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4 Stocks That Took a Hike (The Motley Fool)
Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious.
2008-04-14 12:10:09 -
A decade too late to the punch (Baltimore Examiner)
In the good old days, we used to tell unruly kids, "Pick on somebody your own size." This meant the big kids shouldn't bully the little kids. But, in the modern context, the line's taken on new meaning: The children shouldn't pick on the poor, outnumbered teachers, who have been wondering for years whether anybody out here is on their side.
2008-04-15 12:16:02 -
CEC raises interest rates for deposits (Bucharest Business Week)
CEC announced adjusting passive product interest rates, both for individuals and businesses. According to the bank, for individual savings accounts rates were brought up for the Privilege Account, the CD, and the CD savings book account.
2008-04-15 01:31:00 -
How to invest in bonds (CNN Money)
You count on bonds to be the quiet part of your portfolio, providing steady returns and offsetting the volatility of your stock holdings. Many retired investors count on bonds for regular income. Lately, though, the bond market has been anything but calm. The subprime-mortgage meltdown has roiled the credit markets and slowed the economy. In response, the Federal Reserve has cut short-term ...
2008-04-15 03:07:12 -
M&T Bank Corporation Announces First Quarter Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
M&T Bank Corporation today reported its results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
2008-04-15 05:34:00 -
U.S. Bancorp Reports Net Income for the First Quarter of 2008 (Centre Daily Times)
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB):
2008-04-15 05:47:36 -
UPDATE:UK Darling: Easing Interbank Logjam Key To Housing Market (Nasdaq)
BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Easing the logjam in the U.K.'s interbank money markets, along with the Bank of England's recent interest rate cuts, will provide support for the U.K.'s housing market, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said Tuesday.
2008-04-15 05:53:01 -
Horizon Bancorporation Reports First Quarter Consolidated Earnings (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Horizon Bancorporation, Inc.
2008-04-15 05:56:00 -
Transport costs rise by record 7% as food prices soar at fastest rate for 17 years (Evening Standard)
• Food bills rising fastest since 1991
2008-04-15 06:01:25 -
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.----Commerce Bancshares, Inc. announced earnings of $.89 per share for the three months ended March 31, 2008, an increase of 27.1% compared to $.70 per share in the first quarter of 2007.
2008-04-15 06:02:00 -
ECB concerned over inflation, to re-evaluate financial priorities (Channel NewsAsia)
LONDON : In the Eurozone, rising inflation has led the European Central Bank (ECB) to re-evaluate its financial priorities, while in Britain the government has been accused of not doing enough to prevent it from rising further.
2008-04-15 06:18:10 -
Brown blames banks for the credit crisis as he warns of tough times ahead (Evening Standard)
Gordon Brown was today trying to pin the blame for the economic downturn on financial institutions. At a private meeting at Goldman Sachs in London this afternoon the Prime Minister was due to say that inadequate banking practices are to blame for gloom in the markets.
2008-04-15 06:46:39 -
Bankers weigh in on housing decline (The Morning Call)
Lehigh Valley executives meet at The Morning Call to discuss impact of credit crunch. Lehigh Valley executives meet at The Morning Call to discuss impact of credit crunch.
2008-04-15 03:19:12 -
Top Local Stories (FOX 6 News Birmingham)
Here are the top stories at this hour: Jefferson County is not planning to make a sewer debt payment today, President Bush welcomes Pope Benedict to the US, and a car bomb in Iraq kills 20 and injures many more...
2008-04-15 03:43:37 -
US foreclosure filings jump in March (The Kansas City Star)
The onslaught of homes facing foreclosures has yet to ebb, a research report showed Tuesday, with bank repossessions skyrocketing last month as more troubled homeowners mailed in their keys and walked away.
2008-04-15 04:32:58