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  • 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

  • Report: FDIC Seeking Buyers for Puerto Rican Banks
    From Dow Jones: FDIC Seeks Buyers for Three Puerto Rican Banks According to two people familiar with the matter, the agency has hired an investment bank to try to find capital or outright purchasers for W Holding Co. Inc., R&G Financial Corp. and Eurobancshares Inc., three banks located in Puerto Rico with almost $21 billion in combined assets. The three […]
  • HAMP Debt-to-income Ratios of "Permanent" Mods
    Last night I mentioned the astounding DTI (Debt-to-income) of HAMP modification borrowers who were converted to a permanent modification: 2010: REOs or Short Sales? Click on chart for larger image in new window.If we look at the HAMP program stats (see page 6), the median front end DTI (debt to income) before modification was 45%, and the back end DTI was a […]
  • Housing Starts decline in February
    Click on graph for larger image in new window.Total housing starts were at 575 thousand (SAAR) in February, down 5.9% from the revised January rate, and up 20% from the all time record low in April 2009 of 479 thousand (the lowest level since the Census Bureau began tracking housing starts in 1959). Starts had rebounded to 590 thousand in June, and have mov […]

• Big Picture

  • The Hibernating Bear
    I have a few good quotes about secular bear markets in The Bear: Dead or Just Sleeping?: “And, in fact, many in the bear camp believe the market is destined to meet its maker as soon as the Fed starts to raise interest rates – which could happen late this year. “When rates go up, it becomes [...] […]
  • Housing Starts a touch better as crucial spring selling season just ahead
    Weather impacted Feb Housing Starts totaled 575k annualized, 5k above estimates but down from 611k in Jan which was revised up by 20k. Permits totaled 612k, 11k above expectations but down from 622k in Jan. With both starts and permits, single family and multi family categories fell. Single family construction fell in the Northeast and [...] […]
  • One Day at a Time
    One Day at a Time, no not the sitcom staring Valerie Bertinelli that many of us grew up watching but the new drama that is now the FOMC where the flip side of their extraordinary accommodation, that of exit, becomes the main focus where they will be literally analyzing the process one day at a [...] […]

• 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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  • Harris Poll: Duke, UNC tied as favorite men’s basketball team
    The Duke University men’s basketball team may have swept the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the hardwood this year, but the Blue Devils couldn’t knock their archrival out of the No. 1 spot in the Harris Poll’s annual ranking of the most popular college basketball teams. […]
  • Long goodbye to free parking begins in downtown Raleigh
    The city of Raleigh began charging for parking Tuesday in formerly free spaces around Fayetteville Street downtown, according to a written statement on the city’s Web site. […]

• NC Business

  • Tuesday mailblog: Chop blocks, Heisman and UNC - ESPN (blog)
  • Rebecca Mader Returns To 'Lost' Tonight As Charlotte Lewis - MTV.com (blog)
  • 9 taken to hospital after complaining about foul odor on plane - CNN
  • CUP: Front Row Building Toward Front Row - FOXNews

• AP Business

  • Stocks rise after Fed pledges to keep rates low
  • Fed holds rates at record lows to foster recovery
  • Woods' return to golf a boon to sponsors
  • Honda to recall 410,000 vehicles for brake problem
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• WSJ

  • Euro-Zone Inflation Slows
    Consumer prices in the 16 countries that share the euro rose at a slower pace in February than in January due to broad-based but slight changes in prices, final official data confirmed. […]
  • Chinese Temper Inflation Outlook
    Chinese consumers scaled back their expectations of future inflation, a tentative sign of improvement in an issue that has drawn attention from the nation's leaders. […]

• NYT

  • New Tools for Financial Planning Advice
    Personal finance tools have long played a couple of roles: money manager and financial product advocate. Now, a couple new tools claim to add another role: financial planner. […]
  • Shortcuts: When a Cap Full of Soap Is Not a Good Thing
    Go easy on the detergent in dishwashers and washing machines, and never clean your oven the day before Thanksgiving. […]

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