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  • Time Value of Money - AOL

    For example, $100 today would only be worth $94.34 a year from now if the market interest rate were 6%. Two years from now, $100 would only be worth $89, if the interest rate remained at 6%. For the first example, enter $91.74, 9%, and 1 year in the ...
    2008-06-14 08:04:00
  • Home lenders to push realty prices still higher - Business24-7

    It is extraordinary how the Dubai real estate boom has spiralled ever upwards over the past few months despite high home loan rates. Price increases have been among the highest since the launch of freehold ownership in 2002. The UAE Central Bank has ...
    2008-06-14 09:33:00
  • Asia stocks rally as oil falls below $134 - Ottawa Citizen

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asia stocks rallied on Monday as the U.S. dollar rebounded and oil fell below $134 a barrel, boosting confidence in the region's exporters, but bonds fell on expectations central banks will raise rates to fight inflation. Oil ...
    2008-06-15 09:39:00
  • InsiderAsia’s Model Portfolio - Week 277 - Edge Daily

    STOCK prices on Bursa Malaysia ended broadly lower last week. By comparison however, the KLCI was relatively resilient despite a sharp slump on Wall Street and regional markets, as inflationary worries and high crude oil prices took their toll on ...
    2008-06-15 08:32:00
  • Forex - Dollar rangebound after G8 stays silent on currencies - FXStreet.com

    LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The euro and dollar were rangebound after G8 finance ministers passed on the opportunity to make any official comment on currencies at the weekend's summit, with attention now shifting to euro zone inflation figures out ...
    2008-06-16 01:07:00
  • National CD rates (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

    Here are some of the highest nationwide yields on five types of accounts, according to the 100 Highest Yields consumer-investor newsletter.
    2008-06-14 02:29:37
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    2008-06-15 03:10:09
  • Wall Street set for lower open - Financial Times

    Wall Street stocks were set for a lower start on Monday as investors digested news that AIG’s had replaced its chief executive and a survey that showed manufacturing activity in New York State contracted in June for the fourth time in five months ...
    2008-06-16 06:29:00
  • The City has got its head in the clouds if it thinks business can go ... - Guardian Unlimited

    We're coming up to the anniversary of the biggest financial shock since the 1930s and all of us have learned some new words. A year ago, few had heard of securitisation, let alone a collateralised debt obligation or a credit default swap. What we ...
    2008-06-16 12:17:00
  • Inflation fears pushing up inflation, warns Bank - MyFinances.co.uk

    The UK could be facing an inflation spiral as fears of rising prices in themselves help to push up inflation. The Bank of England's Quarterly Bulletin out today reveals inflation will only stay low if the public believes the interest rate-setters of ...
    2008-06-16 07:05:00
  • What rate rises mean for you - Northampton Chronicle

    The Bank of England raised the base rate to 5.75%, and it may not be the last rise of the year. Here, the Chron looks at the big issues. will be a rise in monthly mortgage repayments. A hike of 0.25% will add around £16 a month to the bill of a ...
    2008-06-15 06:55:00
  • Food prices threaten Asian economic stability: ADB head (The Economic Times)

    South Korea: Soaring food prices could become a highly sensitive economic and political issue in Asia despite its robust growth, the president of the Asian Development Bank warned Monday.
    2008-06-16 05:35:48
  • Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation Enters Into Reinsurance Agreement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

    MGIC Investment Corporation today announced that its subsidiary, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation , has entered into a reinsurance agreement with an affiliate of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
    2008-06-16 05:52:00
  • Nationwide hikes fixed rate mortgages (Reuters.co.uk)

    LONDON (Reuters) - Nationwide, Britain's second largest mortgage lender, said on Monday it would hike the cost of some of its mortgages by up to half a percentage point, just a month after it cut rates to lure in new customers.
    2008-06-16 06:17:40
  • Cincinnati Financial Corporation Expands Board and Announces Executive Team Transitions (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

    Cincinnati Financial Corporation today announced the appointment to the board of directors of Kenneth W. Stecher, expanding the total number of directors to 14. Stecher will stand for election at the company's 2009 annual meeting of shareholders.
    2008-06-16 06:24:00