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  1. Mortgage Rate Freeze Reached

    Mortgage Rate Freeze Reached Thursday December 6, 1:54 pm ET By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer Deal Reached With Mortgage Industry for 5-Year Rate Freeze WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush announced on Thursday a plan to freeze interest rates for five years for hundreds of...
  2. Microsoft Correcting Calculation Error in Excel 2007

    Microsoft Correcting Calculation Error in Excel 2007 By Vivek Shankar Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, is working to correct multiplication errors in Excel 2007, the latest version of the most popular spreadsheet program. Excel gives the wrong...
  3. Dollar Trades Near Record Low Versus Euro Before New Home Sales

    Dollar Trades Near Record Low Versus Euro Before New Home Sales By Kosuke Goto Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar traded near an all-time low against the euro on speculation a U.S. housing report will bolster the Federal Reserve's case for cutting interest rates. The U.S. currency is...
  4. U.S. Stocks Extend Biggest Rally in Four Years; AT&T Gains

    U.S. Stocks Extend Biggest Rally in Four Years; AT&T Gains By Lynn Thomasson Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks extended their biggest rally in four years, buoyed by speculation Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts will help contain the housing slump and spur profit growth. AT&T Inc...
  5. Fed Lowers Benchmark Rate to 4.75 Percent, First Cut Since 2003

    Fed Lowers Benchmark Rate to 4.75 Percent, First Cut Since 2003 By Scott Lanman and Craig Torres Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half point to 4.75 percent, the first cut in four years, hoping to keep the U.S. from sinking into a...
  6. Bernanke Weighs Recession Risk Against Investor Cave-In Charge

    Bernanke Weighs Recession Risk Against Investor Cave-In Charge By Steve Matthews Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will probably cut its benchmark interest rate today for the first time in four years, seeking insurance against a recession. The main question is how big a policy...
  7. Grant Prideco, Northgate, RRSat Global: U.S. Equity Preview

    Grant Prideco, Northgate, RRSat Global: U.S. Equity Preview By Adam Satariano Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.S. exchanges today. This preview includes news that broke after exchanges closed yesterday. Stock...
  8. Worst Wall Street Quarter Since 2001 Tempered by Goldman's Gain

    Worst Wall Street Quarter Since 2001 Tempered by Goldman's Gain By Christine Harper Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street's third quarter would be the worst since 2001 if it weren't for the timely sale of a power company by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Bear Stearns Cos. probably will report a...
  9. Dollar Declines to Record Low Versus Euro Before Fed Meeting

    Dollar Declines to Record Low Versus Euro Before Fed Meeting By Bo Nielsen Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell to an all-time low versus the euro as traders bet the Federal Reserve will cut borrowing costs at least a quarter-percentage point next week. The U.S. currency declined for...
  10. MFE after PhD, PhD after MFE, and related questions

    Just like I suggested earlier, we might want to have a thread to discuss questions related to MFE and PhD. Getting MFE after PhD, getting PhD after MFE, advantages of having one or the other or both. I will contribute on the subject of PhD after MFE when I get a bit more time. Meanwhile...
  11. Introduction to R and "how to" techniques in R

    In this thread, I will be posting interesting R examples that will give you a flavor of what R is. You can download R for free at http://www.r-project.org (there was a discussion about downloading R or S-Plus elsewhere on the forum). One good thing about R is that it is a free program and if...
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