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Zillow Opens Online Mortgage Marketplace (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Seattle-based Zillow.com, best known for its instant home value "Zestimates," launched a new service on Apr. 3 aimed at changing the way Americans shop for mortgages.
2008-04-04 05:08:41 -
Mother of child prodigy turned prostitute asks: Did our hunger for success destroy her? (Daily Mail)
Sufiah Yusof was the child genius sent to Oxford at 13 - but now exposed as a prostitute. In this despairing interview, her mother pleads for her to come home and asks: Did our family's hunger for success destroy her?
2008-04-04 04:53:37 -
IN BRIEF (Pahrump Valley Times)
SCORE, counselors to America's small businesses, is ready to help start individual businesses and help businesses with problems. Call SCORE, 727-9471 or Sally, 727-5800 for an appointment. The service is free.
2008-04-04 04:55:23 -
Mortgage fraud: same basic scams with a few new twists (Los Angeles Times)
WASHINGTON -- Mortgage schemes are becoming more intricate, and the criminals who work them are more active than ever.
2008-04-04 05:31:49 -
DA warns of property tax services (Contra Costa Times)
nBusinesses are soliciting up to $250 for tax reassessments that are free of charge
2008-04-04 06:01:06 -
Clinton Strategist Lobbied for Trade Pact She Opposes (New York Times)
Mark Penn, was hired by Colombians in a public relations function to help secure passage of the trade pact which Senator Clinton?s campaign does not support.
2008-04-04 09:32:06 -
Will the real Polk County Humane Society stand up? Meeting Monday will try to find an answer (Crookston Daily Times)
The embattled Humane Society of Polk County, which had not functioned as an active organization since the doors to its shelter closed Oct. 1, 2006, now has two boards of directors that each claim to be its true governing body, with separate agendas and supporters. One seeks to dissolve the corporation while the other is trying desperately to get it up and running again.
2008-04-04 10:28:24 -
Rooms With a Bubble View (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
During the real-estate boom, many buyers purchased condo hotel rooms from developers hoping to get paid every time the room was rented. But condo hotels are coming back to haunt many of the people who bought the units, the developers that constructed the buildings, and the operators hired to run the hotels.
2008-04-04 07:39:59 -
The Problems of Central Bank Planning (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
With day after day of bleak news regarding the credit crunch — and in particular, articles that constantly remind us that the Fed's recent actions haven't been tried since the Great Depression — the average American is understandably perplexed.
2008-04-04 05:47:52 -
REGION: Wilkes must raise more to make bail (North County Times)
SAN DIEGO ---- Brent Wilkes, the former Poway defense contractor convicted of bribing disgraced U.S. Rep Randy "Duke" Cunningham can get out of jail ---- as soon as he can raise another $600,000 toward his bail.
2008-04-04 07:43:20 -
In brief (The Tribune-Democrat)
in Stonycreek Twp. INDIAN LAKE – Fire gutted a one-story home Friday evening in Stonycreek Township, authorities said. No one was home when fire broke out in the Mostoller residence in the 200 block of Shilders Lane off state Route 160 near Indian Lake Borough.
2008-04-04 07:48:03 -
Judge in Countrywide lawsuit denies request for BofA records (The Times and Democrat)
DOVER, Del. - A judge rejected a request by lawyers representing Countrywide Financial shareholders to examine Bank of America's internal documents related to the pending merger of the two companies.
2008-04-04 11:07:21 -
Senate passes Katrina tax relief (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate voted Friday to give long-sought tax relief to Gulf Coast hurricane victims, but with the April 15 tax deadline looming it has added a complication for those who have yet to file.
2008-04-04 11:06:13 -
More News (Daily Breeze)
For some uneasy investors, the questioning could start at the mailbox: Now what? Statements for investments like 401(k) plans or mutual funds will soon arrive, showing investors how much they shared in the bloodletting Wall Street saw during the first three months of the year.
2008-04-04 11:25:14 -
Man accused of fraud may be tried (The Palm Beach Post)
A man facing federal charges for allegedly falsifying information on mortgage loan applications for Palm Beach County properties may face a jury in May.
2008-04-04 09:10:51