AP source: Phillies, Baez agree to deal
Yesterday | via Myrtle Beach Online
Free agent reliever Danys Baez and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a two-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Comment?
Charlotte-area home sales jump 31%
Thursday | via Charlotte Business Journal
The Charlotte area produced 2,000 home sales in November, a 31 percent increase from November 2008, the North Carolina Association of Realtors reports. Comment?
Wednesday | via Residential Real Estate
The Triangle produced 2,026 home sales in November, a 71 percent increase from November 2008, the North Carolina Association of Realtors reports. Comment?
Looking back at the newsmakers
Wednesday Dec 30 | via Smoky Mountain News
The Smoky Mountain News is paying homage this week to some of the newsmakers of 2009 by dishing out our annual awards. Comment?
Why N.C. housing bubble wasn't bigger
Sunday Dec 20 | via Jacksonville Daily News
Our trends look nothing like those of states such as California and Arizona where the housing markets look a bit like smoking ruins. Comment?
Mandela would disagree with U.S.
6 min ago | via Deseret News
Where is Nelson Mandela when we need him? In the fine new film "Invictus," South Africa's first black president inspects his first official paycheck. Comment?
Treasury yields likely to rise with recovery
13 min ago | via Chicago Tribune
Treasury bonds will fall this year, lifting yields as the economy slowly improves, giving investors one more reason to stay away from a sector that had its biggest annual loss in three decades in 2009, according to U.S. bond dealers. Comment?
13 min ago | via Chicago Tribune
Mortgage rates rose for the fourth straight week, ending the year above 5 percent. Comment?
Distressed borrowers don't get any relief from U.S. ...
14 min ago | via The Seattle Times
The Obama administration's $75 billion program to protect homeowners from foreclosure has been widely pronounced a disappointment, and some economists and real-estate experts contend it has done more harm than good. Comment?
Documents provide look at Goldman Sachs' risky deals
21 min ago | via Star-telegram.com
By GREG GORDON NEW YORK - When financial titan Goldman Sachs joined some of its Wall Street rivals in late 2005 in secretly packaging a new breed of offshore securities, it gave prospective investors little hint that many of the deals were so risky that they could end up losing hundreds of millions of dollars.McClatchy Newspapers has obtained ... Comment?