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  • Food, gas drive inflation rate to 3.5% - Globe and Mail

    Zack Fair from Canada writes: So since the core inflation remains under 2%, this would mean a no move from the BoC? Given the current economy, I'm sure they would think thrice before raising interest rates unless inflation gets out of control.
    2008-09-23 02:26:00
  • 'This is no time for a novice': Brown fights for his political life with attack on the Tories... and Labour's young ... (Daily Mail: World News)

    Gordon Brown insisted he would be Labour's 'rock of stability' through the testing times ahead today as he warned his critics they could lose everything if they tried to oust him.
    2008-09-23 11:28:00
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-23 19:13 INTERVIEW-Spain office yields could shoot to 6 pct-Jones Lang (Interactive Investor)

    MADRID, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Yields on prime office space in Madrid and Barcelona could reach up to 6 percent within months from just 3.9 percent a year ago if tight financing does not ease, the Spanish head of property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle said on Tuesday.
    2008-09-23 11:41:01
  • B-school salaries to take a hit (Business Standard India)

    International job offers at IIMs are also expected to dip. The US investment banking crisis, compounded by the Lehman bankruptcy impact, is leaving its mark on the psyche of Indian B-school managements and students.
    2008-09-23 12:00:06
  • Do more: Central team (Deccan Herald)

    The war of nerves between the Centre and Karnataka government over the attacks on churches escalated on Tuesday with a visiting team of Union Home ministry officials asking the State to do more to instil confidence in the people...
    2008-09-23 01:03:53
  • Canada Inflation Quickens to Fastest Since `03 on Gas (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)

    Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's annual inflation rate rose to the highest in more than five years in August as prices for gasoline and food surged. Consumer prices rose 3.5 percent from a year earlier, the biggest jump since March 2003, Statistics Canada said today in Ottawa.
    2008-09-23 01:23:13
  • CNN Student News - Financial Glossary (CNN.com)

    Introduction: Use this CNN Student News financial glossary to help students understand concepts about today's U.S. economy that are currently in the news.
    2008-09-23 01:40:37
  • Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)

    Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
    2008-09-23 02:01:18
  • “Credit Card Bill of Rights” Passes One Hurdle (Fox News)

    The House of Representatives passed a Bill of Rights today for American credit card holders.
    2008-09-23 02:12:12
  • Treasury: Tax-Free Money Market Funds Covered (Financial Planning.com)

    The Treasury Department announced Sunday night that tax-exempt money market mutual funds will be included under its temporary $50 billion insurance program for money market funds that it unveiled Friday, providing urgently-sought relief to market participants.
    2008-09-23 02:37:45
  • Economics professor: Economy will remain sluggish (The Daily Item)

    SHAMOKIN DAM — Don’t expect the economy to get better anytime soon, a Bucknell University economics professor told his audience Tuesday afternoon. The cheery ringtones of “Oh When the Saints Go Marching In” on a cell phone in the audience could not offset the gloomy message of the day.
    2008-09-23 02:43:23
  • Hey Congress, You Already Passed Homeowner Bailout - CNBC

    Credit-Default Swaps Must Be Regulated: SEC's Cox Fatally Flawed Bonds Fate of Bailout May Rest With Republicn Sen. Shelby What Investors Can Do Now In a Nervous Stock Market US Home Prices Fall to Lowest Level Since Late 2005 'Little Hope' for Banks ...
    2008-09-23 12:53:00
  • Emerging markets hit hard by Wall Street crisis - Christian Science Monitor

    London - Slower growth in Asia. Weaker currencies in Turkey and South Africa. Austerity in parts of Eastern Europe. Rising inflation in India. More defaults on loans by companies in Russia and Ukraine. While the main drama of the financial crisis ...
    2008-09-23 12:53:00
  • As Rates Fall, Is It Time to Refinance? - Street.Com

    After the real estate industry -- and its related securities -- almost deep-sixed Wall Street, it's hard to imagine there would be a silver lining: A five-week decline in 30-year fixed-rate mortgages has spurred a surge in refinancing, according to ...
    2008-09-23 10:08:00
  • As Rates Fall, Is It Time to Refinance? (TheStreet.com)

    Homeowners have to pay attention to special circumstances because of the real estate slump.
    2008-09-23 10:14:55