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  • Turkish Lira Falls; Traders Bet Erdogan-Bush Meeting Will Fail

    Bloomberg - Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Turkish lira fell on concern a meeting between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S ... said inflation probably accelerated to 3 percent in October, above the central bank's target, spurring bets on an interest-rate ...
    2007-11-05 08:14:00
  • RBA board feels pressure on their $12m in mortgages

    News.com.au - ... Warwick McKibbin, borrowed from the Commonwealth Bank for his home in Canberra's Deakin, around the corner from the Prime ... Forecast: Smart money is on interest rate rise Vote: Future Fund to decide on Telstra pay Investigation: Lawyer in court over ...
    2007-11-05 12:25:00
  • RBA board to meet on interest rates

    HULIQ.com - It is expected to raise the cash rate, and a rate rise could badly hurt Coalition MPs in marginal electorates. Labor's Treasury spokesman Wayne Swan says the RBA does raise rates, the Prime Minister must shoulder much of the blame. "What it will ...
    2007-11-05 10:59:00
  • PM takes stick to banks to dodge fallout

    News.com.au - And Peter Costello has predicted that if rates rise this week for the sixth time since the Prime Minister promised in ... Forecast: Smart money is on interest rate rise Vote: Future Fund to decide on Telstra pay Investigation: Lawyer in court over ...
    2007-11-05 12:11:00
  • Australian PM Says Economy Difficult

    Forbes - Prime Minister John Howard warned Monday that the Australian economy is becoming more difficult to manage with the ... Party has led Howard's center-right coalition in opinion polls throughout the year, blames the government for the interest rate ...
    2007-11-05 10:02:00
  • Thinking about the rate cut's economic impact

    Axcess News - (AXcess News) Creston, IL - I've been thinking about cuts. Actually I've been thinking about Sub-prime/ AltA mortgages, interest rates, return-on-investments, currencies, REPO's, terminations, and job creation. If you divide last week's quarter point ...
    2007-11-05 08:50:00
  • Fed Says Banks Tighten Business, Consumer Lending Standards

    Bloomberg - ... which Fed policy makers had when they met Oct. 30-31, may have contributed to the central bank's decision to cut the benchmark interest rate for a second straight month, to 4.5 percent. A ``notably'' larger group of banks said demand slowed for prime ...
    2007-11-05 11:06:00
  • MassMutual Announces Record $1.38 Billion Dividend to Policyholders, 7 ...

    Forbes - The total approved payout for 2008 reflects a dividend interest rate of 7.9 percent on most of its eligible participating ... provide our policyholders with flexibility and options as their financial needs evolve over time, and are a prime example ...
    2007-11-05 06:13:00
  • Banks tighten mortgage, commercial standards: Fed

    Reuters - ... difficult for distressed borrowers to refinance their way out of loans made unaffordable by interest rate ... showed that more than 40 percent of domestic banks polled had tightened lending standards on prime mortgages -- mostly traditional fixed-rate ...
    2007-11-05 12:39:00
  • Braced for interest rate trifecta

    News.com.au - BUSINESSES are steeling themselves for up to three interest rate rises within the next six months that will curb sales and profit ... Worries that losses from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis will curb corporate profits grew with reports that Citigroup ...
    2007-11-05 12:18:00
  • Citigroup bombshell tip of the iceberg

    News.com.au - Forecast: Smart money is on interest rate rise Vote: Future Fund to decide on Telstra pay Investigation: Lawyer in court ... Predictions: Braced for rate trifecta Sub-prime losses: Citigroup $12bn losses tip of iceberg Market size: PetroChina the world's ...
    2007-11-05 12:39:00
  • Stocks Fall on Housing, Credit Concerns

    Newsday - ... rising expectations that the Federal Reserve is leaning away from cutting interest ... About 40 percent of respondents said they had tightened lending standards on prime ... Rate it:
    2007-11-05 12:25:00
  • Mark Vaile reveals Coalition tension over possible rate rise

    News.com.au - DEPUTY Prime Minister Mark Vaile yesterday revealed the tension within the Coalition as it faced the likelihood of an interest rate rise on the eve of the election. The Reserve Bank board will meet today and its members are expected to boost rates by ...
    2007-11-05 12:03:00
  • Does the Fed's rate cut help consumers?

    MSNBC - Benchmark rates like the prime rate move up and down with changes by the Fed, much the way Wal-Mart passes along savings on T ... Fed injects $41 billion to relieve credit crunch Fed cuts interest rates a quarter-point Answer Desk: Which is worse ...
    2007-11-05 10:52:00
  • Braced for rate trifecta (News Interactive)

    BUSINESSES are steeling themselves for up to three interest rate rises within the next six months that will curb sales and profit growth and hit homeowners hard.
    2007-11-05 05:00:00