • Real Estate and Development Even lower housing prices in 2010 ... - In Business Las Vegas

    Real Estate and Development Even lower housing prices in 2010 ...In Business Las Vegas, NV - 1 hour agoEven though mortgage rates will decline, the group does not expect a big pickup in refinancing because of tighter lending standards and because home prices ...
    2008-02-08 08:49:36
  • Cash management: pulling through the US sub-prime crisis - Global Pensions

    Cash management: pulling through the US sub-prime crisisGlobal Pensions, UK - 1 hour agoJoanna Cound: The US sub-prime mortgage market crisis caused a widespread liquidity crunch in the commercial paper market beginning in July 2007 and has yet ...
    2008-02-08 09:15:57
  • How Declining Markets Boost Returns - Motley Fool

    How Declining Markets Boost ReturnsMotley Fool - 58 minutes agoOne-time mortgage highflier New Century Financial was forced to file for bankruptcy. Recently, rumors were flying that Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC) was ...
    2008-02-08 09:21:15
  • Swan acts to curb bank fees - The Age

    Swan acts to curb bank feesThe Age, Australia - 11 minutes agoThe plan, announced by Treasurer Wayne Swan, is designed to be a tough stance against the banks in the wake of increases in rates that are unrelated to ...
    2008-02-08 10:08:17
  • Pearlman house auction March 8 (Orlando Sentinel)

    Lou Pearlman 's Windermere mansion will go on the auction block on March 8. A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved the auction in Orlando on Thursday. A deal to sell the 16,000-square-foot home last year fell through. The Fisher Auction Co. will handle the auction. More details can be found at fisherauction.com. Pearlman, a former music mogul and boy-band promoter, is in the Orange County Jail, ...
    2008-02-08 06:19:38
  • Business Highlights (Provo Daily Herald)

    Merck fined millions for bribery
    2008-02-08 06:51:18
  • More News (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)

    WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages dipped slightly this week, the fifth decline in the past six weeks. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.67 percent this week, down from 5.68 percent last week.
    2008-02-08 08:03:52
  • Canada's jobless rate drops (The Forex Market)

    TORONTO (AP) - Canada's jobless rate fell to a 33-year-low of 5.8 percent in January, according to government data released Friday, and analysts predict the Canadian economy will remain strong despite the U.S. economic slowdown.
    2008-02-08 08:35:45
  • Housing starts soar 20 percent in January (MSN Money Canada)

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Housing starts rose at a sizzling pace in January in sharp contrast to the situation in the United States, where the foundering housing market is fueling talk of a recession.
    2008-02-08 09:42:20