Big bets at Cannes Lions (Financial Times) The festival hotel rates are so exorbitant it seems only fair that delegates to the Cannes Lions get two events for the price of one....more...Bad Credit and Home Refinance (Evening Times) (ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?...more... End-May corporate fundraising surges (The Manila Times) COMPANIES listed at the local bourse raised two-fifths more money in the first five months this year, as cheap funds sloshed in the domestic financial market due to historic low-interest rates and record inflows of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) remittances and foreign investments....more... Special election early voting begins today (Hernando Today) BROOKSVILLE ? It?s a hot time for a general election, but it?s time none-theless. Such elections usually come with the cooler temperatures of November, but 12,456 Hernando voters have the chance to hit the polls to pick the winner of the State House?s District 43 seat....more... Guest column: Guaranteed loans work (The Kansas City Star) Personal finance columns ordinarily don?t delve into history or politics. These aren?t ordinary times, however....more... Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups (Crikey) Dr Peter Phelps, chief-of-staff to the Special Minister of State, writes : Re. "Coming the raw prawn: was the Kirribilli cookout kosher?" (yesterday, item 8). I adore Christian, but unfortunately he has fallen for the old trap of believing that what journalists write, and Opposition MPs say, is unimpeachable fact....more... Buyer beware -- of home insurance (Orlando Sentinel) The cost can turn the possibility of even a modest house into a pipe dream. It's a part of the home-buying process that doesn't get much attention, but it's one more thing putting a damper on the Central Florida housing market. ...more... Giants Set For Weekend Series At Fenway Park (NBC 11 Bay Area) The anticipation has been building for, well, nearly a century. The Giants make their return to historic Fenway Park for the first time since the 1912 World Series....more... Huge Downtown Seattle Land Package Up For Grabs (CoStar Group) Seattle?s Clise family is putting 12 prime acres in the CBD on the market -- a historic assemblage that could bring an epic commercial development the size of New York?s Rockefeller Center and London?s Canary Wharf to the booming city on Puget Sound. The......more... |