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Housing boom ends, buyers market takes its place: Scotia Economics (Investment Executive)
Canada’s longest housing boom of the post-war period has come to an end, and there is further downside risk to real estate values, according to a Scotia Economics report released on Thursday.
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Canada is Becoming a Buyer's Market, According to Scotia Economics (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Canada's longest housing boom of the post-war period has come to an end, according to the latest Real Estate Trends report released today by Scotia Economics. The reversal of fortune has been most pronounced in the previously hottest markets of Western Canada, including Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
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Collge notes (This Week Hilliard)
• Ohio Dominican University has announced its summer 2008 graduates. Hilliard residents completing degree requirements were: Carter Garnon, Bachelor of Arts degree in economics; and Myranda Tinker, Associate of Science degree in business administration.
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Banning fast-food TV ads could dent obesity, study notes (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads. A ban on such commercials would reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent, and the number of obese older kids by 14 percent, researchers found. They also suggested that ending an advertising expense tax ...
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S&P 500 Payout Tops Bond Yield, a First Since ‘58: Chart of Day (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks’ dividend yields were lower than the yield on 10-year Treasury notes for half a century. Not any more. Dividends paid by Standard & Poor’s 500 Index companies in the past 12 months amounted to 3.51 percent of the benchmark’s closing value yesterday.
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West Virginia Gets Bleak Economic Forecast for 2009 (WOWK-TV West Virginia)
West Virginia University economics professor George Hammond says the news isn't good, but it isn't as bad as it could have been.
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Local News and Notes (Provo Daily Herald)
Education U. of Utah's business school ranked 20th worldwide -- The finance department in the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business was ranked 20th in the world for its faculty research from 2003 through 2007.
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Japan's 5-Year Notes Gain a 4th Day on Recession, Stock Losses (Bloomberg)
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year government notes rose for a fourth day as local stocks declined after a U.S. manufacturing report added to evidence that the global economy is heading toward a recession.
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Campus Notes (Berkshire Eagle)
Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vt., has announced its president's list for the spring 2008 semester. Area students named to the president's list include: Brandon LaFollette and Molly Majchrowski , both of Dalton, and Rebecca Maynes of Pittsfield.
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Nigeria: Yuguda Returns to Class, Teaches Economics (AllAfrica.com)
Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda last Friday returned to the classroom as a voluntary teacher of secondary school students.
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