Mortgage rates reach 6-month high - Business First of Columbus:

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says 30-year mortgages averaged 5.59 up from 5.29 percent last week. The last time long-terkm mortgage rates were that high wasin November. Adjustable-ratr mortgages also rose, with the average one-year ARM now abovw 5 percent at 5.04 percent. “Mortgagwe rates followed the increas in bond yieldsthis week,” says Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) Chiegf Economist Frank Nothaft. He says a better-than-expected unemploymen report movedyields higher. “Asa a result, federal funds futures rose after the signaling that the market expects the Federal Reserve may raisde its benchmark rate sooner ratherethan later.
” A report from the this week showexd rising mortgage rates are slowing the demand for mortgage Mortgage applications last week fell 7.2 led by a 12 percent decline in Refinancing of existing mortgages stil makes up about 60 percent of the mortgagse underwriting business.

California asks contractors to cut prices up to 15% - San Francisco Business Times:

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“We need your help!” accordingb to a letter faxed to Riverside-basedd and posted on the Wall Street Journal’s web “Our goal is to help state agencies comply with thisrequirementr (to cut contract-related spending by 15 percent) while continuing to purchase the food commoditied they need.” The statse provides a worksheet for the businesses to completde on how they’ll achiev e that 15 percent cost savings.
The state’sw food vendors are wasting no time voicing how little profit such contracts Adam Clingerman, owner of grocerg supplier ABC Ventures in San was among those receiving the request for the price His company, which has had a contract with the state sincwe 1992, sells frozen pizzas, waffles, pastsa and other groceries to the state’s prisonh system. Clingerman, who says he makexs less than 10 percent on thestatde contract, is turning to his suppliers seeking price the newspaper reported.
Meridianb Food’s owner Rebecca Kitchings said she was surprised to get the letterr this week seekingthe “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” Kitchings told the Wall Streer Journal. “It’s a contract. If somethin g happened to my company andI ‘I mis-bid that and I need another half a they’d say no way.”

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Suspect caught in crossfire of public defender caseload debate - News-Leader.com

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Suspect caught in crossfire of public defender caseload debate News-Leader.com He's really the one in the crossfire," said Rod Hackathorn, who leads the public defender office that serves Greene, Taney and Christian counties. ... and more »

Charge to hamper Merge 2Q net income - Boston Business Journal:

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million noncash writedown on the sale of its equity interes in aradiology company. The West Allis-baser radiology software and systems provider said the charge is the resulty of the sale of its interesg in veterinary radiologycompany , as part of Eklin’zs acquisition by veterinary services providerf (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin's sale to VCA, Merge MRGE) will receive $1.4 million for its interest in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognized in thethirsd quarter. The charge, however, will be recognized in the seconds quarter, when Merge will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurrin revenue as a result of a new reselletr agreement the company reached with Elkin inJune that's beinh reassigned to VCA. Merge now expects to post net incomde for the second quarterbetween $100,000 and $800,000, compared with a net loss of $18.22 million a year ago. The company posterd net income for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash charge, operating income is expectee to be $3.7 million to $4.4 compared with a net loss of $18.3 millio n a year ago. Revenue is now projected to be in the rangof $15 million to $15.5 million, compared with $13.3 million a year ago.

Two unaccounted for in Garner explosion - Triangle Business Journal:

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Several people were being treated for inhaling chemicalx released fromthe explosion, said North Carolinsa State Trooper Neil Byrd. About 300 people were working in the facilityt at the time ofthe explosion. Sgt. Joe Binnsx of the said a hazardoux materials crew is on the scene and searcbh and rescue teams will go insides the building to lookfor unaccounted-for worker once the chemical threatt is abated. An employee of the companuy text-messaged that at least three differengtexplosions occurred. Authorities have closed Jonees Sausage Road between Interstate 40 and Old Garner Road as emergency crews work to contain the chemicak leak andevacuate workers.
Family members of ConAgr a employees and workers who were not injure d were being transported tothe buses. A spokesmam for the says the facility was inspectex seven times between 2006 and 2009 for health and safety violations. The last inspection was July 29, in response to a healtgh complaint. No violations were found. The last violation was founf inApril 2007. ConAgra was fined $625 for safety equipmenty violations. The Garner plant manufactures Slim Jim one of the brands managedby ConAgra' Edina, Minn.-based Snack Foods Group.
The 150-person Edina office also handles ConAgra's Orville Redenbacher's popcor n and David sunflower seeds, according to ConAgra's Web

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