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The Latest Twist in Student Loans - BusinessWeek
Virgin Money USA: This site (virginmoney.com) formalizes loan arrangements between friends and family. While some 11% of the $300 million in loans it has arranged have been used to fund education, it only recently launched a product, called Student ...
2008-05-13 04:03:00 -
The big squeeze: As interest rates lower, so do banks’ profit ... - Lynchburg News and Advance
Select Bank’s founders last July had no idea they were opening the bank just before interest rates would take a sudden, sustained dive. The Federal Reserve hadn’t cut interest rates since 2003. In the first half of ’07, the central bank held ...
2008-05-10 05:57:00 -
Rate cut hopes fade as UK inflation surges - Financial Times
Consumer price inflation shot up at the fastest rate in more than five years in April to hit 3 per cent, knocking hopes of further cuts in interest rates, official statistics showed on Tuesday The Office for National Statistics said consumer prices ...
2008-05-13 03:13:00 -
Highlights 2-BOJ Governor Shirakawa's speech - Reuters
TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Monday the central bank must pay close attention to the risks facing the economy. He also said in a speech in Tokyo that while the BOJ would raise interest rates if ...
2008-05-12 01:20:00 -
Flagstar Offers 6-month, 10% CD (PRWeb)
Consumers can qualify for a 6-month, 10% certificate of deposit by opening a primary checking account at a Flagstar banking center in Michigan, Indiana or Georgia. (PRWeb May 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/cds/online-banking/prweb936244.htm
2008-05-13 12:22:16 -
How secure are those high-yield bank interest rates? (MENAFN)
How secure are those high-yield bank interest rates?
2008-05-13 03:03:10 -
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: VeriSign, Google, Osiris Therapeutics, Genzyme and Penn Virginia Resource Partners (Centre Daily Times)
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSIR), Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) and Penn Virginia Resource ...
2008-05-13 03:33:09 -
The Latest Twist in Student Loans (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Because of the credit crunch, conventional lenders are making it tough for any but the most creditworthy borrowers to qualify for private college loans. Now, a new breed of student lender is trying to get students to return the snub -- by writing off the Sallie Maes and Citibanks of the world in favor of relying on friends, family, and even perfect strangers to finance their college loans. ...
2008-05-13 05:08:42 -
Prosper Releases Market Survey Results for April 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----Prosper, America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace, today released results for April 2008.
2008-05-13 07:30:00 -
U.K. Stocks Fall on Inflation Data; Alliance & Leicester Drops - Bloomberg
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks dropped to the lowest in almost two weeks after Britain's inflation rate jumped the most since 2002, making it harder for the Bank of England to cut interest rates to support economic growth. Alliance & Leicester Plc ...
2008-05-13 03:56:00 -
Inflation hits 3pc as food and fuel costs soar - Daily Telegraph
It is the highest rate of price rises in more than a year and reflects what most householders will already know - that the soaring cost of oil and the current food crisis is squeezing hard-pressed consumers more than ever.
2008-05-13 04:53:00 -
Redrow downbeat on housing market - BBC Business
Redrow said the lack of mortgage availability had been a major factor in the slowdown and that in the short term it would focus on controlling costs. The firm added it would continue to take a "very selective approach to land transactions until the ...
2008-05-13 01:47:00 -
Media advisory - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to release ... - CNW Group
HALIFAX, May 13 /CNW/ - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) will reveal its housing market forecasts for Atlantic Canada on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 9:15 a.m. Atlantic time. The following key indicators will be examined: - Housing starts ...
2008-05-13 03:56:00 -
Miami Beach Condo: Gaining Popularity During Troubled Times (Turks.US)
Miami Beach has always been a favorite vacation spot for many of the locals and foreign individuals. The tropical climate is perfect for those who wish to enjoy the white, sandy beach the Miami is known for.
2008-05-13 04:34:59 -
Gaffe by minister, Caroline Flint, exposes secret note over house price fears (Times Online)
Gordon Brown’s housing minister laid bare the Government's fears over the housing market today when she walked into a Cabinet meeting with a top-secret report exposed in her right hand.
2008-05-13 04:55:41