Freddie Mac plans to stay on NYSE
BizJournals - Tue Dec 2, 5:09 pm ESTA day after Fannie Mae told the New York Stock Exchange that it intends to meet the continued listing standard, Freddie Mac did the same. (FRE)
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Dell racks up Microsoft as data center customer
CNET via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 7:00 am ESTWhen it comes to picking a spot for a data center, Google and Microsoft often have the same sites in mind. But when it comes to how they build, the two companies take far different approaches.
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Hawaii Endorses Plan for a ‘Better Place’
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 7:04 am ESTThe State of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company on Tuesday endorsed an effort to build an alternative transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and an “intelligent” battery recharging network, The New York Times’s John Markoff reported.
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Sector Snap: Homebuilder stocks up on trade index
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 11 minutes agoHomebuilder shares climbed Wednesday after a mortgage trade group said the number of home loan applications soared last week.
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Ben Bernanke’s Christmas Gift: Mortgage Refis
US News & World Report - 2 hours, 32 minutes agoMortgage applications jump after Fed moves send rates plummeting.
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Stimulus Haste Could Make Waste, States Say
Washington Post - Wed Dec 3, 6:40 am ESTObama's plan to rebuild infrastructure will fail to alleviate the recession unless projects are chosen carefully and implemented rapidly, states warn.
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Treasuries Fall for First Time in a Week After Record Rally
Bloomberg - 2 hours, 46 minutes agoDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries fell for the first time in six days as traders ignored reports showing the U.S. economy sank further into recession, saying the rally that pushed yields to record lows was unsustainable.
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'Midnight: A Gangster Love Story' by Sister Souljah
Washington Post - Wed Dec 3, 10:42 am ESTMIDNIGHT A Gangster Love Story By Sister Souljah Atria. 498 pp. $26.95
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Review: Keegan Theater's "Glengarry Glen Ross"
Washington Post - Wed Dec 3, 10:42 am EST"Glengarry Glen Ross" won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1984 -- long before lingo like "commercial paper" and "credit default swaps" became household terms. The current financial crisis, however, highlights the anxiety factor in David Mamet's tale of bellicose, expletive-slinging real estate...
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Don't Skimp On Ad Budgets
Forbes - Wed Dec 3, 6:06 am ESTCutting advertising expenses can yield short-term gains--and long-term trouble.
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Housing Undervalued? Bah, Hah, Hah, Hah!
Forbes - 51 minutes agoEager to be early in calling a trend, some economists say U.S. real estate is now too cheap for fundamentals.
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Big rate drop sends mortgage applications soaring
Market Watch - Wed Dec 3, 7:55 am ESTMortgage applications filed last week rose a seasonally adjusted 112.1%, compared with the week before, as borrowers rushed to lock in lower rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey.
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Freddie Mac plans to meet NYSE listing rules
INO News - Tue Dec 2, 5:09 pm EST(AP:MCLEAN, Va.) Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Tuesday it has told the New York Stock Exchange it plans meet listing requirements by May 18, possibly through a reverse stock split, to prevent itself from being delisted.
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Mortgage applications doubled last week, refinancings tripled
Chicago Tribune - Wed Dec 3, 11:03 am ESTWASHINGTON (AP) _ Mortgage application volume more than doubled during the shortened Thanksgiving week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application survey.
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U.S. MBA’s Mortgage Applications More Than Doubled Last Week
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 3, 7:27 am ESTDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage applications in the U.S. surged by a record last week as lending rates plunged after the Federal Reserve pledged to buy mortgage-backed debt.
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Obama says automakers submit "more serious" plan
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 37 minutes agoPresident-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday struggling automakers have put forward a "more serious" restructuring proposal to Congress but withheld judgment on the plans until hearings are held.
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