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Global banking regulation shake up needed to prevent second credit ... - Forbes
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - A major shake-up in banking regulation is needed to prevent a re-run of the credit crunch, including reforms to bankruptcy laws and the global regulatory structure, a leading think tank said on Friday. The National ...
2008-05-01 05:10:00 -
Gordon Brown faces new 10p tax rebellion - Times Online
GORDON BROWN was warned last night that he faced a second election disaster unless he made further concessions in the row over the abolition of the 10p income tax band. In the wake of Labour’s worst local election performance in 40 years and Boris ...
2008-05-03 01:41:00 -
A growing investment in agricultural land - Times Online
Are you hankering after a taste of the Good Life? You are not the only one. So-called lifestyle farmers - City traders and investors who use their wealth to pursue agriculture as a hobby - bought more arable and grazing land than career farmers last ...
2008-05-03 03:57:00 -
Bush says administration 'clear and candid' on economy - San Diego Union-Tribune
CRAWFORD, Texas – President Bush, defending his record and his rhetoric, said Saturday that his administration has been “clear and candid” about the nation's economy. “We saw the economic slowdown coming, we were up front about these concerns ...
2008-05-03 12:36:00 -
A question of money with Diana Wright - Times Online
GC writes: Since we moved into our home 10 years ago we have had our mortgage with Newcastle building society. Around mid-2003 I noticed £1.50 a month on my statement, listed as family legal cover. I was told “it was added to our account unless we ...
2008-05-03 02:23:00 -
Q-C shops get ready for rebate check rush - Quad-Cities Times
Consider for a moment how much money you are paying off on your principal on your house loan. If you have not been in your home long then you are paying most of your mortgage payment to interest on the loan. If you are only paying $50.00 per month ...
2008-05-03 12:29:00 -
Refinance Your Auto Loan and Ease a Tight Budget (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Living from paycheck to paycheck can be very stressful when unexpected emergency situations happen. You have to squeeze some extra money out of your budget, but where is it going to come from?
2008-05-03 02:14:27 -
Former President Carter to help build homes along Gulf Coast (KATC 3 Lafayette)
MOBILE, Ala. -- Sixteen-year-old Trevon Skinner takes a break from pounding nails into a new Gulf Coast home and waves the hammer over his head during a big stretch, unaware that his...
2008-05-03 02:20:36 -
The Answer Man (Soccer365)
Arsene Wenger has admitted that Arsenal consciously avoided spending big money on the team to help fund the build of the Emirates Stadium.
2008-05-03 02:43:51 -
Berkshire's Moody's Stake No Conflict, Buffett Says (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway Inc .'s ownership of almost 20 percent of ratings firm Moody's Corp. poses no conflict with his company's municipal bond insurance business.
2008-05-03 02:48:22 -
Wenger: Emirates swallowed up '04 transfer kitty (ESPN Soccernet.com)
Arsene Wenger accepts Arsenal paid a heavy price for not building on their 'Invincibles' squad of four seasons ago - but is in no doubt the future is bright for the Emirates Stadium club.
2008-05-03 03:36:30 -
The Case for a Newer Deal (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A New Financial Deal, which may follow this financial crisis, should included the dreaded “R” word — regulation — starting in the mortgage market.
2008-05-03 03:37:03 -
Hamish Mcrae: We feel poorer and resentful about tax, so the election should vanish over the horizon (Independent)
Go to the wire, Mr Brown. This is not a comment on the local elections last week or indeed the business about the London Mayor. It is simply that there has been mounting evidence in the past week that 2009 will not be a bundle of fun. Accordingly, the best chance the Government has of persuading voters to give it another term is to hope that by the summer of 2010 there will be a clear economic ...
2008-05-03 04:15:24 -
Bank cuts through the mortgage gloom - This is Money
One of the Big Five banks is cutting interest rates on some new home loans in a dramatic reversal of the mortgage squeeze. Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns NatWest, announced a reduction of up to 0.3% on fixed-rate deals at a time when the market ...
2008-04-29 05:56:00 -
ANZ and National increase mortgage rates - NZCity
ANZ and National Bank have again led the charge in increasing mortgage rates. The two banks variable rates have gone up to 10.95 percent, a quarter of a percent rise. The jointly-owned Australian banks have ignored the signals of the Reserve Bank ...
2008-05-01 05:53:00