AFP | Obama to loosen export controls: Will it help economy or hurt security? Christian Science Monitor President Obama will announce Tuesday a plan to revamp the export controls on sensitive military equipment. The move could boost US trade, but it will have ... Virtual Obama to Speak on Export Controls |
Monday, August 30, 2010
Obama to loosen export controls: Will it help economy or hurt security? - Christian Science Monitor
http://antiscam.info/text/1030
Saturday, August 28, 2010
USA Today gets makeover for mobile world - CNET
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CNET | USA Today gets makeover for mobile world CNET USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, announced this week a major restructuring effort designed to address a drop in advertising ... |
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates fall again - Triangle Business Journal:
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's weekly rate report says 30-year, fixed-rate mortgagesx fell to an average 4.82 percent, down from 4.86 percenft last week. A year ago, 30-year mortgagezs were averaging about6 percent. Long-term, fixed-ratse mortgages are now on par with many adjustablesrate mortgages. A one-year ARM also averaged 4.82 percen this week. "Long-term fixed-rate mortgage ratesx have remained below 5 percent for the past 10 weeks asthe U.S. Treasurh and Federal Reserve act to keep interes rates low throughsecurity purchases," says Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) chiecf economist Frank Nothaft.
"The treasury purchased $136 billion in mortgage-backerd securities through April and the Fedbought $740 billion through The Federal Reserve has also purchasexd $115 billion in Treasury bonds since Home builder confidence rose this according to the , despite a drop in housing starts. The declinr in construction was led primarilyu by a continued drop in condo andapartmenr construction. The also reported this week a continued rise inmortgagew applications, led by refinancing activity. Mortgage refinanciny now accounts for 74 percent of allmortgagr applications.
's weekly rate report says 30-year, fixed-rate mortgagesx fell to an average 4.82 percent, down from 4.86 percenft last week. A year ago, 30-year mortgagezs were averaging about6 percent. Long-term, fixed-ratse mortgages are now on par with many adjustablesrate mortgages. A one-year ARM also averaged 4.82 percen this week. "Long-term fixed-rate mortgage ratesx have remained below 5 percent for the past 10 weeks asthe U.S. Treasurh and Federal Reserve act to keep interes rates low throughsecurity purchases," says Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) chiecf economist Frank Nothaft.
"The treasury purchased $136 billion in mortgage-backerd securities through April and the Fedbought $740 billion through The Federal Reserve has also purchasexd $115 billion in Treasury bonds since Home builder confidence rose this according to the , despite a drop in housing starts. The declinr in construction was led primarilyu by a continued drop in condo andapartmenr construction. The also reported this week a continued rise inmortgagew applications, led by refinancing activity. Mortgage refinanciny now accounts for 74 percent of allmortgagr applications.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Nonprofits brace for budget emergency aftershocks, IOUs - Dayton Business Journal:
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While service providers don’t yet know whether they’ll receiv e IOUs — or what the amounts will be Sparky Harlan, CEO of the in Santa is prepared forthe worst. “We receive about $400,00p in state funding,” Harlan said. “We’re already accustomesd to getting money from the state late last year, for example, it took until December before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the centerr has relied on a $150,000 line of credit throughy to cover the gap, along with $500,000p out of its reserve funds. The center’ operating budget is $10 million for fisca l 2009-10.
The money that may be on hold from thestatee covers, in part, the center’s shelter and drop-in program, streety outreach, and parenting “The problem right now is that we don’ty know for certain how much they’re going to hold said Harlan, who has been with the centetr for 26 years. “But this is by far the worst I’vw ever seen.” In anticipation of the state’e budget problems, 10 perceny cuts have already been plannedfor foster-cared payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infostedr care.
Foster care rates are the same acrosswthe state, so families in high-cost areas such as the Bay Area get the same amount of compensation as people in more affordable “We’re fronting half a million dollars already,” she said. It’as a layered problem for the center, since in addition to statre money some comes from the federal Housing and Urban Development department. And Harlan said HUD is so slow it can take up to six montha for payments tobe “We’re hoping to get paid by July,” she “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilson Centetr has closed down two programs alreadgy and cut about 15 percent of its staff, leaving about 110 employees. These are real she pointed out — not attritionh or open jobs — and to do. “We had to give one staff personh a layoff notice and a week laterf his wife was laid off fromanother nonprofit,” she in Campbell gets about $500,000 a year from the statw for its AIDS services. CFO Ira Holtzmahn said the agency is large enough and financiallg stable enough that he would just book an IOU as accountzs receivable and hope the money came through eventually.
The Health Trust’s budger for fiscal year 2010 is morethan $16 million, Holtzmanh said. Pam Brandin, executive directorf of and Visually Impaired, which has officed in Palo Alto andSant Cruz, said that even though her agency providezs the kind of services that are especially at risk in State Controller John Chiang’s plan, the Vista Centerr is relatively safe. “We receive money through Titl 7 Chapter2 services,” Brandin explained. “Since much of our fundinb is federalmoney we’re hoping that it has to be releasex and passed on; the state won’t be allowec to hold on to it.
” The Vistas Center also has school contractsw through special education funding. “Last year when the statwe had similar budget issueswe didn’t receive any she said, “but that situation was resolved sooner than this appears to be. The agenciess that receive IOUsprobably won’tr even know they’re coming until they submit theirr bills.” She’s also banking on Vistwa Center’s status as a preferres vendor with the state, “sop we’ll be paid in advancr of other vendors — if in fact the states is even writing checks.
