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  • AP Poll: Memphis Stays No. 1 (KFOX 14 El Paso)

    The latest Associated Press men's basketball poll ranks Memphis No. 1 and Kansas No. 2.
    2008-01-28 12:59:07
  • Memphis Stays Atop AP Basketball Poll (KETV 7 Omaha)

    The Memphis Tigers keep their No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press' top-25 college basketball poll.
    2008-01-28 12:59:10
  • Federal Reserve's Rate Cut Can Change Personal-Finance Strategy

    Blackenterprise.com - Jan. 26--HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Federal Reserve's dramatic move to lower interest rates last Tuesday is expected to make ... Except for a 5.1 percent Washington Mutual CD tied to a checking account, the highest rate I've seen recently was 4.85 ...
    2008-01-28 08:51:00
  • Markets set for further turbulence

    ITN - It is thought that some of the declines seen in Asia came as investors fretted over the US Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. In a bid to calm markets and stave off recession, the Fed announced a surprise three quarters of a percentage ...
    2008-01-28 01:27:00
  • DATA SNAP: Euro-Zone Dec M3 +11.5% On Year, Forecast +12.1%

    FXStreet.com - Markets are broadly expecting the ECB to lower interest rates as early as this spring, despite the fact that officials have repeatedly warned against upward inflationary risks in the medium term. Unlike other central banks, the ECB has a single ...
    2008-01-28 01:13:00
  • Latin America Agenda

    Financial Times - The central bank has stopped cutting interest rates, and market lending rates are rising. In the first three weeks of this year, foreign investors withdrew R$4.5bn from the São Paulo Stock Exchange. As one market economist commented to the FT ...
    2008-01-26 03:55:00
  • Toronto stocks seen lower on rate cut speculation

    Ottawa Citizen - ... GSPTSE> begins the week at 12,894.83, following a volatile week that saw the key index vacillate more than 1,200 points before ending up about 1.2 percent. Overseas markets all dropped on Monday amid uncertainty over interest rates and the ...
    2008-01-28 06:13:00
  • From today, feel free to download another 25 million songs - legally

    Times Online - With CD sales in free fall and legal downloads yet to fill the gap, the music ... files contain Digital Rights Management software... This is the point I lost interest. ... we want - from FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Compression) to MP3 of various bit rates ...
    2008-01-28 09:34:00
  • Yen advances as stocks ease

    Financial Times - However analysts said price action was likely to get more volatile, given the proximity of Wednesday’s decision by the Federal Reserve on US interest rates and flurry of US data - including growth and unemployment figures - due later in the week. ...
    2008-01-27 08:33:00
  • Dollar mixed in narrow ranges against rivals

    Marketwatch - Federal Reserve will do to interest rates this week. "There has been little change to the fundamental environment, with U.S. recession concerns still in the forefront of the market," wrote analysts at Action Economics. The dollar index, which tracks ...
    2008-01-28 06:49:00
  • Eurozone lending rises despite credit crisis

    Financial Times - ... difficulties in selling-on loans and removing them from their balance sheets could have exaggerated the growth rates ... faster slowdown. The ECB has steadfastly refused to follow the US Federal Reserve and has not even hinted at possible interest ...
    2008-01-28 12:58:00
  • London sell-off continues as Wall St falls

    Financial Times - Markets are expecting a 50 basis point cut in US interest rates following last week’s unscheduled 75bp cut, the biggest single cut in federal funds rates in 25 years. Stephen Lewis, strategist at Insinger de Beaufort, said: “Global equity markets ...
    2008-01-28 06:42:00
  • Protect Your Savings From the Fed

    MSNBC - CDs can help you preserve a better interest rate in this kind of environment, even though CD yields have dropped along with interest rates. Bankrate reports that average CD rates nationwide rest below 4%. As I write this, for example, the average one ...
    2008-01-28 07:11:00
  • The stimuli should be spread around

    Financial Times - Passengers in a sinking ship are well advised to help the crew bail out water. Yet, thus far, countries that rely on US demand for their exports have stood and watched as the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates and Congress prepares a fiscal stimulus ...
    2008-01-28 11:50:00
  • NBG: GDP is continuing to grow - The FINANCIAL

    NBG: GDP is continuing to growThe FINANCIAL, Georgia - 12 hours agoStarting from January, 2008, the MPC of the NBG will meet regularly on a monthly basis to discuss its interest rate policy. The schedule of the MPC meetings ...
    2008-01-28 12:20:36