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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U.S. Stocks Climb, Erasing Earlier Drop, as Stores, Banks Rise
Bloomberg - 1 hour, 6 minutes agoDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks gained for a second day as retailers rallied on a report showing a jump in online spending, while banks and builders climbed after government cash infusions bolstered the mortgage market.
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Long Bond Returns Most Since 1995 Amid ‘Bubble’ Talk (Update2)
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 3, 7:32 am ESTDec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Thirty-year Treasury bonds are returning the most since 1995 as investors bet the Federal Reserve will buy the securities to help bring down long-term borrowing costs.
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Web Marketing That Hopes to Learn What Attracts a Click
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 7:50 am ESTA new breed of companies specialize in creating thousands of versions of the same ad with different colors or type font, trying to determine what ad works for a specific audience.
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A.I.G. and U.S. In Deal to Terminate Some Debt Obligations
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 7:36 am ESTThe American International Group and the U.S. government have reached an agreement to clear the insurer of its obligations on about $53.5 billion in toxic mortgage debt, the giant insurer said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
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Banks’ Upheaval Leaves Manhattan Awash in Open Office Space
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 7:34 am ESTLast year, when the New York real estate market was still frothy, large blocks of office space were hard to come by. Not anymore, The New York Times’s J. Alex Tarquinio writes.
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Auditors Urge Treasury to Add Bailout Controls
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 7:35 am ESTGovernment auditors urged the Treasury Department on Tuesday to act more quickly to develop the internal controls and hire the professional staff necessary to ensure that its $700 billion financial rescue package is operating effectively and ethically, The New York Times’s Diana B. Henriques reported.
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Northern Rock extends repossessions grace period
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 7:29 am ESTNorthern Rock, the nationalized mortgage lender, said Wednesday it would wait at least six months before moving to repossess homes when payments fall behind.
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U.S. stocks gain, led by builders as home owners refinance
MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour, 57 minutes agoU.S. stocks brush aside earlier losses to pull higher for a second day, with consumer discretionary and financial shares pacing the gains.
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Grim State Budget Forecast Ups Anxiety
Washington Post - Wed Dec 3, 7:13 am ESTState legislators brought bleak budget projections to officials in Northern Virginia yesterday, increasing the anxiety of local governments scurrying to find spending cuts.
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Personal Finance Daily: Falling mortgage rates provide glimmer of hope for housing
Market Watch - 2 hours, 1 minute agoGet the good news and bad news about falling mortgage rates, find out why women may suffer more during this recession, and learn why toys are becoming more dangerous, all in today's Personal Finance section.
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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, 10 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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