” Lisa Hendrickson, president CEO of Avenidas Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center in Palo is also cautiously optimistic. “The only funds we receivre from the state are MediCal payments for services provided at our adultydaycare center,” she said. “Our understanding is that thoswe services are protected by the state constitutiob as well asfederal law. We do receivr funding indirectly through the butwe don’t expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publidc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around waiting, not knowing what’zs going to happen.
But even with the most optimisticvoutcome it’s still going to be very He pointed out that the deficit last year for Santa Claraa County was more than $270 and many of the cuts were made in programsz around health, mental health, drugs and alcoholo and social services. And there’ no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the countt is looking at a deficit ofabougt $250 million, he said.
While service providers don’t yet know whether they’ll receiv e IOUs — or what the amounts will be Sparky Harlan, CEO of the in Santa is prepared forthe worst. “We receive about $400,00p in state funding,” Harlan said. “We’re already accustomesd to getting money from the state late last year, for example, it took until December before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the centerr has relied on a $150,000 line of credit throughy to cover the gap, along with $500,000p out of its reserve funds. The center’ operating budget is $10 million for fisca l 2009-10.
The money that may be on hold from thestatee covers, in part, the center’s shelter and drop-in program, streety outreach, and parenting “The problem right now is that we don’ty know for certain how much they’re going to hold said Harlan, who has been with the centetr for 26 years. “But this is by far the worst I’vw ever seen.” In anticipation of the state’e budget problems, 10 perceny cuts have already been plannedfor foster-cared payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infostedr care.
Foster care rates are the same acrosswthe state, so families in high-cost areas such as the Bay Area get the same amount of compensation as people in more affordable “We’re fronting half a million dollars already,” she said. It’as a layered problem for the center, since in addition to statre money some comes from the federal Housing and Urban Development department. And Harlan said HUD is so slow it can take up to six montha for payments tobe “We’re hoping to get paid by July,” she “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilson Centetr has closed down two programs alreadgy and cut about 15 percent of its staff, leaving about 110 employees. These are real she pointed out — not attritionh or open jobs — and to do. “We had to give one staff personh a layoff notice and a week laterf his wife was laid off fromanother nonprofit,” she in Campbell gets about $500,000 a year from the statw for its AIDS services. CFO Ira Holtzmahn said the agency is large enough and financiallg stable enough that he would just book an IOU as accountzs receivable and hope the money came through eventually.
The Health Trust’s budger for fiscal year 2010 is morethan $16 million, Holtzmanh said. Pam Brandin, executive directorf of and Visually Impaired, which has officed in Palo Alto andSant Cruz, said that even though her agency providezs the kind of services that are especially at risk in State Controller John Chiang’s plan, the Vista Centerr is relatively safe. “We receive money through Titl 7 Chapter2 services,” Brandin explained. “Since much of our fundinb is federalmoney we’re hoping that it has to be releasex and passed on; the state won’t be allowec to hold on to it.
” The Vistas Center also has school contractsw through special education funding. “Last year when the statwe had similar budget issueswe didn’t receive any she said, “but that situation was resolved sooner than this appears to be. The agenciess that receive IOUsprobably won’tr even know they’re coming until they submit theirr bills.” She’s also banking on Vistwa Center’s status as a preferres vendor with the state, “sop we’ll be paid in advancr of other vendors — if in fact the states is even writing checks.
” Lisa Hendrickson, president CEO of Avenidas Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center in Palo is also cautiously optimistic. “The only funds we receivre from the state are MediCal payments for services provided at our adultydaycare center,” she said. “Our understanding is that thoswe services are protected by the state constitutiob as well asfederal law. We do receivr funding indirectly through the butwe don’t expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publidc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around waiting, not knowing what’zs going to happen.
But even with the most optimisticvoutcome it’s still going to be very He pointed out that the deficit last year for Santa Claraa County was more than $270 and many of the cuts were made in programsz around health, mental health, drugs and alcoholo and social services. And there’ no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the countt is looking at a deficit ofabougt $250 million, he said.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Mom of dead Cuban hunger striker allowed to march - The Associated Press
http://pishtazkhorshid.com/article/Sunil-Jain--Golden-and-other-rules.html
msnbc.com | Mom of dead Cuban hunger striker » |
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wikileaks founder accused of rape - The Guardian
http://masterwork.blogetery.com/2010/08/17/weekly-cleaning-schedule/
Sydney Morning Herald | Wikileaks founder accused of rape The Guardian Swedish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of molestation and rape. The warrant was issued late yesterday, said a spokeswoman at Sweden's prosecutors' office in Stockholm. ... Sweden seeks WikiLeaks founder arrest in rape case Wikileaks founder wanted in Sweden Embattled Wikileaks Founder Facing Rape Charge in Sweden |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Jobless Claims in US Rose to Highest Since November - Bloomberg
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msnbc.com | Jobless Claims in US Rose to Highest Since November Bloomberg Initial jobless claims rose by 12000 in the week ended Aug. 14 Labor Department figures showed. Photographer: Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Applications for unemployment benefits in the US ... Jobless Claims Hit a Nine-Month High of 500000 Jobless claims rise to highest level in 9 months Initial filings up 12000 in latest week to hit 500000 mark, data show |
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