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  • Chinese raise more export taxes and reduce import duties - Mineweb

    Chinese raise more export taxes and reduce import dutiesMineweb, UK - 30 minutes agoA short term surge in Chinese copper buying interest (after a recent depletion of stocks) is helping to support global copper prices.
    2008-01-07 01:29:50
  • ...but when it comes to a mortgage, you might find it cuts the ... - Guardian Unlimited

    ...but when it comes to a mortgage, you might find it cuts the ...Guardian Unlimited, UK - 29 minutes agoThis is because lenders have been hiking up the cost of tracker mortgages during the last few months because Libor - the interest rate at which banks lend ...
    2008-01-07 01:30:49
  • A bottom best-case for '08 housing - Orange County Register

    A bottom best-case for '08 housingOrange County Register, CA - 28 minutes ago"What we need is the Fed to proactively drop interest rates by a full percentage point right now to help those whose adjustable rate loan resets in 2008," ...
    2008-01-07 01:31:32
  • Christmas trading performance revealed - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

    Christmas trading performance revealedNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - 27 minutes agoUntil December's cut, the sector has been faced with five interest rate hikes slowing the market, banks tightening up mortgage lending since last summer's ...
    2008-01-07 01:32:27
  • Daisy Loo back at appeal court - Republic of Botswana

    Daisy Loo back at appeal courtRepublic of Botswana, Botswana - 26 minutes ago... that Daisy Loo be paid the sum of over P21 million together with interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from June 24,2005 to October 10, 2005. ...
    2008-01-07 01:33:15
  • Feldstein Says Recession Odds More Than 50% on Jobs (Update1) - Bloomberg

    Feldstein Says Recession Odds More Than 50% on Jobs (Update1)Bloomberg - 25 minutes agoThe Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rate three times since Sept. 18, to 4.25 percent from 5.25 percent. The next meeting is on Jan. 29-30. ...
    2008-01-07 01:34:26
  • Cities seeking EPA grants - Times Daily (subscription)

    Cities seeking EPA grantsTimes Daily (subscription), AL - 24 minutes agoOnce Florence's industrial center, the recently rezoned Sweetwater Arts and Entertainment District is of particular interest as a major study site if the ...
    2008-01-07 01:35:51
  • Morning business news - Jan 7 - RTE.ie

    Morning business news - Jan 7RTE.ie, Ireland - 22 minutes agoThat is a coded way of saying it is prepared to increase interest rates when the bank meets on Thursday. But experts believe despite the tough talk the bank ...
    2008-01-07 01:37:40
  • National interest rates - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

    National interest ratesSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 21 minutes ago2, based on interest rates and method of compounding for an opening deposit of $25000 or less. Figures in parentheses are annual percentage yields offered ...
    2008-01-07 01:38:18
  • Fed Won't Save Real Estate, Consumer - FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market

    Fed Won't Save Real Estate, ConsumerFXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market, Spain - 21 minutes agoLending standards have risen to a level that is more than enough to nullify the effect of lowered interest rates. According to the Mortgage Bankers ...
    2008-01-07 01:38:30
  • Obama's 'postpartisan' vision met with political skepticism - San Jose Mercury News

    Obama's 'postpartisan' vision met with political skepticismSan Jose Mercury News,  USA - 17 minutes agoThe Republican "revolutionaries" of 1994 could not abolish a Cabinet agency, such as the Education Department, so they settled for slowing the growth rate ...
    2008-01-07 01:42:17
  • Dollar declines, exporters struggle - VietNamNet Bridge

    Dollar declines, exporters struggleVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 17 minutes agoVietNamNet Bridge – Several months ago, banks lured US$ by raising deposit interest rates. Contrarily, they recently cut the interest rates to slow US$ ...
    2008-01-07 01:42:52
  • City Republic: what lies in store if recession comes - Brand Republic (subscription)

    City Republic: what lies in store if recession comesBrand Republic (subscription), UK - 11 minutes agoThe (relatively) fearless FTSE100 inched forwards in early trading Monday (as did Paris and Frankfurt) as they await imminent interest rate decisions on ...
    2008-01-07 01:49:10
  • Brown sidesteps £25bn Northern Rock question - Times Online

    Brown sidesteps £25bn Northern Rock questionTimes Online, UK - 8 minutes agoWith ministers likely to be concerned that any inflationary wage deals might deter the Bank of England from delivering interest rate cuts that would bolster ...
    2008-01-07 01:52:06
  • Oil Prices Fall on US Jobless Concerns - Houston Chronicle

    Oil Prices Fall on US Jobless ConcernsHouston Chronicle, United States - 6 minutes agoLower interest rates weaken the dollar, whose decline has contributed to more expensive oil. But analysts say a recession is seen as much more important to ...
    2008-01-07 01:54:04