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Rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.95 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage jumped after standing pat for three straight weeks at...
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Past foreclosure means waiting years for new loan
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Next to filing for bankruptcy protection, nothing wrecks your chances of qualifying for a home loan...
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Man’s childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M
DALLAS (AP) ? The bulk of a man’s childhood comic book collection that included many of the most prized issues...
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Rising sales point to better year for housing
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season. Sales of previously occupied...
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Pace of new credit card accounts picks up in 2011
NEW YORK (AP) ? More people are carrying credit cards, after the banking industry opened up lending a bit in...
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Dow crosses 13,000 for first time since 2008
NEW YORK (AP) ? The Dow Jones industrial average has crossed 13,000 for the first time since before the 2008...
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Munch’s ‘The Scream’ to sell in NY; may fetch $80M
NEW YORK (AP) ? One of four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” will be sold this spring in...
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For boomers, it’s a new era of ‘work til you drop’
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people...
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Sony makes mobile gaming push with handheld Vita
NEW YORK (AP) ? Sony is intensifying its push in handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at hardcore players looking...