CBC.ca Swiss Parliament Backs UBS Pact Wall Street Journal Lawmakers from the Swiss People's Party spoke in the National Council in Bern, Switzerland, on Thursday.
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Telegraph.co.uk China CPI Breaks 3% Wall Street Journal BEIJING — China's consumer price inflation in May breached the psychologically important 3% level, the government's annual target, for the first time this year , even as other indicators showed slowing growth in economic activity.
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Kansas City Star Mortgage Lenders Seek Relief on Bad Debt Repurchases BusinessWeek May 27 (Bloomberg) — Mortgage lenders are seeking relief from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the government-supported companies force them to buy back more soured debt, said John Courson, president of the industry's largest trade group. … 30-Year Mortgage Rate at 4.78% Wall Street Journal Fixed-rate mortgages continue to fall: Freddie Mac MarketWatch US mortgage rates edge closer to record low Reuters The Associated Press
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Plain Dealer Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Generally Fall Further In Week Wall Street Journal Mortgage rates generally extended recent declines as Treasury yields continue to fall, according to Freddie Mac's (FRE) weekly survey of mortgage rates. Mortgage rates tend to follow Treasury yields, and the benchmark 10-year note dipped to its lowest ..
Kansas City Star US Growth Revised Lower Wall Street Journal The US economy grew briskly in the first quarter, but its pace was a little weaker than originally thought, according to the government, which revised consumer and business spending lower.
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CNN Thai Growth Positive, for Now Wall Street Journal BANGKOK—Thailand's economy surged in the first quarter on robust exports, consumption and investment, with the government maintaining its 2010 growth forecast despite some of the deadliest riots in the country's modern history. ..
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Latin American Herald Tribune Chavez Government Raids Four Venezuela Brokerage Firms Latin American Herald Tribune On Monday, the government raided Heptagon Sociedad de Corretaje de Valores and Finalca Casa de Bolsa . In a heretofore unseen use of twitter, …
Globe and Mail Huang, Once China's Richest Person, Gets 14 Years for Bribery BusinessWeek May 18 (Bloomberg) — Huang Guangyu, a school dropout who became China's richest man with an estimated $6.3 billion fortune, was sentenced to 14 years prison as the government continues to crack down on corruption. The founder of Hong Kong-listed Gome … Gome founder sentenced to 14 years in prison MarketWatch Chinese electronics tycoon becomes country's richest prisoner The Guardian Ex-Gome Chairman Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison Wall Street Journal AFP
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Reuters US Treasury Says Chrysler Holding Repaid $1.9 Billion Loan BusinessWeek May 17 (Bloomberg) — The US Treasury Department said it received a $1.9 billion loan repayment from Chrysler Holding, the parent company of the automaker that filed for bankruptcy in 2009. The repayment was “significantly more” than the …
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Reuters Obama to set up oil spill panel BBC News US President Barack Obama will set up a commission to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, officials say. They say the panel will also examine industry practices and the government's role in the disaster
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