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Jobless Claims up to 640,000

John Sanders — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:41:52 +0000

Unemployment Rate Last month The U.S. lost 663,000 and the unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent, the highest level since 1983. From Bloomberg: Job losses may continue all year even as the longest recession in the postwar era shows signs of reaching a trough. The release indicates employment cuts may come close to topping 650,000 for a record [...]

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Jobless Claims up to 640,000

MissingMoney.com

Marc Williams — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:06:44 +0000

MissingMoney.com

CBS Early Show did a spot on missingmoney.com. We have talked about this in the past on foundmoney.com. Hopefully there is some money out there for you.

From Google;

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www.missingmoney.com

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MissingMoney.com

Big Banks Ramp Up Mortgage Help

Marc Williams — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:37:55 +0000

Major banks are stepping up their efforts to curtail losses from souring mortgages, with Citigroup Inc. becoming the latest institution to adopt initiatives aimed at helping at-risk borrowers remain in their homes. Is this great news or what? The economical situation forces banks to provide help to people that have problems paying their mortgage! With defaults mounting, [...]

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Big Banks Ramp Up Mortgage Help

Black Panthers and Barack Obama? - US Elections

Marc Williams — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:13:14 +0000

Fox News pushing hard on the ‘Black Panthers’ story Fox News and other conservatives on the Web are pushing hard on the story that two black panthers may be intimidating voters at a polling place in north Philadelphia. But an Obama campaign volunteer who’s been on the scene since 6:30 AM this morning tells me in a [...]

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Black Panthers and Barack Obama? - US Elections

U.S. Economy: New-Home Sales Rose in September From 17-Year Low

Marc Williams — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:58:12 +0000

Sales of new houses in the U.S. were unexpectedly rising before credit markets froze this month, having rebounded from a 17-year low thanks to a drop in prices. Purchases increased 2.7 percent in September to an annual rate of 464,000 from 452,000 the prior month that was less than previously estimated, the Commerce Department said today [...]

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U.S. Economy: New-Home Sales Rose in September From 17-Year Low

PNC Financial to Buy National City for $5.2 Billion

Marc Williams — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:59:00 +0000

[digg-reddit-me] PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Pennsylvania’s biggest bank, plans to buy National City Corp. for about $5.2 billion in stock with funds from the U.S. Treasury. PNC will pay $2.23 a share, 19 percent less than National City’s closing price yesterday, to create the fifth-largest U.S. bank by deposits, the Pittsburgh-based lender said today in a [...]

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PNC Financial to Buy National City for $5.2 Billion

Be Prepared To Be Creeped Out: Ziggs.com Lets You Know Who’s Googling You

Marc Williams — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:46:15 +0000

[digg-reddit-me] Remember that terrible day when there was a bug in Facebook and people could find out who had been stalking searching them? Yeah, scary. Well, imagine that, but on a much larger scale. Thanks to Ziggs.com, you can practically see who is Googling you. See, Ziggs is sort of like Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn all rolled [...]

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Be Prepared To Be Creeped Out: Ziggs.com Lets You Know Who’s Googling You

Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations

Marc Williams — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:51:19 +0000

In the latest byproduct of the widening global financial crisis, Citigroup Inc. will acquire the banking operations of Wachovia Corp. in a deal facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Citigroup will absorb up to $42 billion of losses from Wachovia’s $312 billion loan portfolio, with the FDIC covering any remaining losses, the government agency said [...]

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Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations

25 Best Places for Affordable Homes

Marc Williams — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:31:14 +0000

money.cnn.com - With the mortgage rates going down, this is the best time to buy a home. But please don’t make the mistake that many Americans made and buy an affordable home. Here is a list the 25 best places for affordable homes. [ad#text-468x60] Want to retire near the water, but without paying premium prices for a [...]

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25 Best Places for Affordable Homes

Obama’s Secret Strategy

Marc Williams — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:05:52 +0000

Now that the conventions are behind us, the 2008 election is shaping up to be much closer than anyone would have believed months ago. [ad#text-468x60] Still, it will be an uphill battle for John McCain as Barack Obama has the advantage this year. If Obama wins, it should be a wake-up call to Republicans that the nation’s political [...]

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Obama’s Secret Strategy