Archive for February, 2009

Mortgage rates low, but fees increasing (The News-Press)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Mortgage rates are low, but getting them is going to cost you.

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Two Newspaper Properties Not For Sale: Tribune Real Estate In Chicago, LA (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Sam Zell’s Tribune Co., last seen entering Chapter 11, is in fire sale mode. But you can only have a fire sale if someone’s buying what you’re selling. Which is why the media company has pulled two of its biggest real estate holdings off the block.

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Students make sense of cents (The Bona Venture)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Managing Editor Imagine registering for a Web site, receiving 10 cents and then having a chance to turn that 10 cents into $20 you could cash out.

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Armed robbers hit Wendy’s in Muncie (The Star Press)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

MUNCIE — Two armed men walked into a westside Wendy’s Restaurant early Friday before closing and stole cash out of the registers and safe.

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Lives, Interrupted: The New Austerity (New York Times)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

For many, the decline is a forced personal finance epiphany, a time to adjust to living on less.

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Asia stocks fall amid doubts about US bank plan (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Asian stocks retreated Thursday, with benchmarks Hong Kong and South Korea sinking about 1 percent, after an early rally faded amid doubts about a U.S. plan to stabilize banks and worsening prospects for global companies.

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Massmart Plans Wholesale Expansion in Angola, Congo (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) — Massmart Holdings Ltd. , South Africa’s largest food and goods wholesaler, plans to open new units in Angola, Senegal, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo after the company’s sub-Saharan Africa sales soared.

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You?ve Sold Your Stocks. Now What? (New York Times)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Some were lucky enough to get out before the bust. But getting back in at the right time is just as important.

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European stocks higher on banks insurance scheme (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

European markets rose Thursday as investors welcomed a British program to allow struggling banks to access government insurance against future losses on toxic assets.

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World stocks mixed as investors mull US bank plan (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Asian markets retreated Thursday, with benchmarks Hong Kong and South Korea sinking about 1 percent, after an early rally faded amid doubts about a U.S. plan to stabilize banks and worsening prospects for global companies. European shares opened higher.

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