Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News New York, NY, United States (AHN) – More American homeowners are reducing the terms of their mortgages because of low interest rates and a desire to reduce debts. According to Freddie Mac, 34 percent of refinancers changed to 20- or 15-year loans. It is the highest level in switches in [...]
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34 percent of refinancers in the U.S. shift to shorter mortgage terms in Q1
August 17th, 2011 
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August 14th, 2011 davidguide The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel (The Media Line) – Ambitious plans to merge two of Israel’s key state-owned defense makers in order to end cutthroat competition and costly duplication have been dropped and the government is moving to privatize one of them. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz have agreed [...]
Posted in Loan News Tags: Ambitious, congressional research service, congressional research service crs, CRS, cutting edge technology, deal, Defense, Dropped, duplication, ehud barak, Government, israel exports, israel military industries, israeli defense minister, jerusalem israel, order, rocket propulsion systems, technology, uzi submachine gun, year Comments Off30-year mortgage rates in U.S. hit 8-month low
August 8th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News McLean, VA, United States (AHN) – The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage loan in the U.S. declined over the weekend to 4.39 percent, according to Freddie Mac. It went down from 4.55 percent and is an eight-month low. The drop came amid reports of faltering of the [...]
Posted in Loan News Tags: 30 year fixed mortgage, 30 year mortgage rates, american banks, association of realtors, borrowing cost, loan data, national association of realtors, vital factors, year fixed mortgage, year mortgage Comments OffVillagers brace for relocation as hyropower dam project moves forward
August 2nd, 2011 davidguide THADEAU, Laos (IRIN) – Ting does not know exactly how the proposed Xayaburi hydropower dam will change his life, but he knows he will be forced to leave his village if it goes ahead. “I don’t have any power over this decision,” said Ting, 50, who like other Lao villagers, goes by only one name. [...]
Posted in Loan News Tags: critical statements, dam project, expert, fish species, Government, hanoi vietnam, hyropower, international rivers, irin, laos government, May, mekong committee, mekong river, MRC, power, s reservoir, THADEAU, upper stretch, village, Villagers Comments OffAmerican taxpayers lose $1.3 billion in Chrysler bailout
July 27th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. government recovered $11.2 billion of the $12.5 billion it loaned to Chrysler under Washington’s multibillion dollar rescue of the American car industry. The Treasury Department, which ended Chrysler’s rescue with the sale of its 6 percent stake in the company to Italian [...]
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July 27th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. government recovered $11.2 billion of the $12.5 billion it loaned to Chrysler under Washington’s multibillion dollar rescue of the American car industry. The Treasury Department, which ended Chrysler’s rescue with the sale of its 6 percent stake in the company to Italian [...]
Eurozone leader’s meeting shows divisions on handling Greek debt crisis
July 21st, 2011 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Brussels, Belgium (AHN) – Solving the Greek sovereign debt crisis is essential or the other member states of the Eurozone will feel the negative consequences, warned the European Commission president. Eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels, Belgium this week to discuss the Greek crisis. Despite the urgency of the [...]
Posted in Loan News Tags: aid, angela merkel, brussels belgium, Central, Chancellor Angela Merkel, concrete plan, debt crisis, European, european commission president, german chancellor angela merkel, investor, investor confidence, Leader, Linda, linda young, negative consequences, News, package, President, Urgency Comments OffCongress grills architect of new financial regulatory agency
July 15th, 2011 davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Republicans in Congress Thursday took aim at the Obama administration’s plan for a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau scheduled to begin operating next week. A hearing intended to question the architect of the agency about how it would operate turned into a [...]
Posted in Loan News Tags: antagonism, bank foreclosures, barack obama, Bureau, Chairman, consumer protection act, D-MA, Financial, government reform committee, harvard professor, house, house oversight and government reform committee, investment, legal correspondent, Oversight, risky loans, subprime mortgages, Thursday, transparency, white house adviser Comments OffMore urban poor depending on food subsidies
July 9th, 2011 davidguide Dhaka, Senegal (IRIN) – More and more urban Bangladeshis, burdened by rising food prices, are seeking assistance under the government’s open market system (OMS). Under the scheme, rice and other commodities are sold at almost 30 percent less than the market rate, with each household entitled to 5 kilograms of rice and five kilograms of [...]
Posted in Loan News Tags: added significance, Agriculture, campaign group, citizen, city, consumers association, diet, fixed incomes, food and agriculture organization, food subsidies, food transport, irin, January, Organization, percent, rate, secretary, Solidarity, system oms, wheat flour Comments OffCavaliers give assist to Continental Cup hoops tournament
July 3rd, 2011 davidguide John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent Cleveland, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – The Cleveland Cavaliers are giving an assist the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission for the Cleveland Cavaliers Continental Cup, one of the most significant international youth basketball tournaments in the United States. The tournament features 36 teams from around the world and is [...]
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