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  • UPDATE 2-Insurance broker Willis posts lower 1st-qtr net - Reuters

    NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Willis Group Holdings Ltd (WSH.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the world's third largest insurance broker, said on Wednesday that net income fell in the first quarter, after taking severance charges. Net income slipped ...
    2008-04-30 04:07:00
  • Bank Breaks Ranks To Cut Mortgage Costs - Sky.com

    The bank, currently asking shareholders for another £12bn to shore up its finances, is making the changes in an attempt to boost its market share. It means all fixed rate and tracker mortgages taken out directly with RBS and NatWest will be reduced ...
    2008-04-29 09:45:00
  • UGI Q2 Earnings Rise; Reaffirms FY08 EPS Outlook - Quick Facts [UGI] - RTT News

    4/30/2008 9:28:16 AM UGI Corp. (UGI) reported its second quarter net income of $126.1 million or $1.17 per share, compared to $120.2 million or $1.12 per share in the same quarter last year. Analysts expected earnings of $1.18 per share. Quarterly ...
    2008-04-30 06:20:00
  • Automated Mortgage Marketing - Colleyville Courier

    Create professional Mortgage Marketing Campaigns with the documistic online Mortgage Marketing System. Produce flyers and postcards using quality templates and designs. Insider secrets on how to legally repair your Credit Rating within 24 hours. Fast ...
    2008-04-29 06:53:00
  • Stop Begging Ben for Help Cooking Banks' Books: Jonathan Weil - Bloomberg

    April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Orange County, California, gave us much of the mortgage mess. Now one of its local congressmen is seeking new ways to keep us from knowing how bad it is. Meet U.S. Representative Gary Miller , a real-estate developer by trade ...
    2008-04-30 01:12:00
  • Mortgage aid program benefiting few in trouble - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    WASHINGTON -- In August, President Bush promised to help homeowners who had fallen behind on their mortgage payments refinance with stable government-insured loans. This month, officials asserted that more than 150,000 people had benefited. But ...
    2008-04-28 05:57:00
  • Stewart Information Services Q1 Net Loss Widens - Quick Facts [STC] - RTT News

    4/30/2008 9:26:53 AM Wednesday morning, Stewart Information Services Corp. (STC) reported first-quarter net loss of $22.3 million or $1.24 per share compared to net loss of $4.8 million or $0.26 per share in the same quarter of last year. On average ...
    2008-04-30 06:20:00
  • Types of Mortgage Loans - AOL

    Major types of mortgage loans include: Fixed-rate loans. Because they offer a monthly payment that is known and does not change, fixed-rate mortgage loans remain the most popular type. Most fixed-rate mortgages are for loan terms of 15 or 30-years. A ...
    2008-04-30 04:40:00
  • Federal Mortgage Plan Falls Short, Critics Say - New York Times

    F.H.A. officials have asserted in recent weeks that more than 150,000 people have benefited from the program, which was intended to help troubled homeowners refinance into stable, government-issued loans.
    2008-04-30 06:42:00
  • GM loses $3.3 billion in 1Q, lowers sales outlook - FOX News

    The nation's biggest automaker also cut its industrywide U.S. sales outlook for the year. GM disclosed earlier this week it was cutting production of some of its slow-selling trucks and SUVs. But its earnings excluding one-time items beat Wall Street ...
    2008-04-30 09:26:00
  • GM reports $3.3-billion loss - Los Angeles Times

    Faced with slumping sales, a strike at a major supplier and continuing fallout from the sub-prime mortgage crisis, General Motors Corp. today said it lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter, a big reversal from a small profit in the year-earlier ...
    2008-04-30 10:02:00
  • GM Posts $3.25 Billion Q1 Loss - BusinessWeek

    General Motors ( GM ) just can't seem to escape its funk. The auto company reported a first-quarter loss of $3.25 billion on Apr. 30, a huge turn in the wrong direction from the small profit it reported in the first quarter of last year. Granted ...
    2008-04-30 10:52:00
  • Starbucks to unveil new drinks - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Starbucks Corp. will unveil two new drinks on Wednesday, the company told the Wall Street Journal. One will be a smoothie-like drink made of fruit and whey powder, and constitute the company's first part of a push into healthier options, the Journal ...
    2008-04-30 09:05:00
  • GM lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter - MSNBC

    DETROIT - General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major parts supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups. The nation’s biggest automaker also cut ...
    2008-04-30 09:55:00
  • SIRVA Reaches Agreement with Creditors to Resolve Plan Objections - Forbes

    CHICAGO, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRVA, Inc. (SIRV.PK), a global relocation services provider, announced it reached an agreement with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors that will resolve the Committee's objections to the Company ...
    2008-04-30 10:31:00