Health Buzz: Foodborne Illness and Other Health News  Discouraging News on Foodborne Illness Progress has slowed in the fight against foodborne illness since 2004, and none of the government's targets were reached in 2007, according to a new


Bad Credit and Home Refinance (Richfield Reaper)  (ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with


Presidential Passings  ... that one of the Presidents who died during Lincoln's term, was Lincoln himself, I don't think we can really credit him with three. But Grant did have Andrew


Rate Trend Index -- Mortgages  Each week, Bankrate.com surveys experts to gauge which way interest rates are headed on mortgages -- a vital tool if you're about to buy a home.read more...


Euro At Another All Time High, Pound Pummeled by Bad Housing Data  The EURUSD hit yet another all time high printing 1.3911 in Asian trade but once again the follow through was limited.read more...


Earnings: Comcast Q4 Revs Jump 14 Percent; Steps Taken To Soothe Shareholders  Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 14 Feb 2008 04:24 AM PST Cable operator Comcast , which has been under significant market pressure, announced Q4 revenue of $8.01 billion, up 14 percent

March 31st, 2008

PRPC passes contract for new roof

The Panhandle Regional Planning Commission is getting a new roof over its head, and workers are banking on it being completed before higher temperatures hit the area.

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March 31st, 2008

Another Day, Another Commodities Bust

GLD / MOO / OIL So, it looks like the commodities bubble is bursting once again – for the second time in three weeks.

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March 31st, 2008

Paulson’s Regulation Proposals Are Ineffective Time-Fillers

I want to go back to an article that I wrote early in the history of this blog, when nobody read me except a few RealMoney diehard fans – ’ Regulating Systemic Risk From Hedge Funds .

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March 31st, 2008

UBS sees Q1 net loss of $12 billion

Swiss bank UBS AG said Tuesday it expected to post first-quarter net losses of $12 billion and would seek $15 billion in new capital as it attempts to recover from the blow it took from the U.S. subprime …

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March 31st, 2008

Cornell flattered by “Idol” shout-out

Chris Cornell says he’s surprised but flattered that “American Idol” contestant David Cook performed a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” last week on the show, in what was nearly a note-for-note version …

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March 31st, 2008

The Best Government Money Can Buy

In 1998, when I was a freshman legislator I received a lot of letters from lobbyists telling me who or what industry they represented and if I had any questions about those industries I should call them for …

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March 31st, 2008

Letter: Strengthen Chico’s tree ordinance

“Hits and misses” points up the problems the city of Chico, its planners and our excellent new urban forester also has because of defects in our tree ordinance and inadequate funding for her work of protecting …

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March 31st, 2008

Anxiety of being Mets fan

Opening day is a ritual of innocence: Every team is in first place, every team makes a fresh start.

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March 31st, 2008

UBS Seeks Capital After Q1 Net Loss of $12B

By Thomas Atkins Reuters Tuesday, April 1, 2008; 2:03 AM ZURICH - UBS AG wrote down an additional $19 billion on U.S. real estate and related assets on Tuesday, causing a net loss of 12 billion Swiss francs in …

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March 31st, 2008

Moose oust Tigres

Moose oust Tigres Eagles eliminate Maineiacs, Cape Breton to face Halifax in next round By WILLY PALOV Sports Reporter Tue.

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March 31st, 2008

Sam Donnellon: Something’s missing

ALONG WITH the perennial concern about pitching, this winter’s great Phillies anxiety was that something intangible was lost with the free-agent departure of Aaron Rowand.

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March 31st, 2008

End in sight as UBS and Deutsche pile on sector woes

UBS asked investors for more cash after taking another $19 billion writedown on Tuesday and Deutsche Bank predicted another hit, but Europe’s bank shares rallied on hopes that the end of another torrid quarter …

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March 31st, 2008

UBS announces fresh $19 billion loss; Deutsche Bank loses additional $3.9 billion

The sub-prime mortgage crisis continues to hammer financial institutions around the world as the two largest banks in Europe announced further losses to their balance sheets.

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March 31st, 2008

Congress: Vytorin makers held bad news

Allegations from Congress that drug makers Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck & Co.

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March 31st, 2008

Rubin seen retaining Citigroup role: report

Robert Rubin is not expected to resign as chair of Citigroup’s executive committee even as the company looks to restructure its board, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with …

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March 31st, 2008

Wall Street stock futures signal positive Q2 start

Investment bank Lehman Brothers , computer maker Dell , auto makers such as GM and Ford as well as a key manufacturing gauge are likely stock market focal points on Tuesday.

