In an interview with CNBC, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that the U.S. has been in a rough patch but is coming closer to the end of the current credit crisis.
Existing home sales for April , which will be released Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), are expected to decline further to a pace of 4.85 million units following March's sales figure of 4.93 million. This would mark
At 8:30 a.m. EDT, the U.S. Labor Department will release initial and continuing jobless claims for the weeks ending May 17 and 10 respectively. Economists expect a rise of 373k following a 371k increase in the previous week. Continuing jobless
House prices fell 0.4% month-over-month in March following February's revised 0.4% gain, and declined 1.7% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 compared to a previous 0.1% gain, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) reported Thursday. The quarterly fall was the largest
Since accession to the EU, Malta’s strengthened regulatory framework, combined with its favourable tax regime and professional workforce, has been increasing the country’s appeal for financial services start-ups, reports Polly Botsford.
Members of a mine rescue team from The Doe Run Company earned top honors during the recent Southern Regional Mine Rescue Contest. Held April 29 through May 2 in New Iberia, La., the competition pitted Doe Run's Gray Team against
A group of up to 300 young men have burned to death 11 people suspected of being witches and wizards in western Kenya - in some cases slitting their victims' throats or clubbing them to death before burning their bodies,
Despite the monsoon season of late, work has started up again at Third & Bond and this time (fingers crossed) it won't stop until after the new residents have moved in. Test piles were installed yesterday, which means we have
Next door to 904 Pacific Street is the one development on the block that is not part of the Hello Living complex. The four-story, four-unit building was designed by Benjamin Ellis Architects and is being developed by someone named Dante
When we snapped this photo of the rear of Ward's Bakery earlier this week, we did so simply because we were struck by how far along the demolition actually was; from the front, one would have no idea. Now, per
While the kitchen isn't exactly doing it for us, this convertible three-bedroom at 179 Ocean Parkway in Kensington looks like a reasonable way to pick up a family-sized pre-war apartment for under $500,000. (The asking price is $459,000 and the
House prices dropped 1.7% in the first three months of 2008 from the previous quarter -- the largest quarterly price decline on record, according to Ofheo. Prices were 3.1% lower than last year.
Jabulani Moleketi, deputy finance minister of South Africa, talks to Lara Williams about his budget plan for 2008, which is designed to address the recent economic downturn and the republic’s energy crisis.
Russian firm Sistema is putting its long-laid plan for international expansion into action with its move into the Indian market, Lara Williams reports.
Caldwell Companies announced today that Coventry Homes is beginning to build homes in its Towne Lake development. By the end of 2009, Coventry will build over 60 single family homes in Towne Lake, which start in the $320's. Coventry homes
Officials at Navigant Partners, LLC, announced today they have formed a strategic alliance with The Situs Companies, a Houston-based global real estate services firm, to provide property due diligence, valuation and other property related services for mergers and acquisitions in
For the first time ever, LIVE up to the minute statistics about worldwide property searches are available in the public domain. (PRWeb May 22, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb955014.htm
