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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities climbed to the highest in a month amid signs the employment market is improving, signaling that interest rates on new home loans may extend a rebound from record lows.
Next year was supposed to be a great year for you to die. Not great for you, of course, but for your heirs who would inherit your wealth completely tax free.
Iran said it will provide the U.N. nuclear watchdog with the bare minimum of information about its plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, a stance sure to stoke Western suspicions about its atomic agenda.
A construction boom in Morocco comes after an ambitious plan launched by the king almost a decade ago to increase tourism by enhancing infrastructure and ratcheting up promotion.
Roman Polanski's family waited eagerly at the director's Alpine chalet on Friday, peeking out the windows to look for him as Swiss authorities worked out the last-minute details of his transfer to house arrest.
When most people think of nuclear fuel, uranium and plutonium come to mind. Should a different fuel — something called thorium — be used in our nuclear reactors instead?
John Brown, the 19th-century abolitionist who advocated armed violence, is drawing a diverse crowd this week to study how his fight against slavery continues to play in America.
Regulation: When Fed chief Ben Bernanke sat before the Senate on Thursday, he was blamed for everything but the Afghan War. Truth is, Bernanke may have kept the U.S. from falling into a Depression.
Online specialty retail brands are building sizable businesses. Using new Web strategies can take them further.
Roman Polanski's family Friday prepared a welcome for the film director in his Alpine chalet Friday as authorities worked out the last-minute details of his transfer to house arrest.
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Risk premiums on mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Freddie Mac (FRE), Fannie Mae (FNM) and Ginnie Mae narrowed Thursday, extending a trend that has confounded buyers of these bonds but delighted those who own them.
The currently fashionable rooftop pool and bar at the Gansevoort South hotel.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage rates for fixed 30-year loans in the U.S. dropped to a record low amid signs that the housing market is beginning to emerge from the worst slump since the 1930s.
“Since 1945 the United States has been the world’s dominant power.”
Engineering giant ABB said on Friday its lawyers would appeal on behalf of Swiss employee Max Goeldi, who has been held in Libya for over a year and was handed a jail term for immigration offences this week.
The number of homes winning the government's Energy Star designation since the program began in 1995 has crossed the 1 million mark. Despite an overall housing slump, 75,000 have been added so far this year for a total of 1,024,200.
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