Braced for the bad times (The Star)
Hurt by surging fuel and food prices, everyone is bracing for what they see as a long, harsh winter ahead.
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Bypass the credit jam and drive loan costs down (Independent)
This week, new cars will roll off forecourts up and down the country as the 58 registration is introduced. And despite endless warnings about the dire effects of the credit crunch, much of this spending will be financed through credit.
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Ray Beauchemin's Letters from Abu Dhabi: Retail banking among the sheikhs in the UAE (Market Watch)
It's a long way from the Aldenville (Mass.) Credit Union to personal banking in the United Arab Emirates, observes columnist Raymond Baeuchemin.
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Best Quotes of August 2008 (GoldSeek.com)
Gene Arensberg, Resource Investor Everyone can look at the data and form their own conclusions.
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In speech, McCain says he is the 'change' candidate (CTV Winnipeg)
John McCain promised to rise above partisan politics and said in his Republican presidential nomination acceptance speech Thursday that he would bring change to Washington.
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Leading article: The best hope for housing is a continued fall in prices (Independent)
Given that scarcely a day has gone by this summer without some bad news about the housing market – another month-on-month or year-on-year fall in prices, another record low number of mortgages granted, the total stagnation of sales leading to lay-offs far beyond estate agents – it was sensible for the Prime Minister and his government to begin their autumn "fightback" by offering some ...
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Right move for Robinho? (BBC News)
Tim Vickery on Manchester City's record signing
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Borro Launches Ground-breaking Online Service to Provide Short-term Loans (PRWeb)
Borro is an online business that offers consumers responsible, fast and convenient short-term loans, through the temporary release of equity from personal assets.Borro provides one of the fastest and most flexible ways for consumers to meet their short-term cash flow needs when traditional sources (credit cards and overdrafts) are not available or are already fully utilised. Using ...
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How to raise money when times are tough (Independent)
After a decade of cheap and easy credit, getting your hands on a mortgage, personal loan or credit card has become much tougher and much more expensive over the past year.
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The Bank Manager (Zawya)
It's easy to get frustrated with banks in the UAE. Indeed, many people are. In fact, if you live in the UAE, it would be easy to believe, on the basis of daily conversation, that everyone is. But are we being fair on them? Do we notice the service they provide only when something goes wrong?
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