With the launch of its new marketplace for cloud-based enterprise apps, Google turns up the heat on its competition with Microsoft and opens the door for a new crop of startups. But [...]

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Heading into the 5pm "what a slow day in the mortgage market" marking period… The FN 4.0 is -0-03 at 98-01 yielding 4.189% and the FN 4.5 is flat on the day at 101 the rock yielding 4.39%. The secondary market current coupon is 4.33%. The CC yield is 61bps over the [...]

Posted To: MBS Commentary
Heading into the 5pm "what a slow day in the mortgage market" marking period… The FN 4.0 is -0-03 at 98-01 yielding 4.189% and the FN 4.5 is flat on the day at 101 the rock yielding 4.39%. The secondary market current coupon is 4.33%. The CC yield is 61bps over the [...]

Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Consumer Experience, Market Matters, Kroger Co (KR), Costco Wholesale (COST), Recession
The earnings season is winding down, but there are still many big name companies due to report, and tomorrow features grocer giant Kroger Co. (KR). Kroger will be reporting its fourth quarter numbers before the market opens.
Going into tomorrow’s earnings [...]

Times are changing and the banks are getting pressured to streamline the short sale process due to the overwhelming amount of delinquent notes on the market. And while trying not to tank the economy in the process, by flooding the market with devalued REO’s, they are launching a new program instead.
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The apartment rental market — multifamily housing — is poised to gain from a rise in household formation. Multifamily vacancy rates are likely to decline from 7.4 percent in the fourth quarter of last year to 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, and possibly edge down to 6.1 percent next year.
Average rent is [...]

A year after the financial crisis hit its nadir and the market plunged to a 12-year low, stocks have recovered but investors remain wary.

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I Have had many houses, when the market was good the houses sold themself.. but with a down market i need a go getter,the problem is what more should a…

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A rousing stock rally has repaired much, but not all, of the damage the 2008 market meltdown inflicted on Berkshire Hathaway’s stock portfolio.

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The Business Insider’s research arm—TBI Research—issued a report this week by Rory Maher that outlines Apple’s strength in the education market and how it will help channel the flow of iPads into the mainstream of educational-media production and consumption.
Set aside all the years Apple (AAPL) has invested in the education market with discounts, dealer [...]