shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | shopping, economy, news
Hmpf, kinda like what happened with airline tickets this year ... no good deals because there's no surplus stock
Quoted: If you were hoping to find massive clearance sales as you finish up your holiday shopping, prepare to be disappointed.
Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - 10 days ago | politics, blogs, labour, interview, opposition, democracy, economy, people, debate, umbrella, national_health, electoral, liberation, israel, equality, world, grassroots, network, supporters, ideals, zionism, uk parties, governments, zionist, movementI was a labour supporter for a very long time, but this is supossedly a free site of labour supporters but it is an arm of the Labour party to combat the anti labour sites out there
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- Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - 11 days ago | bloomberg, business, global, sources, health, care, energy, schools, innovation, recession, podcast, brands, companies, apple, asia, branding, economy, investing, blogs, management, real_estate, small_business, media, technology, design, international, politics, people, philanthropy, retirement, planning, stocks, market, columists, magazines, electronics, digital, entertainment, internet, designs, reviews, marketing, china, europe, european, india
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- Rich | Shared With: Everyone - 21 days ago | real estate, seattle, seattle real estate, housing, economy
Negative equity is increasing in American Households, which has and will continue to affect consumer spending. Another concern is a further increase in distressed properties that will lead to more declines in pricing.
Quoted: "First American CoreLogic, which estimates the numbers many media outlets use, has changed its methodology from the last survey. It now no longer assumes that home equity lines of credit have been completely drawn down (fair), and it credits payments that mortgagors have made to pay down their principal (duh). The net result is that the housing situation looks better than it did a few months ago. Still bad, but better."
- Rich | Shared With: Everyone - 25 days ago | business, real estate, economy, housing
Quoted: Existing home sales were up 23.5 percent from a year earlier and sales activity was at the highest pace since February 2007, NAR says.
Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - 25 days ago | forecasting, meteorology, sustainability, research, modeling, earth, systems, regional, global, environment, oceans, climate, predictions, emissions, canada, nature, economy, observations, modelling, weather, anthorpogenic, global_warming, news, buildings, greenhouse_gasses, polar, icecaps, atmosphere, technology, carbon, solar, renewable, energy, natural, study, statistical, environmental, sciences, life, change, humanity, projects, skeptics, data, government
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- Rich | Shared With: Everyone - 29 days ago | the, foreclosure, distressed properties, real estate, economy
Quoted: The national delinquency rate on one-to-four-unit residential properties climbed to 9.64% of all loans at the end of Q309, according to a survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Including the rate of foreclosures, the US serious delinquency rate is at a record 14.4%
- Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 16 2009 | economy, portal, trade, industry, palestine, consumer, israeli, policy, lands, property, economic, ministry, environment, welfare, national, destruction, press
To contribute to Palestinian national welfare by creating a highly supportive enabling environment for private sector development.
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* Help expand global trade relations. - Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 16 2009 | jerusalem, israel, demographics, geographic, cities, gallery, economy, woman, issues, settlements, statements, interviews, articles, reports, documents, democracy, media, city, women, palastin, palestinian, citizens
Since its occupation to Jerusalem, Israel continues imposing unilateral measures aiming at changing the demographic and geographic realities in the city along with taking aggressive measures against the Palestinian citizens remaining there. Israel continues taking these measures unilaterally with total disregard to relevant international legitimacy resolutions and contrary to Israeli verbal declarations on alleged intentions to build mutual trust and confidence as a pre-requisite for making peace
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