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Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON—Congress left town for the July 4 recess with a half-baked cake in its legislative oven—one that has huge potential significance for the housing and mortgage markets. The unfinished work is a relief bill designed to rescue...Tags: George Bush, Mortgages, Financial and Business Services, National Government, Property
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What's In The Housing Foreclosure Relief Bill For You? Take A Look
Congress left town for the July Fourth recess with a half-baked cake in its legislative oven — one that has huge potential significance for the housing and mortgage markets. The unfinished work is a major relief bill designed to rescue hundreds of...Tags: George Bush, Mortgages, Financial and Business Services, Laws, National Government
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Briefing - July 4
BOSTON BEER BEGINS TO BOTTLE SAMUEL ADAMS Boston Beer began Samuel Adams bottle production and distribution at its Pennsylvania Brewery in Upper Macungie Township on Thursday, a spokeswoman said Thursday. This is the latest production in the rebirth of...Tags: Mortgages, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Energy KD, Unemployment, Energy
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Stocks Close Mixed in Short Holiday Session
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. The Dow Jones industrial average showed a...Tags: Philosophy, Stock Broking, Economy, Investments, Financial and Business Services
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30-year loan rate declines after 5 weeks of increases
Associated PressRates on 30-year mortgages, which had been rising for five straight weeks, posted a decline this week as signals from the Federal Reserve eased worries about imminent rate increases. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported yesterday that 30-year...Tags: Federal Reserve, Central Bank, Mortgages, Money and Monetary Policy
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Economy's job losses meet expectations
The Swampby Frank James It was a bad news, good news morning for economy watchers. The bad news was that the economy shed 62,000 jobs in June, the sixth straight month in which employers cut their payrolls. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate......Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Job Layoffs, Economy, Unemployment
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Rates on 30-year mortgages drop to 6.35 percent
AP Economics WriterRates on 30-year mortgages, which had been rising for five straight weeks, posted a decline this week as signals from the Federal Reserve eased worries about imminent rate increases. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year...Tags: Federal Reserve, Central Bank, Mortgages, Credit Ratings, Money and Monetary Policy
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Countrywide's Mozilo exits stage a fallen hero
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAngelo R. Mozilo struggled last week to bid farewell to No. 1 home lender Countrywide Financial Corp., the company he led for 39 years only to see it toppled by misadventures in high-risk mortgages. The usually silk-smooth Mozilo garbled words and at one...Tags: Florida, Virginia, Mortgages, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Trials
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IN BRIEF
Four international airlines have agreed to pay $504 million in fines to settle charges they conspired to fleece consumers by driving up cargo shipping prices. Associate U.S. Attorney General Kevin O'Connor called the scam an "international price-fixing...Tags: Transportation, Unemployment, Air Transportation, Air France-KLM, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated
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Dreyfus Fund can be a core growth-value holding
Tribune Media ServicesPlease tell me whether the Dreyfus Fund is worth owning. P.R., via e-mail This previously lackluster fund took a turn for the better in mid-2005 when talented portfolio manager Sean Fitzgibbon of the Dreyfus affiliate The Boston Company took command....Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., General Electric Company, Research, Mutual Funds, Morningstar Incorporated
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