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March 31st, 2008

Little logic in soaring shares

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Tuesday April 01 2008. It was last updated at 11:13 on April 01 2008.

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March 31st, 2008

Shrinking stocks mean more valley belt-tightening

The Dow, the Nasdaq, the S&P 500 – every leading Wall Street index boasted an “up” arrow on Monday.

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March 31st, 2008

UBS in capital hike after huge loss

UBS AG doubled its writedowns from the subprime crisis, parted company with its chairperson and asked shareholders for more emergency capital on Tuesday in a second dramatic attempt to reverse its fortunes.

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March 31st, 2008

UBS writes off $21bn more in subprime losses

UBS AG doubled its writedowns from the subprime crisis, parted company with its chairman and asked shareholders for more emergency capital on Tuesday in a second dramatic attempt to reverse its fortunes.

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March 31st, 2008

Senate’s Dodd: Paulson plan “not even close”

The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Monday called the Treasury Department’s plan to overhaul financial regulation “a wild pitch” that fails to address the housing market crisis.

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March 31st, 2008

Caption Bush at Novadebt

Posted on 03/31/2008 11:52:11 AM PDT by Lucky9teen U.S. President George W. Bush greets a worker inside a glass cubicle as he tours Novadebt, a consumer debt counseling center in Freehold, New Jersey March 28, ...

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March 31st, 2008

BUSINESS TRENDS: Credit card rates expected to fall (Courier-Post)

The Fed’s interest rate cut on March 18 is good news for borrowers, but bad news for savers.

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March 31st, 2008

Credit crunch deepens as Swiss banking giant writes off ANOTHER £9.6billion (Evening Standard)

The credit crunch claimed another victim this morning when one of Europe’s biggest banks revealed it had written off another £9.6billion.

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March 31st, 2008

Secretary Paulson’s New Financial Markets Regulatory Blueprint

Hank Paulson’s speech last Wednesday to the US Chamber of Commerce on financial markets regulatory redesign, about which I wrote here , was, in retrospect, a warning about today’s release of the Secretary’s …

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March 31st, 2008

N.Y. priest investigated for gambling debt

The Catholic Archdiocese of New York says it has removed a parish priest while it investigates possible embezzlement to pay gambling debts.

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March 31st, 2008

Credit Crunch Hits Home: Some Can’t Keep Up With Equity Lines Of CreditLoading…

A growing number of homeowners are falling behind on their monthly payments for home equity lines of credit, yet another complication for banks and consumers from the weak housing market and slowing economy.

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March 31st, 2008

Bad Credit Loans to the Recession Rescue (PRWeb)

Fears of an official recession have government officials wringing their hands with worry, reports Andy Hygate from www.loansbadcredit.org.uk . (PRWeb Apr 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb817594.htm

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March 31st, 2008

Bad Credit Loans to the Recession Rescue (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Fears of an official recession have government officials wringing their hands with worry, reports Andy Hygate from www.loansbadcredit.org.uk.

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March 31st, 2008

Credit crunch hitting state storm insurance fund (Miami Herald)

Because of the near-shutdown of the credit markets and rising interest rates, insurers in Florida fear the state’s hurricane catastrophe fund may not live up to its promise if a massive storm hits this hurricane season.

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March 31st, 2008

Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ferry Earns…

’ In his return after missing the last three events, Monster Energy Kawasaki rider Timmy Ferry finished seventh at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.

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March 31st, 2008

Floyd Norris: Market Plunges, Fed Acts

Say this for the Fed. It pays attention to what Wall Street wants. When Wall Street wanted the Fed to ignore all the wild gambling in the derivatives markets, the Fed did so.

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March 31st, 2008

A fall worse than the Great Depression

Excess liquidity brought about by the process of globalization is causing the present crisis in the US, writes Subhas Roy Sinking feeling There is a disconnect between the real and financial sectors in the …

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March 31st, 2008

Round One Winner: Schiff

In a recent article, I wrote about Mike “Mish” Shedlock of the blog Global Economic Trend Analysis and Peter Schiff, of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.

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March 31st, 2008

A Dismal Quarter for Stocks Ends Quietly

Wall Street closed a dismal first quarter with a moderate gain Monday, rising slightly after a reading on regional manufacturing came in better than expected.

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