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  • Little gardens beneath our feet
  • New zoning rules could boost range of affordable homes
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  • Greenways discussion continues
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  • Obesity impairs body’s ‘memory’ of how to fight flu

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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

  • Weekly Summary and a Look Ahead
    There will be two key housing reports released this week (existing home sales on Tuesday and new home sales on Wednesday) and plenty of Fed speeches ...On Monday, the Chicago Fed will release the February Chicago Fed National Activity Index at 8:30 AM ET. Activity in February was probably sluggish. Also on Monday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will speak a […]
  • I.M.F. Warns Wealthy Nations about Debt
    From Sewell Chan and Keith Bradsher at the NY Times: I.M.F. Warns Wealthiest Nations About Their Debt The global economic crisis has left “deep scars” in the fiscal balances of the world’s advanced economies, which should begin to rein in spending next year as the recovery continues, the No.2 official at the International Monetary Fund said Sunday. ...For th […]
  • Phoenix Housing Market: The Rise of the Investor
    This is an article describing the changing dynamics in the Phoenix housing market ...From Craig Anderson at the Arizona Republic: Real-estate investors, who once fueled a run-up in home values, now helping stabilize market (ht JG) For decades to come, participants in the Valley's housing economy are sure to remember 2009 as the Year of the Investor. ... […]

• Big Picture

  • Delusions of Retirement Adequacy
    I almost called this “EBRI Says Workers Are “Clueless” About Retirement Needs” but then that would have given the whole thing away too soon. The issue we are discussing today comes to us from MacroMaven’s Stephanie Pomboy, via Alan Abelson in Barron’s. The subject: Our vastly underfunded public and private retirement syste […]
  • The Threat to Muddle Through
    March 20, 2010 By John Mauldin O Canada The Threat to Muddle Through Back to 1971 The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars GDP = C + I + G + Net Exports An Optimistic New Venture, San Diego, and New York If the Chinese allowed the renminbi to rise, would that make the USA better off? That is the contention [...] […]
  • Amazon Apologizes to Michael Lewis Over Kindle Flap
    On Wednesday, I posted my disgust with the kindle fanboys trashing of Michael Lewis’ new book, The Big Short. I was surprised to hear from a number of literary agents who wrote to thank me for that. They have apparently been having all manner of issues with Amazon reviewers over the years, and the kindle kooks [...] […]

• 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! […]
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• TBJ

  • Mortgage rates under 5%
    Long-term mortgage rates have remained below 5 percent for the third consecutive week. (FRE) […]
  • Lowe’s to expand presence in Canada
    Lowe’s Cos. Inc., which operates 20 home-improvement stores in the Raleigh-Durham area, plans to expand its operations in Canada by adding its first store in Saskatchewan early next year. (LOW) […]

• NC Business

  • Mariners face Fayetteville today at 1st Mariner Arena - Baltimore Sun
  • Quick exit for Hartford - Boston Globe
  • Military deaths - Los Angeles Times
  • How Good Is Kentucky? Ask Wake Forest - New York Times (blog)

• AP Business

  • British Airways cabin crews strike for 2nd day
  • Sarkozy's party expecting setback in regional vote
  • GM's SKorean unit recalling nearly 60,000 vehicles
  • Dems predict historic House vote on health care
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• WSJ

  • China Warns Against U.S. Sanctions
    China's commerce minister cautioned the U.S. against citing the Chinese currency as a reason for imposing trade sanctions, as both nations intensify their verbal sparring on the yuan exchange rate. […]
  • Bernanke Assails Giant Firms
    Bernanke called for action on financial-services firms that are "too big to fail," describing the problem as "pernicious" and an "insidious" barrier to competition. […]

• NYT

  • Fundamentally: Should Investors Celebrate Year 2 of This Rally?
    Strategists warn investors not to assume that the market will perform as well in 2010 as it did in 2009. […]
  • Your Money: Have Extra Cash to Cut Mortgage? Nice, but Wait
    If you’ve locked in a rock-bottom rate, does it still make sense to make extra payments to reduce your mortgage? It depends. […]

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