Case-Shiller data advocates worst may be over for American housing - Daily Telegraph The American housing market may slowly be turning the corner after 18 months of gloom, with test data showing that the rate of monthly house price declines slowed markedly in June. Data from the respected Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index showed
In housing market, ‘hints of a bottom’ - MSNBC Though home prices continued to fall in July, there are growing signs that — in some regions at least — the market may be stabilizing as lower prices lure some buyers off the sidelines. But a broad housing recovery faces stiff headwinds in the
Home value off; confidence rises - Herald Tribune A widely watched housing index released Tuesday showed home prices dropping by the sharpest rate ever in the second quarter, even as Americans registered the biggest boost in consumer confidence in two years. AP PHOTO / DANNY JOHNSTON The Standard
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The World’s Nine Largest Science ProjectsFrom: lifeandmoneytoday.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 19:44:20
JBG667 writes “Nice overview of the 9 largest science projects currently ongoing. Some of the usual suspects are on the list including CERN, Space Elevator, Space Station, etc. As well as some lesser known including a 3,000-foot-tall “Solar tower”, the ANTARES underwater neutrino detecting array and more. Nice read for science buffs.”
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more Entertainment Weekly Bemoans Lack of Great Science BooksFrom: lifeandmoneytoday.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 19:42:14
Bryan writes “A current headline at Entertainment Weekly advocates that the ‘100 Ideal Reads’ of the last 25 years do not include a single science book (not even a popular science book). In response, cosmologist Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance has given an interesting analysis of EW’s disappointing list, and Soul Physics is calling for suggestions on the Greatest Physics Books of the Last 25 Years. For all the great literature that science has produced in the las...
more White House Refused To Open Unwelcome EPA E-MailFrom: lifeandmoneytoday.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 18:12:22
epfreed writes “The White Home lost a case in the Supreme Court about the need for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases. So the EPA made new rule. And now the NYTimes reports that the White House didn’t want to get these new rules from the EPA about greenhouse gases. So they did not open the email.”
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more Dodd, Feingold To Try and Filibuster Immunity BillFrom: lifeandmoneytoday.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 18:10:13
shma writes “This morning the senate has a scheduled cloture vote to cut off debate on the FISA bill which grants retroactive immunity to telecoms who engaged in warrantless wiretapping. Senators Russ Feingold and Christopher Dodd have pledged to try and filibuster the bill, but require the vote of 40 senators to keep the filibuster alive. The article states that a similar ‘threatened filibuster failed in February, when the Senate passed a measure that granted amnesty and largely le...
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