More charities in need of help
Washington Post - 47 minutes agoIn downturn, Martha's Table and other nonprofits that ease crises face their own fight for survival.
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Senate advances historic health care bill
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Sun Nov 22, 12:38 am ETThe 60-39 roll call today by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate. A "yes" vote is a vote to allow the legislation to advance for a full debate. A 60-vote majority was required for approval. Voting yes were 58 Democrats, 2 independents.
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Interest rates are low
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - 7 minutes agoNEW YORK - The United States is finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money.
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Rate on 30-year mortgages dips to 4.83 percent
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour 43 minutes agoRates on 30-year mortgages stayed below 5 percent last week but remained above the record set earlier this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 4.83 percent, down from 4.91 percent the previous week, the...
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Loan rate dips to 4.83%; refinancing brisk in 3rd quarter
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - 2 hours 4 minutes agoRates on 30-year mortgages stayed below 5 percent last week but remained above the record set this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 4.83 percent, down from 4.91 percent the previous week, the mortgage company said. Last year at this time, 30-year mortgages averaged 6.04 percent.
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An Open Letter to the Federal Reserve
The Motley Fool - Fri Nov 20, 1:45 pm ETWe're just looking for some equal opportunity here.
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Michelle Singletary: If you’re a hoarder, a gift from the Fed
Omaha World-Herald - 2 hours 52 minutes agoWASHINGTON — I have a love/hate relationship with gift cards.
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Treasury Two-Year Note Yields Drop to Year Low on Risk Reversal
Bloomberg - Sat Nov 21, 1:11 am ETNov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury two-year note yields fell to the lowest level this year on concern the rally in risk assets has outpaced growth prospects and as Federal Reserve officials signaled interest rates will remain near zero.
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House panel backs audits of Federal Reserve
Los Angeles Times - Thu Nov 19, 8:17 pm ETThe vote, opposed by the Obama administration, comes as discontent grows on Capitol Hill over the president's economic efforts. A House committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday in favor of a measure opposed by the Obama administration that would subject the Federal Reserve to unprecedented scrutiny.
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Business Digest
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ETCREDIT J.P. Morgan Chase said it is dropping a clause from its credit-card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration, a move that could open the door to consumers filing class-action and other lawsuits.
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Storm of criticism said to buoy Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ETTreasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has been a lightning rod for the Obama administration even longer than he's formally held his position. This week, the storm clouds returned.
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Investing harder in tough times
The Tuscaloosa News - 29 minutes agoBy Harold Brubaker The Philadelphia Inquirer But now, even as the global economy takes regular steps toward recovery, investors are wary of more land mines than usual.
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SINGLETARY: For hoarders, a present from the Fed
The Tuscaloosa News - 30 minutes agoI love the concept and the fact that gift cards make gift-buying so much easier. I hate to receive a gift card. I’m a hoarder, and I don’t like to waste a gift card on hair rollers or the everyday personal items I need. So I tuck the cards away.
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Business Events Calendar
The Tuscaloosa News - 30 minutes agoTuesday West Alabama chapter of the American Society of Women Accountants: noon at the Bank of Tuscaloosa, 2209 Ninth St. RSVP to Marta Manderson at mmanderson@jmf.com. NorthRiver chapter of Business Network International: 7:30 a.m. at FIG, 1351 McFarland Blvd. N.E. For information, call Tricia Gray at 205-799-9610. DEC. 4
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Senate panel to mull Bernanke nomination on Dec. 3
Boston Herald - Fri Nov 20, 3:56 pm ETWASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's...
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Market Snapshot: Investors may turn defensive as fizz leaves stocks
Market Watch - Sat Nov 21, 10:40 am ETSome of the fizz has left the stock market as investors reassess hurdles facing consumers and lock in gains from an eight-month rally. That defensive posture may color trading in the upcoming week.
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Fed Downplaying Weak Dollar
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