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No Escaping Europe's Rubble- Yahoo! Finance
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Coolest Cars Under $18,000- CNNMoney.com
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5 Ways the Finance Bill Could Hit Your Wallet- NYTimes.com
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- Will These Stocks Survive the Broker Price Wars?- Motley Fool
- Best High-Yield Funds Tilt Toward Safe- TheStreet.com
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| LAZ | 32.27 | +0.38 | +1.19% |
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| HNZ | 45.83 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
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| CPB | 35.48 | +0.52 | +1.49% |
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The Treasury Department has hired Lazard Freres & Co. as its adviser to prepare for an initial public stock offering by General Motors Co.
- Regulators shut small Minnesota bank- AP
- Late gain ends volatile week for the stock market- AP
- Chrysler adds 1,100 jobs at Detroit Jeep plant- AP
- Johnson Controls offers $1.25B for Visteon unit- AP
- Abbott buys unit of Piramal Healthcare for $3.7B- AP
- EU nations back tougher sanctions to combat debt- AP
- Jobless rates drop in 34 states and DC- AP
- Toyota recalls 3,800 Lexus cars for steering fix- AP
- Lower bailout estimate assumes higher stock prices- AP
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More Predictable: Financial Disaster or Earthquake? - Jack Guttentag
Meaningful predictability of financial disasters does not exist.
- Starving for Yield on Savings- Laura Rowley
- Greece Crisis May Be What the U.S. Needs- Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
- Why Goldman Is the Wrong Target- Jeremy Siegel
Special Features
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Are Bank Stocks Doomed? - TheStreet
There's bad news, good news and scary news. And the ultimate outcome depends on the whims of lawmakers.
- Wall Street Firms Brace for Seismic Changes- WSJ
- A Bearish View on Gold Prices- Fortune
- Unemployment Rates Ease in 34 States- CNNMoney
- Avoid the Common Investing Mistakes- IBD
- How the Markets Outran the Economy- U.S. News
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See today's average mortgage rates across the country. Source: Bankrate.com
| Loan Type | Today | Last Week |
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| 30 Year Fixed | 4.90% | 4.99% |
| 15 Year Fixed | 4.21% | 4.29% |
| 1 Year ARM | 3.22% | 3.23% |
| 30 Year Fixed Jumbo | 5.57% | 5.61% |
| 5/1 ARM | 3.63% | 3.68% |
| 3/1 ARM | 4.28% | 4.31% |
See today's average home equity rates across the country. Source: Bankrate.com
| Loan Type | Today | Last Week |
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| $30K Home Equity Loan | 7.50% | 7.51% |
| $50K Home Equity Loan | 7.34% | 7.35% |
| $75K Home Equity Loan | 7.35% | 7.37% |
| $30K HELOC | 5.08% | 5.09% |
| $50K HELOC | 4.80% | 4.82% |
| $75K HELOC | 4.80% | 4.82% |
See today's average savings rates across the country. Source: Bankrate.com
| Savings Type | Today | Last Week |
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| 6 month CD | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 1 year CD | 1.15% | 1.17% |
| 3 year CD | 1.98% | 1.98% |
| MMA | 0.78% | 0.74% |
| $10K MMA | 0.85% | 0.83% |
| $25K MMA | 1.02% | 0.99% |
See today's average auto rates across the country. Source: Bankrate.com
| Auto Type | Today | Last Week |
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| 36 Month New Car Loan | 6.27% | 6.43% |
| 48 Month New Car Loan | 6.33% | 6.49% |
| 60 Month New Car Loan | 6.38% | 6.55% |
| 72 Month New Car Loan | 4.46% | 4.65% |
| 36 Month Used Car Loan | 6.66% | 6.75% |
| 48 Month Used Car Loan | 6.38% | 6.42% |
See today's average credit card rates across the country. Source: CreditCards.com
| Card Type | Today | Last Week |
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| Low Interest Credit Cards | 12.04% | 11.97% |
| Cash Back Credit Cards | 12.63% | 12.57% |
| Balance Transfer Credit Cards | 12.80% | 12.75% |
| Business Credit Cards | 12.96% | 12.96% |
| Student Credit Cards | 13.87% | 13.77% |
| Reward Credit Cards | 14.33% | 14.29% |