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  • News Blog: Posts tagged DVD

    CNET News - The mechanisms and rates for Blu-ray licenses have yet to be fully hammered out ... Philips and Sony garnered millions in revenue from CD licensing. ... on their own--the Laserdisc wasn't competing against anything but a lack of interest.
    2008-03-05 11:49:00
  • Business events scheduled for Thursday

    FXStreet.com - ... on mortgage rates. DALLAS -- Blockbuster Inc. releases fourth-quarter financial results. WASHINGTON -- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on unemployment.
    2008-03-05 09:47:00
  • Australia's January building approvals up 1.9 percent from December ...

    FXStreet.com - Higher interest rates are likely to continue to delay any potential recovery in dwelling construction, further exacerbating the supply/demand imbalance in the residential market," he said in a note.
    2008-03-05 07:41:00
  • New Zealand central bank holds key rate steady

    FXStreet.com - WELLINGTON (Thomson Financial) - New Zealand's central bank kept interest rates on hold Thursday, even though it acknowledged that prospects for both the world and local economies were weakening. Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Alan Bollard said ...
    2008-03-05 03:02:00
  • Huge 401K Rollover Potential in 2008

    Insurance News Net - Interest rates are headed down. Low cd and savings rates will have prospects hungry for alternatives.
    2008-03-06 08:20:00
  • CDs with shorter tenure find favour with banks

    Economic Times - One-year bulk deposits raised at higher interest rates during March 2007 have come up for renewal, pushing up interest rates and ... In March alone, CD volumes could easily be around Rs 5,000-6,000 crore.
    2008-03-06 04:41:00
  • 2nd UPDATE: Trichet: Upside CPI Risks Warrant Current Policy

    FXStreet.com - As the ECB's notion of medium term is generally considered to be 18 months into the future, that suggests the ECB's Governing Council members have scant inclination to lower interest rates.
    2008-03-06 07:44:00
  • Entertainment Calendar

    Kane County Chronicle - Story of a high school jock who takes interest in a brainy new girl at the school and what happens when they both try out for ... Tour rates available. Come take a journey through time and enjoy more than 70 historic vehicles and hundreds of pieces of ...
    2008-03-06 10:10:00
  • Housing market spirals, no end in sight

    FXStreet.com - Experts believe foreclosures will rise as more homeowners struggle with monthly payments as the interest rates on their mortgages adjust higher.
    2008-03-06 02:25:00
  • China Sees Inflation Pressure Growing

    CNN Money - Monetary policy "remains overly relaxed" and the central bank could raise interest rates once February data are reported, Ma said. Beijing has hiked rates repeatedly over the past two years to cool a boom in bank lending and investment that helped to ...
    2008-03-06 01:53:00
  • Bank of England holds rates steady

    Marketwatch - To be sure, the economy is weakening and housing is very weak indeed -- and both will get worse," wrote Michael ... Meanwhile, the European Central also held interest rates unchanged, at 4%, as expected. See ECB story.
    2008-03-06 08:27:00
  • Navigating to retirement

    AZCentral.com - My income goes down every time I renew a CD," said Jim Wind of Sun City West. "Interest rates have been going the wrong direction for me." Wind, a former banker and real estate salesman who also drove a school bus part-time before retiring in earnest ...
    2008-03-06 03:58:00
  • European exchanges wilt on ECB rate decision

    Hindustan Times - European stock exchanges wilted on Thursday following a decision by the European Central Bank to leave interest rates unchanged and remarks by its president suggesting an easing in bank credit policies was not in the offing. The London FTSE 100 index ...
    2008-03-06 09:49:00
  • Don't expect a bargain on mortgage rates

    Dallas Morning News - But don't expect a huge bargain on interest rates. Rates for 30-year fixed mortgages have climbed back to more than 6 percent. And if you are purchasing a higher-priced home, the finance rate is closer to 7 percent.
    2008-03-06 08:52:00
  • Michael Cullen the lone happy homeowner (Scoop.co.nz)

    "The Reserve Bank's announcement that interest rates will remain higher for longer will make Michael Cullen the only happy home owner in New Zealand.
    2008-03-05 06:47:09