Should You Choose 50 years for a Mortgage? http://press.toprealestates.com/latest/should-y... Many of us are having a hard time stretching an already tight budget and gas prices continue to go up. Some mortgage lenders are now considering that they might offer solutions to homebuyers through 50-year mortgage loans.
Real Estate Press - Chicago Real Estate Services Firm Agreed on a Deal http://www.realestatepress.org/latest/chicago-r... A Chicago-based real estate services firm, Equis Corp., announced on Monday that it has agreed to merge into Australia's United Group Ltd. in a deal valued at about $120 million.
Market Decline Felt by Builders and Real Estate Firms http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=200607241... Three-dozen South Florida homebuilders and real estate agents mingled last week at Buster's Bar & Grill in downtown Delray Beach. Now it's falling, leaving industry observers to count the casualties.
Toshiba's Survey Says: HD-DVD Will Win the Format War! http://www.hd-dvd-news.com/archives/toshiba_sur... Ipsos Vantis, a market research firm which predicts consumer trends, released the results of a survey last week which forecast that consumers will overwhelmingly choose HD-DVD as the format of choice in the next-generation DVD wars. The survey reported that, if all studios supported both formats, consumers were more than seven times more likely to buy an HD-DVD player than a competing Blu-ray player.
Germany alarmed at lack of engineers - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060810/wl_csm/owu... FRANKFURT - When high school junior Daria Schirmer conducted scientific experiments with 8-year-olds as part of a school project this year – building a periscope or a compass with a magnet – she became not only an inventor of sorts but also part of the solution to what looms as one of Germany's greatest challenges: how to keep its sterling reputation as the world's leader in engineering.
Wal-Mart sees 1st profit drop in 10 yrs. - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060815/ap_on_bi_ge... Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted its first profit decline in a decade Tuesday as the world's largest retailer was forced to pay a hefty price for withdrawing from Germany, selling its stores there at a loss to a rival.
