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  • Stimulus plan requires tax filing for ?07 (NWAnews.com)

    A free check from the government could be in the mail for most people when May rolls around. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
    2008-03-03 05:37:40
  • March 3 - Ask Gordon Pape: Q & A (MSN Money Canada)

    Q - I had a part-time job last year on top of my regular employment. Because the part-time pay was low, very little tax was deducted. Now I'm faced with a big tax payment.
    2008-03-03 10:11:08
  • Japanese 10-Year Bonds Rise for 5th Day as Stocks Extend Losses

    Bloomberg - ... consider cutting interest rates to prevent an economic slowdown, Heizo Takenaka, economy minister under former Prime ... difficult'' for the BOJ to maintain its policy of gradually raising interest rates, and ``they have to consider an interest-rate ...
    2008-03-02 10:15:00
  • UPDATE: MEP's fury over Madrid violence

    This Is Bolton - NORTH-west Labour MEP, Gary Titley, has contacted the Prime Minister of Spain to ... or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate ... free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest ...
    2008-03-03 07:26:00
  • Gold Beats Financial Assets as Investors Seek Haven (Update3)

    Bloomberg - Bernanke prioritizes cutting interest rates over controlling consumer prices, said ... since Sept. 18, when Bernanke made the first of five cuts to the target rate for ... Prime Minister Gordon Brown, then the chancellor of the exchequer, spearheaded an ...
    2008-03-03 08:45:00
  • New Tax-Free Savings Accounts Have $5,000 Annual Limitation

    The Ledger - The Bank of Canada's key interest rate is steady at 4 percent while the prime lending rate is 5.75 percent. Canadian stock markets are higher, with the Toronto Exchange index at 13,591 points and the TSX Venture Exchange at 2,781 points.
    2008-03-02 02:55:00
  • Euro finance ministers meet as currency hits new high against dollar

    International Herald Tribune - ... in afternoon European trading, topping the previous record of US$1.5238 it hit on Friday on speculation of a U.S. interest rate ... Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker — who leads the euro talks — told reporters that he was "starting to ...
    2008-03-03 07:55:00
  • Rate stress hits a million people

    News.com.au - UP to 1.1 million Australians are struggling to pay for housing, data to be released by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today shows. The news comes as homeowners brace for another increase in official interest rates when the Reserve Bank board meets ...
    2008-03-02 03:49:00
  • Coastal Banking Company to Combine Banking Charters

    MSN MoneyCentral - BEAUFORT, S.C., March 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Coastal Banking Company Inc. (OTCBB: ... These trends and events include (i) changes in the interest rate environment which may reduce margins, (ii) not achieving ...
    2008-03-03 07:26:00
  • Asset-Backed, Commercial-Mortgage Spreads Met `Ebola' (Update2)

    Bloomberg - ... in return for floating-rate payments based on short-term interest rates. Spreads on European securities also jumped again last month, according to a Merrill Lynch & Co. report today. Reaching new highs were: AAA bonds comprised of U.K. prime ...
    2008-03-03 10:18:00
  • Canberra says it's done all it can on mortgage rates

    News.com.au - HOMEBUYERS will likely be facing the highest mortgage rates in more than a decade by tonight - and there is little Prime ... With new figures showing unofficial underlying inflation now at 4.1 per cent, analysts also predict today's likely interest rate ...
    2008-03-03 05:53:00
  • Rates rise expected today

    News.com.au - THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected today to increase the official interest rate to its highest level since the mid ... Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned banks not to lift mortgage rates by more than the official rise.
    2008-03-03 08:02:00
  • Prepare for more mortgage pain, warns PM

    News.com.au - ... soaring cost of rent and vegetables has sent inflation jumping to a six-year high, as the Prime ... yesterday that the combined effects of the Government's spending cuts and increases to interest rates would deliver an increase in the unemployment rate.
    2008-03-03 09:21:00
  • Workouts grow to 9 percent of subprime

    Boston Globe - ... subprime borrowers helped through Jan. 31., 195,000 were helped through permanent loan modifications, such as lower interest ... A full-fledged refinancing at a lower rate is preferable, they say. --On the Net:
    2008-03-03 10:25:00
  • Putin urges oil cash be used to help Russian banks (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

    MOSCOW, March 3 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the country could use part of its $484 billion gold and forex reserves to help steer the banking system and economy through turbulence from world markets.
    2008-03-03 09:20:13