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  • Stimulus plan soothes, but it's not a cure-all - Salt Lake Tribune

    Stimulus plan soothes, but it's not a cure-allSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 16 hours agoBy giving businesses $40 billion in tax breaks such as accelerated depreciation for equipment, the stimulus package hurts about 30 states that calculate ...
    2008-01-26 11:01:38
  • Checklist of tax records - Savannah Morning News

    Checklist of tax recordsSavannah Morning News, GA - 16 hours agoThis includes anything needed to calculate a cost basis for IRAs and other investments that may be sold many years in the future. When in doubt, save.
    2008-01-26 11:12:52
  • Real estate market in SJ seems poised for rebound - Cherry Hill Courier Post

    Real estate market in SJ seems poised for reboundCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 15 hours agoIt is too early to calculate the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on area foreclosures and what, if any, they might have on the market. ...
    2008-01-27 12:21:31
  • How To Lower Home Mortgage Interest Rates - Best Syndication

    How To Lower Home Mortgage Interest RatesBest Syndication, CA - 1 hour agoAsk your lenders about the different schemes and calculate how much you are bound to pay for each type of arrangement, weight the risks and potentials of ...
    2008-01-27 02:55:27
  • Money Matters: Stress lowering tax tips for the 2007 filing season - Newburyport Current

    Money Matters: Stress lowering tax tips for the 2007 filing seasonNewburyport Current, MA - 30 minutes agoYour tax accountant can help you calculate what you owe prior to completing the forms. Deductions save you income tax. There are still deductions available ...
    2008-01-27 03:30:11
  • Stimulus rebates may come by mid-May (Merced Sun-Star)

    Most taxpayers could expect a rebate of up to $600 starting in mid-May under the economic aid plan set to go through Congress within weeks.
    2008-01-26 08:17:47
  • Checklist of tax records (Savannah Morning News)

    A checklist of the most common records you'll need to prepare 2007 taxes, whether you use home-computer tax software, a professional tax preparer or an old-fashioned paper tax return:
    2008-01-26 09:55:05
  • Stimulus plan soothes, but it's not a cure-all (The Salt Lake Tribune)

    WASHINGTON - The $145 billion stimulus package Congress and the Bush administration unveiled late last week meets the tests most economists prescribed for the ailing economy - it is targeted, temporary and (relatively) timely.
    2008-01-26 11:22:01
  • Real estate market in S.J. seems poised for rebound (Courier-Post)

    South Jersey consumers seem ready to get back into the home-buying game,according to Lynn Rossi, a real estate agent with Prudential Fox & Roach of Haddonfield.
    2008-01-27 12:10:35
  • Tax filers face year's worth of changes (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

    By EILEEN PUTMAN WASHINGTON - For 2007 income taxes, it's the little things that count. Small deductions here, a credit there, a bit of help for homeowners caught in the mortgage crisis - all add up to tax savings for savvy filers. But a big thing - Congress' last-minute fix of the alternative minimum tax - delayed filing for several million early birds who usually submit returns months ahead ...
    2008-01-27 04:01:49
  • Plan B swings into effect to change mood of America

    Times Online - ... operations to repair their balance-sheets after the damage done by the sub-prime ... to stay aloft, any market economy needs to grow faster than some minimum rate in ... The first was, of course, the emergency cut in interest rates from 4.25 to 3.5 per ...
    2008-01-27 02:57:00
  • 'Rogue' trader did no wrong - lawyers

    News.com.au - ... more substantial than those it accumulated in recent months", notably in the midst of the US sub-prime ... Interest rates: Economists after 50bp rate rise Exposure: Banks at high risk in Allco fallout Societe Generale: $8bn - History's biggest fraud
    2008-01-27 01:53:00
  • Will RBI cut rates?

    Business Standard - It's not just the exchange rate and interest rate policy that's hurting growth. Acknowledging that a combination of rising interest rates and an appreciating rupee had triggered a slowdown in the economy and negative impact on employment, Prime ...
    2008-01-27 10:32:00
  • Peter Boutell, Lending a Hand: Fed rate cut creates brief refinance ...

    Santa Cruz Sentinel - Normally, by the time the banks announce that the prime rate has moved, as they did on Tuesday, long-term mortgage interest rates have already made their move. The buzz among economists for the past several weeks has been all about what Ben Bernanke ...
    2008-01-27 12:52:00
  • Merrill Lynch warns of more pain

    News.com.au - ... already be in one after the sharp drop in house prices prompted a collapse in the sub-prime ... Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's decision last week to announce a 75 basis point cut in interest rates - the largest in 25 years and first emergency rate ...
    2008-01-27 01:53:00