Archive for August, 2013:

Homebuyers in Luck as Mortgage Rates Remain Steady

Date: Aug 15 2013
Filed under: Mortgages, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates, EconomyNick Ut/AP Average rates on U.S. long-term fixed mortgages remained steady for a second straight week, giving prospective home buyers more time to lock in historically low levels. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said ...Read More »

Jobless claims fall to 320,000

Date: Aug 15 2013
Claims for unemployment benefits last week reached the lowest level in almost six years. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/I54CjPTFlN8/ Read More »

A New AmeriQuest Blog Asks, is Big Data a Big Headache or Big Business?

Date: Aug 14 2013
1888PressRelease - A new AmeriQuest blog examines the rise of big data and how managing that flood of information is the key to success. CHERRY HILL, NJ - Big data is pervasive, and growing. As of 2012, there were an estimated ...Read More »

New Generation of Truck Leasing Industry Leaders Tackling Challenges, Forecasting More Outsourcing Ahead

Date: Aug 14 2013
1888PressRelease - Geoff Fleming, who is part owner of Aim NationaLease, a top logistics company, and a member of the NationaLease Young Executives Club, sees increasing government regulations and manpower shortages affecting the industry, but anticipates business growth that will ...Read More »

HIBP Enhances Japan Market Entry Support

Date: Aug 14 2013
1888PressRelease - HIBP located in Tokyo, Japan, enhances the market entry support for overseas companies. HIBP enhances the marketing research, market entry strategy, business partner search, company set-up support, and Japan local agency services. With the strength of Japan market insight, ...Read More »

ZOLI’S VIRTUAL FANS CATAPULT NEW SINGLE "LIKE A STAR"

Date: Aug 13 2013
1888PressRelease - Hungarian sensation, pop star, singer, songwriter and composer ZOLI is mounting worldwide. After building an acclaimed career both on stage and behind the scenes, ZOLI included his fans in his series of English lyric singles. The first single ...Read More »

The Best and Worst Things to Buy in August — Savings Experiment

Date: Aug 13 2013
Filed under: Savings ExperimentView PollView Poll Related Savings Experiments Beat the Heat by Knowing How to Score Summer Hotel Deals -- Savings Experiment Summer sales are in full swing, but the key to saving money is knowing what to spend your money on. ...Read More »

Closing Bell: Markets Recover for Small Gains After Fed Official Affirms Stimulus

Date: Aug 13 2013
Filed under: Retail, Market News, Aerospace & Defense, Stocks, InvestingScott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. U.S. stocks erased earlier losses to end marginally higher Tuesday after a top Fed official said the economic ...Read More »

JPMorgan’s ‘Whale’ Trader Agrees to Deal With Feds

Date: Aug 13 2013
Filed under: Company News, JP Morgan Chase, Banks, Scandals and Lawsuits, SecuritiesTimur Emek, dapd/AP By Christopher Harress A deal has been agreed that will ensure the "London Whale," former JPMorgan Chase (JPM) trader Bruno Iksil, won't face criminal charges after he agreed ...Read More »

Justice Department challenges American-US Airways merger

Date: Aug 13 2013
Merger would have created the world's largest airline http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/JOSYghJo8bM/ Read More »