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  • Pawtucket seeking property tax payments (The Providence Journal)

    A resolution and legislation is proposed to get financial institutions to pay taxes on foreclosed properties.
    2008-01-07 07:39:02

  • Bush Lauds Economy for Its Resilience

    Washington Post - Final success of this plan will be measured by the number of avoidable foreclosures that are prevented, not by the number of refinancings or modifications with an interest rate freeze," Paulson told the New York Society of Securities Analysts. He ...
    2008-01-07 07:03:00

  • New car sales pass the magical 1,000,000 mark

    News.com.au - NEW car sales cracked the magical one million mark last year, despite a federal election, rising fuel prices and interest rate rises. The Australian automotive market reached the new record of 1,049,982 vehicles last year, an increase of 87,316 or 9 ...
    2008-01-07 03:35:00

  • TREASURIES-Longer-dated bonds rise on jittery stocks

    Reuters - NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Long-dated U.S. Treasuries rose on Monday, as the stock market gyrated on hopes of a bold Federal Reserve interest rate cut and fears of the U.S. economy slipping into recession. Longer-maturity government securities also ...
    2008-01-07 03:06:00

  • Christmas sales data add to UK retail woes

    Financial Times - Retailers have suffered the weakest Christmas sales growth in three years, the British Retail Consortium warns on Tuesday in a survey that could heighten fears of a consumer slowdown ahead of this week’s interest rate decision. The survey follows ...
    2008-01-07 05:22:00

  • Australian dollar lower on US inflation concerns

    News.com.au - THE dollar has opened lower, dropping below $US0.8700 as US inflation concerns reduced prospects of aggressive interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. At 7.00am, the dollar was trading at $US0.8689/91, down from yesterday's close of 0.8730/35 ...
    2008-01-07 04:18:00

  • (Updates to early morning)

    Reuters - NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday as investors scoured the market for beaten-down shares following Friday's plunge as hopes for more interest rate cuts calmed recession fears. Shares of technology bellwethers, including Apple Inc ...
    2008-01-07 03:42:00

  • Treasurer Wayne Swan queries ANZ's large rate increase

    News.com.au - ANZ has hit borrowers with an even bigger interest rate rise than the one served up to National Australia Bank customers last week. The ANZ yesterday lifted its standard variable mortgage rate by 20 basis points to 8.77 per cent, adding $33 to ...
    2008-01-07 12:00:00

  • Wall Street fluctuates on hopes Fed will deliver interest rate cut to ...

    CNBC - NEW YORK - Stocks struggled to rebound Monday as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve will again cut interest rates to ward off a recession but as Wall Street also worried about a resurgence of tensions between the U.S. and Iran ...
    2008-01-07 11:17:00

  • US dollar gains ground ahead of possible interest rate cuts in Europe

    MSN UK News - The U.S. dollar rose across the board Monday as markets pondered whether rising inflation in the euro zone and Britain may bring interest-rate changes later this week. "It's going to be the Bank of England and European Central Bank rate verdicts that ...
    2008-01-07 12:58:00

  • One fifth of banks fail to pass on cut in interest rate to customers

    Times Online - One in five banks has failed to pass on the cut in interest rates to mortgage borrowers after the Bank of England’s reduction of the base rate last month. About 18 of 103 mortgage lenders, including Intelligent Finance, Newcastle Building Society ...
    2008-01-07 01:19:00

  • Australia FinMin warns major banks on rate hikes

    Reuters - CANBERRA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan warned the country's major bankson Tuesday against excessive interest hikes on mortgages after Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ) raised rates ...
    2008-01-07 01:33:00

  • Dollar gains ground ahead of possible interest rate cuts in Europe

    International Herald Tribune - NEW YORK : The dollar rose across the board Monday as markets pondered whether rising inflation in the euro zone and Britain may bring interest-rate changes later this week. "It's going to be the Bank of England and European Central Bank rate ...
    2008-01-07 12:50:00

  • Australian Dollar Falls to Two-Week Low as Rate Rise Bets Cut

    Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar fell to a two- week low after traders reduced bets the central bank will raise its key interest rate in the next year. The currency fell for a second day as the odds on the Reserve Bank of Australia ...
    2008-01-07 02:31:00

  • Interest rate cuts take back seat as central banks make inflation ...

    Times Online - The world’s leading central banks yesterday emphasised their vigilance against inflation in the face of soaring food and energy costs, dampening market hopes of aggressive interest rate cuts in response to financial upheavals. In a hawkish summary ...
    2008-01-07 02:38:00

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