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Amlak mulls refinance to unlock liquidity
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - May 18, 2006BY ISAAC JOHN (Chief Business Reporter). DUBAI Amlak, a leading Islamic finance company, plans to launch a refinancing scheme …
Source: www.khaleejtimes.com

Essar Steel free of CDR debt, repays Rs2800cr
Business Standard, India - 13 hours ago… The company is believed to have raised funds from state-owned banks including State Bank of India to refinance some of the expensive loans. …
Source: www.business-standard.com

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MSN MoneyCentral - Playing with online home-appraisal sites like Zillow is a great game. Simply plug in your address to find what the site says your house is worth. The real fun is checking on your friends’ homes — and your neighbors . But are these electronic
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Real Estate Mailbag Reverse Mortgages vs Home Equity Loans
Washington Post - Q: DEAR BOB: My mother, 78, owns her home free and clear. The house is worth about $450,000. When I recently visited her, I was shocked at how rundown the house had become. The roof leaks, and I could smell the mold. She finally admitted to me that
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Weekly rate roundup
Orange County Register - Here’s a look at interest rates on five common consumer banking products from Bankrate.com’s national survey of large banks and thrifts conducted May 10. Rate: 6.67% (30-year fixed) Average points: 0.35 The streak of six consecutive weekly increases
Source: www.ocregister.com

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Amlak puts new shape to re-finance package
AME Info - Although Amlak had a refinance package in its basket before, the new move is meant to improvise on it to suit the current requirements. It assumes significance as not many banks are offering refinance facilities, which benefit property owners
Source: www.ameinfo.com

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SBI to hike home loan rates
Rediff, India - Apr 25, 2006State Bank of India may hike home loan rates by 25-50 basis points, chairman AK Purwar said on Monday. He said SBI was reviewing …
Source: inhome.rediff.com

Home loan rates heading higher
Times Online, UK - 13 hours agoHomeowners who are not on fixed-rate deals were warned last week that they could soon face higher monthly payments, writes Jessica Bown. …
Source: business.timesonline.co.uk

Rethink Your Home Loan
Asianjournal.com, CA - 4 hours ago… If your credit has improved since the time that you got your home loan, it may also be worth seeing if you can qualify for a lower interest rate. …
Source: www.asianjournal.com

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Fitch Affirms AES Corporation’s IDR at ‘B+’; Outlook Stable
Forbes - Fitch affirms The AES Corporation’s (AES) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B+’. Fitch also affirms and withdraws the ratings for the company’s junior convertible debt. The Rating Outlook for all remaining instruments is Stable. A complete list of
Source: www.forbes.com

‘Big Six’ banks expected to deliver solid Q2 profit, RBC to keep top
Stockhouse Canada - TORONTO (CP) - Canada’s six biggest banks are poised to deliver low double-digit earnings growth on a year-over-year basis when they report their second-quarter earnings over the next two weeks. And while it is shaping up to be another quarter of
Source: www.stockhouse.ca

Honeywell Completes Sale of First Technology Safety and Analysis
Financial News USA - City of Industry, CA –(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)– 05/22/2006 - Fuel Cell industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). Honeywell (NYSE: HON) recently announced that it has completed the sale of the First Technology Safety & Analysis
Source: www.financialnewsusa.com

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Multiply, don t divide
Hindustan Times, India - 19 hours ago… followed Mandal I. How can they feign ignorance in the wake of Mandal II and lament, as Sitaram Yechury does in his article on these pages (Brand Equity, May 18 …
Source: www.hindustantimes.com

Equity funds tempt Arab world
Financial Times, UK - May 16, 2006By William Wallis in Cairo. Until recently private equity funds operating out of the oil-rich Gulf states tended to target firms in Europe or the US. …
Source: news.ft.com

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Diadem Announces Flow Through Equity Financing Of Up To $1,000,000
Market Wire - TORONTO, ONTARIO — (MARKET WIRE) — 05/18/2006 — Diadem Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:DRL) announced today that it proposes to effect a non-brokered private placement of up to 2,000,000 flow-through common shares at $0.50 per share to raise up to $1
Source: www.marketwire.com

Boston Scientfic to begin phaseout of Guidant brand
Indianapolis Star - BOSTON — Boston Scientific Corp. has decided to phase out its newly acquired Guidant brand, a name synonymous with potentially lifesaving defibrillators and pacemakers but burdened by bad publicity over safety-related product recalls. Now that
Source: www.indystar.com

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Why You Should Worry About Big Oil
BusinessWeek - Browne’s comments underscore a surprising point. Big Oil, that clutch of oil and gas giants in the U.S. and Europe, has big problems. Yes, we know it sounds ridiculous. Exxon Mobil Corp. ( XOM ) has been reporting the lushest earnings in the history
Source: www.businessweek.com

BofA equity loans soar
Akron Beacon Journal - Bank of America Corp. last year approved $72 billion in home equity loans, more than any other bank, the first time the nation’s largest financial retailer has topped that list. The home equity division’s progress from laggard to leader is the result
Source: www.ohio.com

How to tell good debt from bad debt
MSN MoneyCentral - Debt is a concept as intricately intertwined with America these days as baseball, Mom and apple pie. The amount of personal debt in this country is ever-increasing and a large part of the reason is that credit has never been easier to get. Whereas
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PNB raises home loan rates by 50 basis points
Economic Times, India - May 1, 2006NEW DELHI: Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Monday raised its home loan rates by 50 basis points joining State bank of India (SBI) and Oriental Bank of Commerce …
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Home sweet loan
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - May 12, 2006… the size of their mortgage - basically anyone who got into the market more than a few years ago - to borrow for any purpose at the home loan interest rate …
Source: www.smh.com.au