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• This week’s print edition plus updates

  • Major dorm project looms large on Short Street
  • A lifetime of civility
  • Council seeks help on vacancies
  • Affordable-housing changes studied
  • Higher prices for fast food, soda lead to weight reductions, lower diabetes risk
  • Time out on Bolin Creek
  • The inconsistent rhetoric of Blue Cross

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• Recent Stories

  • Krugman on the near future and all the talk of mission accomplished
  • OC Biz Expo rescheduled
  • More protests at BCBSNC
  • Nasty chart
  • US jobless rate still rising

• Financial Blogs

• Calculated Risk

  • Squatter Stimulus: No Mortgage Payment for Three Years and Counting
    The Irvine Housing Blog has an example of the squatter stimulus (homeowners living in their homes and not paying the mortgage): One Defaulting Owner’s Free Ride: Three Years and Counting (ht ghostfaceinvestah) Freeloaders enjoying the entitled life are not confined to subprime areas. Today's featured property may be the worst case of housing entitlement […]
  • LA Times: More 'strategic defaults'
    From Alana Semuels at the LA Times: More homeowners are opting for 'strategic defaults'Joseph Shull, a 68-year-old marketing professor, said he's planning to walk away from the town house he bought in Moorpark in June 2006."I'm angry, and there are a lot of people like me who are angry," he said.He purchased the home for $410,00 […]
  • MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease, Mortgage Rates Fall
    The MBA reports: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly SurveyThe Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 1.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. ...The Refinance Index decreased 1.7 percent from the previous week and the seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 2.3 percent f […]

• Big Picture

  • PPI falls more than expected but old news
    Feb PPI fell .6% headline vs expectations of a drop of .2% but the core gain of .1% was right in line with forecasts. The headline figure was led lower by a 2.9% fall in energy prices (led by gasoline) while food prices rose .4%. Energy prices have since reversed, with gasoline in particular at [...] […]
  • BoJ and FOMC, BFF
    The BoJ and FOMC, BFF. Overnight, the BoJ held hands with the FOMC in keeping rates at virtually zero. They also expanded its 3 month credit program to 20t yen from 10t. Japanese stocks rallied and the yen is down but 10 yr JGB’s are little changed. Commodity prices are rallying in response. Chinese stocks [...] […]
  • Counter-Cyclical Spending (during recessions)
    One of the things I hate about a secular bull market — especially towards its rampaging tail end — is how everyone and everything gets silly. Money and champagne flows, conspicuous consumption is on full display. I recall people — literally — dancing on bars during the late 90s in NYC. To be sure, [...] […]

• WAPO Housing

  • A new real estate cost to watch for: Developer's private transfer fee
    How about this for a new and ingenious real estate money machine? Every time a house sells during the next 99 years, 1 percent of the price goes back to the original developer or is shared among investor partners. Ka-ching! […]
  • Be aware of good-faith estimate' rules, or it could cost you
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  • Wal-Mart to open 3 Triangle MoneyCenters
    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to add Wal-Mart MoneyCenters in 500 stores this year, including three in the Raleigh-Durham area . (WMT) […]
  • NBA gives OK for Michael Jordan to buy Bobcats
    The National Basketball Association has unanimously approved Michael Jordan’s acquisition of a controlling interest in the Charlotte Bobcats. […]

• NC Business

  • Granger Scores 26 As Pacers Take Down Bobcats - AHN | All Headline News
  • Same plane makes others sick - Belleville News Democrat
  • Bruins finish strongly - Boston Globe
  • Stam: Lawsuit Coming Over Health Plan Abortions - The Lincoln Tribune

• AP Business

  • China court to begin Rio Tinto trial Monday
  • Saudi: no change in OPEC output
  • Asia stocks up after US, Japan central bank moves
  • Metro 2009 net income falls 7 percent
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• WSJ

  • Fed Joins Chorus Singing 'Jobs, Jobs, Jobs'
    Investors wondering when, and how quickly, the U.S. central bank will move on interest rates are probably better off paying closer attention to changes in the unemployment rate. […]
  • U.K. Unemployment Drops
    U.K. unemployment unexpectedly fell in February, at its fastest monthly pace for over 12 years, raising hopes that the U.K. economic recovery is gaining momentum. […]

• NYT

  • Answers About New Consumer Laws: Part 2
    Our expert is taking questions on the credit card law and other new consumer rules and regulations. […]
  • Wednesday Reading
    The status of privacy online, how New York cab drivers cheated customers and other consumer-focused items from Wednesday's Times. […]

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