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'The Crunch' is on the loose

By Lou Barnes, Friday, August 8, 2008.

Mortgage rates are a hair lower, under 6.75 percent now, but spreads to Treasurys have widened despite overt Treasury backing of Fannie and Freddie.

There is a three-track story unfolding today: the U.S. economy, the ex-U.S. global economy, and The Crunch. To maintain clarity and composure, keep 'em separate!  more...

SearchMe reinvents online property search Premium Content

By Bernice Ross, Friday, August 8, 2008.
Screenshot from SearchMe.com

Move over, Google, Yahoo and MSN; there's an entirely new type of search engine that's about to revolutionize how you search on the Web.

With a great deal of fanfare on July 28, 2008, a new type of search engine called Cuil (pronounced "cool") was launched. The company hopes to topple Google by indexing more than 120 billion Web pages. It also claims to "dig down" into the content on the site to give users more detail about the matches that they generate. Based upon the comments at PC World, the folks at Google have no need to worry.  more...

Want a fancier-looking room? Try wainscoting

By Paul Bianchina, Friday, August 8, 2008.

One way to really dress up a room and try your hand at some different decorating techniques is to consider wainscoting. There are a number of ways to combine materials to create some very attractive wainscoting effects, and the cost doesn't need to be prohibitive.  more...