SPECIAL REPORT: Boost your credit score
If you’re looking to buy a new car or home chances are you’ll need a bank. But before you get that loan you’ll need good credit. So what can you do if your credit score isn’t good enough to get you approved?
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Fed chief hints at more action to boost economy
BLADE NEWS SERVICES BOSTON – Citing the threat of prolonged high unemployment and an economy potentially falling into a dangerous deflationary spiral, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Friday outlined a case for the central bank to take action to bolster economic growth. But the Fed chief also [...]
Fiber loop receives grant boost
Carver County learned last week it will receive nearly $6 million in federal stimulus funds to expand its fiber optic ring project to provide high-speed Internet connectivity to 86 community partners throughout the county.
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Obama unveils Ford loan guarantees to boost US exports
CHICAGO, Aug 5 (Reuters) President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his decision to bail out U.S. auto makers as he unveiled a new loan guarantee for Ford Motor Co that will help to meet a White House goal of doubling U.S. exports. ”Don’t bet against the American [...]
House approves bills to boost manufacturing
Lawmakers moved closer on Wednesday to creating a commission to find ways to cut the huge trade deficit with China and other countries, while also pushing a strategy to promote U.S. manufacturing.
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Hopes dim for quick legislative action to boost California’s food stamp participation rate
Proposals include cutting the required frequency of recipients’ income reporting and allowing any drug felon to receive the benefit without mandating treatment. With concern growing in Sacramento about the millions of Californians struggling to get sufficient nutrition, advocates for the poor had hoped [...]
Democrats Eye Young, Minorities For Midterm Boost
Getting the 15 million first-time voters who supported Barack Obama in 2008 to return to the polls in November is a major focus of the party’s $50 million midterm mobilization. But relying on people who haven’t voted reliably in the past could be a risky strategy.
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Iraq central bank cuts rates to boost lending
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s central bank slashed its base rate by 100 basis points to six per cent as of April 1 in reaction to subdued inflation and to boost bank lending, senior advisers at the bank said.
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EC to boost European Company – EUbusiness Week 483
Publisher’s Note ================ Five years after the European Company Statute (SE) entered into force, the European Commission has launched a public consultation with a view to making it work better.
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Banks boost takes FTSE forward
LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 5,650.13 +7.51
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