Jump In U.S. Jobs Stymies Rate Cut Hopes
Forbes - Despite an anemic housing market and a sluggish automotive sector, the U.S. economy closed out 2006 by adding more jobs than expected, limiting the chances that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates anytime soon. On Friday, the U.S. Labor
Otay district OKs higher water, sewer rates
SignOn San Diego - SPRING VALLEY Customers of the Otay Water District will be paying more for their water and sewer services after a rate increase was approved yesterday by the board. The cost of water will rise by 5.4 percent, while sewer charges will go up 5.8
Herceptin Helps Breast Cancer Survival Rates
TechNewsWorld - Around a fifth of women with early stage breast cancer suffer from the HER2-positive type of cancer, which is swiftly invasive and leaves only a meager hope of survival. However, Switzerland-based pharmaceutical and diagnostics firm Roche is helping
UPDATE 1-Attorneys general sue FERC to reduce power rates
Reuters - Last: NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Thursday said he filed a suit to overturn federal approval for a regional settlement agreement that could increase New England power rates by nearly $5 billion over
Markets : The Market Story
Street.Com - The Federal Reserve will use the information to help determine the future direction of interest rates. The central bank meets at the end of the month, but no change in the target fed funds rate is anticipated. On Wednesday, minutes from the Fed's
Employer benefits vary
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Prudential Financial Inc. offers a free consultation with a lawyer to prepare basic documents such as a living will for as many as four parents, as well as discounted rates for drafting other documents. The company also subsidizes the cost of
Big business lobby: don't force lower rates
Ledger - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Floridians may be asking politicians to do something quickly about skyrocketing property insurance rates. But a powerful business lobby warned Thursday that not everyone thinks fixing the state's insurance problem means lowering
Climbing Down the Ladder
MSNBC - Interest rates have been upside down for quite a while now, as the yield curve's current state of inversion has persisted throughout much of 2006. Since the Fed's interest rate hike in June, short-term rates have hovered around the 5% level, while
167,000 Jobs Added in December
Hampton Roads Daily Press - On Wall Street, stocks fell as the strong jobs report threw cold water on investors' hopes that the Federal Reserve would soon slice interest rates to protect the economy against fallout from the real-estate bust. The Dow Jones industrials were down
