Regional Headlines
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Toughest times for Utah housing may be nearing end
4 min ago | via Salt Lake Tribune
Workers lay sheathing plywood on the roof of a home in Richmond, Va., in 2008. The national housing industry has sustained a bigger hit than in Utah, but homebuilders, their employees and the local governments that depend on new construction are feeling significant impacts from the downturn, according to a new report from the University of Utah's ... Comment?
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Washington County is most economically stressed in Utah
Monday Jul 6 | via Salt Lake Tribune
Washington County is being slammed hardest by the recession. Cache, Daggett, Millard and Morgan counties are coping best. Comment?
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4 indicted in tax evasion scheme
Tuesday Jun 30 | via KSL TV
Four Utahns now face an 11-count federal indictment in what prosecutors say was a sophisticated scheme to hide millions of dollars in income from the Internal Revenue Service. Comment?
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Utah prices stay mostly stable
Wednesday Jun 17 | via Deseret News
Prices were relatively stable along the Wasatch Front during May, compared to a slight national increase, according to the Wells Fargo Consumer Price Index and data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday. Comment?
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Foreclosure pressure builds in the state, nation
May 28, 2009 | via Salt Lake Tribune
In Utah, 8.4 percent of homeowners with a mortgage are either behind on their payments or in foreclosure, and on a national level now even those with good credit and fixed rates are starting to suffer. Comment?
National Headlines
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Obama proposes investor protections in wake of Madof...
6 min ago | via Kentucky.com
Fresh on the heels of new proposals to regulate mortgages and other consumer credit products, the Obama administration on Friday sent Congress proposed legislation designed to head off another Bernard Madoff-style fraud. Comment?
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45-64s hardest hit by recession
11 min ago | via Queensferry Today
People in the run-up to retirement have been hardest hit by the recession due to the double impact of rising unemployment and falling asset values, research shows. Comment?
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Prudential Dinning-Beard acquires Stucky and Associates
20 min ago | via The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA _ Stucky and Associates has been acquired by Prudential Dinning-Beard, officials of the two real estate companies said today. Comment?
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'Wachovia'-to-'Wells Fargo' name change may take a w...
25 min ago | via PilotOnline.com
Click a thumbnail to view the full-size image. Buy Pilot photos here. Loading... Close Gallery Though Wachovia Securities became part of Wells Fargo Advisors earlier this year, new Well Fargo signage won't appear on Wachovia branches in the mid-Atlantic region until late next year or early 2011. Comment?
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Poor more likely to leave California
41 min ago | via Deseret News
The poor are more likely to leave California than the rich, despite concerns that the state's relatively high income-tax rate is driving away the wealthy, a new study shows. Comment?

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