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    News.com.au - JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called for closer cooperation with China as he wrapped up a four-day visit in which ... MORE interest rate rises, inflated energy costs and continuing share market volatility are tipped to cloud the investment ...
    2008-01-05 04:53:00
  • Expert predict the Welsh housing market for 2008

    IC Wales - Interest rate rises, the Northern Rock crisis, American sub-prime calamities, the credit squeeze – all have in some way or another impacted on the confidence of people involved or thinking about coming involved. But have all these factors, which ...
    2008-01-05 12:36:00
  • Lender to students faces claims of discrimination

    St. Petersburg Times - In September 2003 it awarded her a $14,276 loan, "which she later found out contained a 6 percent supplemental fee" on top of the regular interest rate of 5.5 percent above prime rate, or 13.25 percent, according to the lawsuit. Her debt has since ...
    2008-01-04 09:08:00
  • 2008 prognosticators show existing home sales going up

    Atlanta Journal Constitution - Real estate sales should benefit from this. Banks typically base their prime interest rate on this federal funds rate plus 3 percent, bringing the prime down to 7.25 percent. Lowering the prime rate tends to lower overall borrowing costs and encourage ...
    2008-01-05 05:50:00
  • BJP to launch kisan yatra in M'rashtra

    Daily Pioneer - Despite the package announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, suicides are continuing in the region. This shows that the UPA Government's policy for farmers have failed," party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said. Besides Javadekar, the entire State ...
    2008-01-05 04:17:00
  • Struggle for working families

    News.com.au - Home loan interest rates and petrol prices. As 2008 gets under way, these are the two ... The National Australia Bank's decision on Thursday to raise its variable rate by ... With figures like that, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's struggling "working families ...
    2008-01-05 05:50:00
  • Queenslanders still spending up

    News.com.au - BIG-SPENDING Queenslanders are defying fears of interest rate and fuel rises, amid expectations that their state will enjoy a ... said his confidence in the state's economy was tempered by possible complications from the collapse of the sub-prime ...
    2008-01-05 06:12:00
  • Indices on new peaks in the first week of 2008

    Daily Pioneer - ... rates by half a per cent to boost investment and consumption so that the economy can be sustained on a high growth rate. The ... about to start announcing Q3 results from January 11 onwards coupled with Chidambaram's advice to banks to bring down interest ...
    2008-01-05 05:22:00
  • 'Hair-Trigger Repricing' Complaints Said on Rise - American Banker (subscription)

    'Hair-Trigger Repricing' Complaints Said on RiseAmerican Banker (subscription), NY - 10 hours agoThe default rates typically are set at the prime interest rate — currently 7.25% — and an added percentage of up to 25%. But issuers can jack rates much ...
    2008-01-04 09:57:50
  • Lender to students faces claims of discrimination - St. Petersburg Times

    Lender to students faces claims of discriminationSt. Petersburg Times, FL - 9 hours agoIn testimony before Congress, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said some lenders assign schools an interest rate range based on their overall loan ...
    2008-01-04 10:19:15
  • GOP to blame for subprime crisis - Chicago Daily Herald

    GOP to blame for subprime crisisChicago Daily Herald, IL - 9 hours agoBanks take your money and give you interest. They are able to pay interest by finding people that they loan your money to. The interest they charge is ...
    2008-01-04 10:32:31
  • Job slump latest omen of recession - Los Angeles Times

    Job slump latest omen of recessionLos Angeles Times, CA - 7 hours agoThe Fed has already reacted to the signs of economic slowdown and fallout from the sub-prime mess by cutting its benchmark interest rate by a full ...
    2008-01-05 12:00:41
  • Queenslanders keep spending up - Courier Mail

    Queenslanders keep spending upCourier Mail, Australia - 2 hours agoBIG-SPENDING Queenslanders are defying fears of interest rate and fuel rises, amid expectations that their state will enjoy a bulletproof 2008. ...
    2008-01-05 05:10:39
  • AM, Sat 5th Jan - Credit crunch good for buy to let - Landlord Expert

    AM, Sat 5th Jan - Credit crunch good for buy to letLandlord Expert, UK - 2 hours agoThe cost of variable rate Buy to Let Mortgages may fall as a result of a fresh interest rate cut, following the publication of data showing a slowdown in UK ...
    2008-01-05 05:40:56
  • 2008 prognosticators show existing home sales going up - Atlanta Journal Constitution

    2008 prognosticators show existing home sales going upAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - 1 hour agoBanks typically base their prime interest rate on this federal funds rate plus 3 percent, bringing the prime down to 7.25 percent. Lowering the prime rate ...
    2008-01-05 06:02:03