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In the United States, home sales finally rose in the second quarter in 39 states. This is one of the factors indicating that the housing market may be perking up a bit after the sub prime lending mess hit it hard.
Quarterly sales for the housing …

Do you think purchasing a home is still a good, solid investment?

Question:
Home prices have been hitting new lows all year and people are losing their shirts in real estate. With sub prime lending, maybe, behind us, do you think that going back into home buying …

Doom and gloom is prevalent around Wall Street, and it doesn’t look like it will be over anytime soon. Even with the $700 billion bailout, more banks will fail in the next year. While it will help stave off some of the failures …

European bank HSBC reported a 29% drop in first half profits. In the same half in 2007, HSBC posted a $10.9 billion profit, while in the same half this year they posted a $7.7 billion profit.
HSBC holds Household International Inc. partially responsible for the …