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Energy Cost Equalization program should cover all of Alaska (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
Like a man dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean, Alaskans are adrift in a sea of state cash while our citizens drown in a tidal wave of unjustified costs for heating oil and electricity for homes and businesses.
2008-05-16 04:37:04 -
SE Valley foreclosures skyrocket (The Arizona Republic)
The Southeast Valley stood out with some of the largest percentage increases in foreclosed homes even as the number of home loan defaults soared across the Valley in the first four months of the year compared with the same period last year.
2008-05-16 07:16:29 -
Bond would build vocational center, new K-6 school (The Times-Independent)
At the most recent Grand County School District public forum on the upcoming bond issue, a facilities tour of the Grand County Middle School highlighted the complications administrators face with the current configuration, which includes high school vocational instruction space located at the middle school.
2008-05-16 07:41:38 -
Saving your credit (KHON 2 Honolulu)
You could be sabotaging your chances of getting a loan or credit, in a tight lending market. Here are some simple steps to improve your credit score.
2008-05-16 08:24:08 -
Global Payment Technologies Announces Fiscal 2008 Second-Quarter ... - MSN MoneyCentral
Global Payment Technologies, Inc. (Over the Counter Bulletin Board Symbol: GPTX.OB) ("GPT"), a leading manufacturer and innovator of currency acceptance systems used in the worldwide gaming, beverage, and vending industries, today announced its ...
2008-05-15 12:58:00 -
Brown Vows to Defend U.K. Economy, Fight on as Prime Minister - Bloomberg
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Gordon Brown vowed to fight on as U.K. prime minister, saying he is the right person to lead the country through the deepening economic downturn. ``I think the right thing to do is continue to do the job I'm doing,'' Brown told ...
2008-05-15 03:18:00 -
Pound cuts losses v dollar after Brown's rate comments - Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - The pound cut losses against the dollar on Thursday after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he hoped the Bank of England would be able to cut interest rates further. By 8:29 a.m., the pound had rallied from being near three-month ...
2008-05-15 12:40:00 -
Gordon Brown is 'right leader' for hard times - Daily Telegraph
The Prime Minister faces a potential defeat in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election a week today, but said he was focused on steering Britain through the economic downturn. He said he had followed America’s lead by this week giving a tax cut to 22 ...
2008-05-15 04:51:00 -
New Insurance Could Reduce Borrowers' Costs (Washington Post)
Last week, I described a proposal for a new type of mortgage insurance called mortgage payment insurance, or MPI.
2008-05-16 01:21:26 -
Inflation a global problem (Hindustan Times)
It's not India alone, where authorities are battling to keep growth on track while reining in price. Governments and policymakers across the world are confronting the same challenge on the back of a sustained spike in global commodity prices that is stoking inflationary expectations.
2008-05-16 01:37:25 -
World economy is ‘teetering on brink’ of downturn (Hindustan Times)
The world economy is “teetering on the brink” of a severe downturn and will grow by only 1.8 per cent in 2008, the United Nations said in its midyear economic projections.
2008-05-16 01:37:33 -
'Island of love' a tourists' paradise (Gulf Daily News)
Ionce turned down a trip to the "island of love" to explore "the real Europe". However, it was only after I finally made my first visit to Cyprus that I realised what I had been missing.
2008-05-16 04:07:53 -
Andrew Martin: A deafening silence (Guardian Unlimited)
Andrew Martin: Britain is drowning in sound, and it will take more than noise maps to take on this epidemic
2008-05-16 04:23:36 -
Nats head for a landslide (+ stats) (Stuff)
National is on track for a landslide election win with a 27-point poll lead over Labour.
2008-05-16 10:02:13 -
Candidates' Q&A: Joey Herald (Allen American Star)
What past leadership experience and community involvement experience do you have that makes you qualified to be in the position you seek? My Leadership is not a thing of the past, as with some candidates.
2008-05-16 10:18:19