Municipalities Feel Pinch as Another Debt Market Falters
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Alarmed by the running turmoil in the debt markets, investors have refused to buy certain securities that not long ago many regarded as equivalent to cash.
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Todayâs level of margin debt is probably not an indication that speculation has returned to the old levels.
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The anemic U.S. housing market has  hurt various industries from makers of air conditioners to  earth movers, with several manufacturers reporting their top  lines have been bruised by the slowdown.
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In many parts of the country, state and local governments are struggling to pay for roads, bridges and other projects because of rising construction costs.
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Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.
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Short-dated U.S. Treasuries were under  modest pressure on Tuesday as traders, uneasy about the health  of foreign demand, cheapened prices into a $22 billion auction  of new three-year government debt.
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Creditors put more pressure on debt-soaked borrowers.
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Investors, frightened by the prospect of a new subprime mortgage crisis that could dwarf the write-downs of the last few months, sent markets lower.
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Treasury debt prices trimmed early  losses on Monday as a survey of regional U.S. manufacturing  showed a startling slowdown in August, casting renewed doubt on  expectations for an economic revival.
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Enrollments pass muster, but bad debt's on the rise.
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Rapid cooling of area real estate market compels superintendents, teachers to do more with less.
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NEW YORK - Strained by a tight credit market, the nation's economy should stumble along at a slower pace in coming months, but it may find help from lower interest rates and possible employment gains.
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Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be homebuyers to obtain financing.
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Prices for single-family homes fell in more than half of the nationâs biggest metropolitan areas in the last three months of 2006.
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Time is running out for the best deals on student loans.
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MANILA (Dow Jones)--President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Monday caused a stir in local markets by saying the Philippines is in the midst of a &quot;fiscal crisis,&quot; but finance
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The size of the commercial paper market, a crucial source of short-term financing for businesses, decreased as investors fled asset-backed debt and opted for Treasuries.