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SABEW Announces Winners in Its 13th Annual Best in Business Journalism Contest (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has named the winners in its 13th annual Best in Business Journalism contest, recognizing top publications and the best business news reporting during 2007.
2008-03-27 09:10:00 -
Public warned over property schemes (Stuff)
The public should be wary of property investment schemes similar to failed Blue Chip, New Zealand Shareholders' Association chairman Bruce Sheppard says.
2008-03-27 09:10:45 -
'Rebel' Bendon making a splash in States (The New Zealand Herald)
Eric Watson's lingerie specialist Bendon is expanding in the United States. The business, owned by Watson's private company Cullen Investments, has moved out of a small base on the upper levels of an office block in New York's fashion district in midtown Manhattan.
2008-03-27 09:17:29 -
Wachovia Elevates David Pope to Mortgage and Retail Credit Head (BankTech)
New Wachovia mortgage and retail credit business president David Pope will leverage technology to improve service.
2008-03-27 09:31:17 -
Cleveland Fed's Pianalto says Fed helped bolster liquidity in markets UPDATE (The Forex Market)
WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - The Federal Reserve's recent wave of "creative policy responses" to the mortgage and credit crisis has helped improve liquidity in these markets, and should help set the stage for an economic recovery, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto said today.
2008-03-27 09:38:42 -
3 mistakes to avoid in selling house (The Arizona Republic)
Troy Theall is a West Valley real-estate agent with the firm West USA Realty. He recently spoke with The Republic about some of the challenges facing homebuyers and sellers today, and strategies that might be useful to both. Theall can be reached at 623-217-6530, or visit his Web site at www.troytheall.com.
2008-03-27 09:43:59 -
Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)
George Shipp, chief investment officer at Scott & Stringfellow, said investors are generally uneasy about whether they have an accurate read on the scale of the troubles in the financial sector. There are fears that a parade of write-downs on bad investments will continue.
2008-03-27 09:56:42 -
Budget Questions Remain As April 1 Vote Nears (Leesburg Today)
With less than a week to go before they must adopt a FY 2009 budget, county supervisors continue to search for answers that will lead them to a suitable tax rate and adequate funding for government and school operations.
2008-03-27 05:29:08 -
Finding Help From The Credit Crisis (CBS4 Miami)
High gas prices, skyrocketing costs of groceries and insurance are all leading to consumer confidence dropping to near-record lows. In Miami-Dade county, people are really feeling the economic crisis.
2008-03-27 05:30:38 -
Preserve Your Valuable Documents (Leesburg Today)
(Family Features) - Top-secret, classified, highly sensitive, available only on a need-to-know basis. These descriptors conjure up images of CIA spy flicks and prime-time police dramas, but everyone has their own "classified" file - or should.
2008-03-27 05:33:36 -
Bottomless Financial Sector Bottom (GoldSeek.com)
The prevailing force-fed sentiment is that the US financial sector has bottomed out, the worst is over, the mechanisms for remedy are here, and time to get back in the water for profound bargains again. Let me rebutt!
2008-03-27 05:40:20 -
Latest Orlando Attraction: Foreclosure Bus Tours (The Tampa Tribune)
ORLANDO - The white bus rumbles into the quiet suburban neighborhood, heading toward a foreclosed home that sits empty. Neighbors, young and old, cock their heads in curiosity or point at the slow-moving coach.
2008-03-27 05:40:44 -
Nigeria: NDIC Pays N72bn to Depositors of Failed Banks (AllAfrica.com)
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Tuesday said that N72 billion has so far been expended on the settlement of depositors in 10 out of the 14 failed banks in the country, just as 716 community banks have been given micro-finance bank operational licences.
2008-03-27 05:48:09 -
Hospice house hiatus (Berkshire Eagle)
PITTSFIELD — HospiceCare of the Berkshires Inc. has suspended plans to build a residence for terminally ill patients, citing a worrisome fundraising climate and inability to obtain financing from at least two banks for an increasingly costly project.
2008-03-27 05:51:33 -
Economy Nearly Stalled in 4th Quarter (The San Francisco Examiner)
WASHINGTON ( Map , News ) - The economy nearly sputtered out in the final quarter of last year and is probably faring even worse now amid the continuing housing, credit and financial crises.
2008-03-27 05:52:26