Traders Profit With Computers Set at High Speed – DealBook Blog …

It is the hot new thing on Wall Street, a way for traders to master the stock market, peek at investors’ orders and, critics say, subtly manipulate share prices. It is called high-frequency trading — and it is one of the most …

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CARPE DIEM: Florida Home Sales Increase for 10th Straight Month …

July 23, 2009 – Florida’s existing home sales rose in June – the 10th consecutive month that sales activity showed gains in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by the Florida Association of …

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Travel site makes e-mail alerts worth reading

Starting today, the travel Web site that sells last-minute deals is offering what it says is a unique service in the online travel industry: Travelers can set up what it calls “Deal Alerts,” in which they can set where and when they …

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The Bigheart Times: City of Barnsdall looking for police computers

Barnsdall officials are endeavoring to locate several laptop and tower computers that were used by the police department. In July 2007, the city paid $840 for a Hewlett Packard Media Center and $200 for a HP widescreen monitor for the.

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Mortgage Insurers Work to Prevent Home Foreclosures | RISMedia

RISMEDIA, July 24, 2009-As unemployment and home foreclosures continue to rise and threaten the economic recovery, the mortgage insurance industry is stepping.

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Home sales up. Has the market bottomed out? | csmonitor.com

Sliding prices helped push sales up for the third straight month in June. But foreclosures are expected to rise again.

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Another hurdle for home buyers?

New mortgage disclosure rules set to take effect July 30 aim to protect consumers but could make it take longer to buy a home .

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Another hurdle for home buyers?

NewsDaily: U.S. existing home sales rise in sign housing healing

US existing home sales notched their third monthly rise in June in a sign the housing industry was slowly healing, but new jobless claims rose last week in a move distorted by unusual seasonal layoffs.

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St. Louis-area home sales down 8.2%; best month since last summer …

Sales of existing homes fell 8.2 percent, compared to the same month last year, according to data compiled by the Post-Dispatch. That’s still in negative territory but the strongest year-over-year performance since September and a …

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