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  • Lone Star Steakhouse in North Lakeland Closes (The Lakeland Ledger)

    LAKELAND | Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, 3723 U.S. 98 N., served its last meals Sunday. Employees were told the restaurant was closed when they arrived for work Monday.A company spokesman said seven Florida locations were closed, leaving only the Orlando store open in the state.
    2008-02-21 01:45:46
  • MBIA Withdraws From Trade Group (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

    Mortgage insurer MBIA Inc. said Thursday it is withdrawing from the Association of Financial Guaranty Insurers because it no longer shares the views of the trade group.
    2008-02-21 01:48:57
  • Questions And Answers - Thursday 21 February 2008 (Scoop.co.nz)

    1. PETER BROWN (Deputy Leader—NZ First) to the Minister of Immigration: What is the New Zealand Immigration Service’s definition of “good character”?
    2008-02-21 02:12:43
  • Montpelier Re's Grisly New Year (The Motley Fool)

    Amid an already tough market, the reinsurer's earnings plunge.
    2008-02-21 02:12:58
  • House price 'threat' to economy

    BBC News - Speaking in a personal capacity, Ms Barker noted that even if house prices fell by 15%, only 5% of mortgage holders - and thus ... audience that it would be hard for the MPC to take this into account quickly in its monthly deliberations on interest ...
    2008-02-19 01:04:00
  • SBA Communications Corporation Reports 4th Quarter 2007 Results ...

    MSN MoneyCentral - Net interest expense, excluding amortization of deferred financing fees and the ... SBA ended the year with $1.555 billion of commercial mortgage-backed pass-through ... Amounts borrowed under the facility can only be used for the construction or ...
    2008-02-21 12:54:00
  • Gold Futures Rise to Record $958.40 on Inflation Concerns

    Bloomberg - ... jumped 31 percent in 2007 as the Federal Reserve initiated a series of interest-rate ... of Prospector Asset Management in Evanston, Illinois. ``Lowering rates is only ... and billions of dollars in writedowns related to the collapse of subprime- mortgage ...
    2008-02-21 11:00:00
  • New Md. Rules Aim To Aid Those Facing A Risk of Foreclosure Mortgage ...

    Washington Post - ... to renegotiate their mortgages, citing complaints from residents who said they placed calls only to ... them to apply for the state's Bridge to Hope Loan Program, which provides gap loans at no interest to homeowners who are behind on their mortgage ...
    2008-02-20 06:15:00
  • Australian men still earn much more than women

    News.com.au - ... extra income had to stretch to cover higher living costs, rising inflation, interest ... home loan rate of 8.5 per cent, the weekly repayments on a $393,660 mortgage taken ... But assuming only minimum repayments were made each month – say around 3 per ...
    2008-02-21 11:14:00
  • Banks' bitter pill on interest rates

    News.com.au - They're both working full-time and not even meeting the interest payments. "The whole mortgage is $1975 a month. ... I could only buy it by the skin of my teeth. I probably shouldn't have bought it but I did.
    2008-02-20 05:32:00
  • Home loan demand plunges as interest rates rise

    USA Today - AUDIO: Why Interest-only mortgages are risky EXPERT OPINION: Will mortgage rates rise? fall? | Bankrate.com's full rate trend report ... The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications ...
    2008-02-20 07:55:00
  • St George lifts lid on ticking bomb

    News.com.au - For the first time the Sydney-based regional revealed that its captive mortgage ... But that trend is set to change this year as rising interest rates drive up risk ... Kodak All-in-One Printers Save up to 50% on everything you print! Black ink only ...
    2008-02-21 12:54:00
  • MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2008 Preferred ...

    CNBC - NEW YORK, Feb 21, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- MFA Mortgage Investments ... uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those relating to: changes in interest ... All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and MFA ...
    2008-02-21 05:52:00
  • Dundee REIT Posts 7% Increase in Q4 Comparative Net Operating Income (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)

    TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - DUNDEE REIT today posted strong financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2007. Dundee REIT's management team will be holding a conference call to discuss the results on Friday, February 22 at 9:00 a.m. .
    2008-02-21 11:14:16
  • Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)

    Though investors been assured by the Fed that it will lower rates again if necessary, that expectation has not been enough to galvanize their confidence in the stock market and the economy.
    2008-02-21 11:19:37