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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Six of the largest US mortgage companies - representing about 50% of the current mortgae market - announced a plan today to suspend foreclosure proceedings on mortgages that are greater than 90 days past due. This pause would allow time to attempt renegotiation of mortgage terms. The plan ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Do We Have To Pay Back The Tax Rebate? Short Answer: NO. I have read a lot of misleading stories on the rebate portion of the Stimulus Bill. For instance, Liz Pulliam Weston, writing in MSN Money writes: To produce this cash, Congress created ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
The House and Senate passed the final version of the stimulus bill only three weeks after President Bush's initial proposal. The final plan will cost an estimated $168 billion versus the $150 billion cost of the House plan. The Senate plan included rebates for senior citizens and disabled veterans. ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
UPDATE: The House and Senate have passed the final version of the Stimulus Bill. You can read the details in this post: Details on Final Stimulus Bill.
The Senate failed to pass their expanded version of the House stimulus plan last night.
From The Wall Street Journal:
Supporters of the Senate bill ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
I wanted to share this interesting graphic from The Wall Street Journal: It shows all Income and Expenses of the US Government as projected in President Bush's Fiscal 2009 budget, which begins October 1. 2008. As you can see, the projected ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
UPDATE: The House and Senate have passed the final version of the Stimulus Bill. You can read the details in this post: Details on Final Stimulus Bill.
As a follow up to my details of proposed stimulus bill post, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that changes passed by the ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Photo: Susan Walsh, AP
UPDATE: The House and Senate have passed the final version of the Stimulus Bill. You can read the details in this post: Details on Final Stimulus Bill.
Congress and President Bush appear to have made a final agreement on the contents of the forthcoming economic stimulus bill.
Highlights:
Tax ...
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