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October 31st, 2007

Fed Rate Drop, Lowers Credit Card Bill

If you’re carrying credit card debt, your burden may get a little lighter. The Federal Reserve dropped the interest rate on short-term borrowing by a 1/4 percent.

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October 31st, 2007

Genesis Foundation & Home Downpayment Gift Foundation Prevail

Judge Orders A Halt to HUD’s Anti-Homeownership Rule WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/—The Genesis Foundation Inc.

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October 31st, 2007

Consumers May Benefit From Today’s Federal Reserve Interest Rate Cut

Consider consolidating debt; look for lower interest rates on various loans ATLANTA, Oct.

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October 31st, 2007

New assistant DA in state budget

Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen and State Rep. Ann Hraychuck held a news conference Monday at Balsam Lake to announce the recently passed state budget includes money for an additional assistant …

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October 31st, 2007

31.OCT.07 Fix it or build it; $1.6 million for repairs

Fix it or build it; $1.6 million for repairs Gregg Westigard 31.OCT.07 BALSAM LAKE - The issue of what to do with the Polk County highway shop and yard is not new.

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October 31st, 2007

31.OCT.07 A million short and no solutions

A million short and no solutions Gregg Westigard 31.OCT.07 BALSAM LAKE - “This is the core leadership,” Polk County Board Chair Larry Jepsen said at the start of the executive committee meeting Friday, Oct.

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October 31st, 2007

Good News and Bad News for the Bruins

The good news is that Patrice Bergeron will be okay. The bad news is that he won’t be okay for at least another month.

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October 31st, 2007

BAFTA honors Denzel Washington

Few stars can boast the consistency of Denzel Washington. At 52, this year’s Stanley Kubrick Award honoree—to be given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles at tonight’s Britannia …

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October 31st, 2007

ONEOK Announces Third-quarter 2007 Earnings; Raises 2007 Guidance

TULSA, Okla., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/—ONEOK, Inc. announced today third-quarter 2007 net income of $13.9 million, or 13 cents per diluted share, compared with $24.4 million, or 21 cents per diluted …

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October 31st, 2007

Mortgage counselors face skyrocketing workloads amid credit crisis

DENVER _ It was one of Zach Urban’s most trying days as a housing counselor: A woman arrived on his doorstep so distraught over the thought of losing her townhome he feared she might harm herself.

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October 31st, 2007

US Fed cuts interest rates

THE US Federal Reserve announced today it had cut its base federal funds interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.50 per cent to shore up a distressed housing sector and ailing credit markets.

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October 31st, 2007

IAC/InterActiveCorp Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

Thomas J. McInerney – Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Douglas R. Lebda – President, Chief Operating Officer Analysts Justin Post – Merrill Lynch Anthony Noto – Goldman Sachs Jeetil J. Patel – ...

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October 31st, 2007

Data: Odds firm for a Cup mortgage rise

THE chance of a rate rise next week became a near certainty yesterday after another round of robust economic figures and a comment from Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin expressing confidence the world …

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October 31st, 2007

Jekyll and Huck

If it is true that Mike Huckabee has hauled himself close to the first tier of Republican presidential candidates, he is the beneficiary of some blind luck and a fickle media, the same that he loved to hate …

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October 31st, 2007

Civilian detention case reargued in 4th Circuit

RICHMOND, Va.—The en banc 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument Wednesday in a much-watched case that could set limits on presidential power to seize and hold civilians in the name of prosecuting …

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October 31st, 2007

MasterCard 3Q Profit Soars, Shares Climb

Signs for MasterCard and American Express are posted outside a New York parking garage in a file photo from April 26, 2006.

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October 31st, 2007

Time reporting

Since Aug. 1, 1999, interiorscapers have made 3,514,865 hits at INTERIORSCAPE.com! Reads: 21407 Messages: 46 Here’s the scenario: Techs are paid by the hour and time reporting is done on an honour system.

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October 31st, 2007

True Leaders Shine In Tough Times. Get Ready.

Syndicated columnist Walter Lippmann once observed that “the genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.” While people …

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October 31st, 2007

Buckle Up! Next Year will be A Bumpy Ride.

Maybe the best thing economists can say about the 2008 outlook for banks-and it’s not much-is that it won’t be as bad as the third quarter of 2007.

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October 31st, 2007

Can’t withdraw money at ATMs

They have no email address to contact on their website to be contacted. Both of my BoS cards don’t work and now I am stuck here almost penniless and a ruined hoilday with only 100 to last me 3 weeks! Despite …

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October 31st, 2007

Borrowers have rights

The Financial Express Posted online: Thursday , November 01, 2007 at 0044 hrs IST The Indian central bank’s effort to push banks towards fair loan recovery practices in the retail sector, by threatening …

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October 31st, 2007

Surveillance Sanity

Saudi: taking terrorism seriously? Companies that help protect the U.S. against attack deserve immunity from frivolous lawsuits.

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October 31st, 2007

“The Political Battleground of Lending”

With an election year looming, the mortgage industry is fast becoming a battlefield that will put the Hundred Years War to shame.

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October 31st, 2007

Comments: 160-plus users react

Norfolk officials divided on felon’s appointment to city agency NORFOLK The man recently appointed to lead a new anti-crime agency went to prison for manslaughter in the 1970s, committed a series of …

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October 31st, 2007

Business Ethics

Since Aug. 1, 1999, interiorscapers have made 3,514,871 hits at INTERIORSCAPE.com! Reads: 12625 Messages: 91 OK… I’ve been around the block a few times, but there’s not much that ticks me off more than when …

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October 31st, 2007

Wheat Grass source??

Since Aug. 1, 1999, interiorscapers have made 3,514,866 hits at INTERIORSCAPE.com! Reads: 26372 Hi fellow ‘Scapers. Anyone know of a source for sheets of wheat grass? All leads appreciated.

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October 31st, 2007

Claiming a foreign student as a dependent

You cannot claim a person as a dependent unless that person is a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien, U.S. national or a resident of Canada or Mexico for some part of the year, says CPA George Saenz.

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October 31st, 2007

Where do you stand in America’s wealth spectrum?

The financial industry is overtly obsequious toward the rich and oblivious of Americans with modest wealth.

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October 31st, 2007

Interest Rate Roundup

Here’s a look at the state of interest rates on five common consumer banking products and the latest rates from Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts.

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October 31st, 2007

Smart financial strategies after Fed rate cut

Is now the time to buy a car? To go after a home equity line? Lock in a long-term CD?

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October 31st, 2007

Churches help victims of abuse

Efforts put spotlight on domestic violence When Faye Gatlin-Lewis began attending the single parents group at Bible Way Church of Atlas Road four years ago, she had just gotten out of a marriage she described …

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October 31st, 2007

Ranch Focuses on Turning Around Boys

Chestnut Mountain Ranch’s development comes from community support and donations.

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October 31st, 2007

American Consumer Credit Counseling: Lending a Hand in Financial Literacy

American Consumer Credit Counseling , a non-profit organization, enhances financial literacy throughout the Greater Boston area with their Partnership for Advancement of Financial Literacy program.

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October 31st, 2007

Spelling out ways to manage credit

Last week we presented some of the ways consumers can help themselves if they find a need for short-term cash.

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October 31st, 2007

A Shot of Budget Reality

After all these months, what was in the final state budget-and what wasn’t-showed legislators’ contempt for what’s really important to the people of Wisconsin.

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