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  • FarmOnline (Queensland Country Life)

    Families will be reimbursed about half the cost of annual dental check-ups for teenagers under a $360 million federal government program.
    2008-03-01 10:16:13
  • The Jump-Start That Hasn’t Started (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    Whatever became of the much-ballyhooed Fed rally?.
    2008-03-01 10:40:15
  • National do-not-call list scrutinized

    Baltimore Sun - I still get mortgage-refinance calls almost daily," Smedile says, ticking off the list of intrusions he gets from financial firms and other, more mysterious outfits.
    2008-03-01 04:01:00
  • Fed officials: Housing crisis critical

    CNN Money - He also said that as borrowers shy away from risky subprime loans, they should instead look into FHA loans - home mortgages that allows for a purchase or refinance with a low down payment.
    2008-02-29 09:24:00
  • Moody's cuts MF Global's issuer rating

    Boston Globe - The ratings cut also was partially the result of MF Global being unable to refinance $1.4 billion in bridge loans with permanent long-term capital.
    2008-02-29 05:00:00
  • UPDATE 1-US' Paulson says opposes gov't housing 'bailout'

    Reuters - ... Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and House of Representatives' Financial Service Committee Chairman Barney Frank of Massachusetts -- have offered proposals that would use government funds to either buy or help refinance ...
    2008-02-29 06:04:00
  • Memorial Health Systems scrambling to refinance more than 90 percent ...

    Colorado Springs Gazette - Memorial Health System is scrambling to refinance $272 million in bonds, more than 90 percent of its debt, to curb sharply higher interest payments triggered by the national sub-prime mortgage meltdown. The rates Memorial pays on so-called auction ...
    2008-02-27 03:53:00
  • Thailand To Refinance Overseas Debt, Sell Special Baht Bonds

    FXStreet.com - BANGKOK -(Dow Jones)- Thailand's Finance Ministry will urge state agencies and enterprises to refinance $3 billion of foreign debts as part of a range of measures to ease appreciation pressure on the baht following removal of the controls on short ...
    2008-02-29 04:38:00
  • Pudong to Refinance 32 Bln Yuan, Lower Than Rumored 40 Bln Yuan

    Blackenterprise.com - Pudong to refinance 32 bln yuan, lower than rumored 40 bln yuan BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., part owned by Citigroup Inc, confirmed in an overnight meeting on Wednesday that it plans to sell no more than 800 ...
    2008-02-29 05:43:00
  • More families feeling mortgage squeeze

    Connecticut Post - We'll refinance. They can add another year. Just work with us." Instead, the Wheeler's calls get routed to representative of their company in India with little help.
    2008-03-01 08:58:00
  • A jump in foreclosure-fight resources

    Chicago Tribune - State life raft: Illinois homeowners who are struggling to make mortgage payments might be able to refinance through a new $200 million state fund announced last month.
    2008-03-01 10:49:00
  • Helping homeowners tripped up by mortgage

    San Diego Union-Tribune - Unable to refinance into an affordable loan, he sought out You Walk Away. “I am getting tired of the whole two-job thing,” Zepeda said. “I work at night.
    2008-03-01 08:33:00
  • Australia Wesfarmers to sell US$ 144a bonds-source

    Reuters - SYDNEY, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd (WES.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ) is planning to sell U.S. dollar bonds in the United States' 144a bond market to refinance debt, a market source said on Friday. Roadshows will ...
    2008-02-28 09:14:00
  • Squeeze on BAA could be terminal

    Times Online - The consortium took out big loans to buy BAA and planned to quickly refinance the deal. It could have cut the cost of its borrowings by issuing bonds backed by the future revenues of Heathrow and Gatwick, a common financial process called ...
    2008-03-01 02:38:00
  • Second-mortgage issues join resetting rates for 1-2 punch

    Chicago Tribune - That's what the Bush administration says, seconded by executives of major banks, mortgage firms and Wall Street investors. But at the point where homeowners seek to refinance out of unfavorable loans or modify mortgage terms things may look different ...
    2008-03-01 10:49:00