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Uncle Sam’s Help – Home Repairs

Uncle Sam’s Help – Home Repairs

Uncle Sam’s Help – Home Repairs
Thousands of homes across the country are echoing with the sounds of repairs, thanks to the expanded federal spending for weatherization assistance for homeowners and increased tax credits for those who improve their energy efficiency.
Stimulus funding bolsters the U.S. Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program with $5 billion to be [...]

Opening Doors – HOA Assistance

Opening Doors – HOA Assistance

The PWR Charity Foundation of Orange County in California is now offering one year home owners association dues (HOA) to qualified first time home buyers.
The HOA assistance grants will offer up to $250 per month, paid directly to the home owners association for a total of up to $3,000 for one year, per qualified [...]

Buiders hit high confidence level.

Buiders hit high confidence level.

YORBA LINDA. August 21, 2009. Confidence in the market for builders of newly built, single-family homes rose in August to its highest level since June 2008, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
Home building expectations have been buoyed by the success of the first-time home buyer tax credit that expires [...]

Homes Sales Up in Orange County, CA

Homes Sales Up in Orange County, CA

YORBA LINDA. August 19, 2009. Home sales for the month of July rose to the highest level in more than two years as buyers are confident the worst is over.
July marked the l3th month that sales topped the year-earlier total and with 3,128 houses and condo’s changing hands, it has marked the biggest month since [...]

The Truth about The New Home Buyer Tax Credit

The Truth about The New Home Buyer Tax Credit

CHICAGO. August 8, 2009. With Congress reaching agreement on a $789 billion stimulus package for Americans, the clock is ticking for this year’s home buyers and homeowners. The package contains important benefits related to housing.
One provision gives first-time home buyers an $8,000 tax credit provided they purchase a home between January 1, 2009 and December [...]

“Government Motors” plans IPO – Will not comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

“Government Motors” plans IPO – Will not comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

DETROIT. August 8, 2009.  General Motors Co. plans to register 3.5 billion shares of stock to ready itself for a public offering sometime next year, using the proceeds to repay at least part of what it owes the U.S. government and other stakeholders.
GM disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on [...]

What you talking about, Willis??? United Airlines is poised to make it official.

What you talking about, Willis??? United Airlines is poised to make it official.

CHICAGO. August 5, 2009. UAL Corp. plans to lease about 450,000 square feet in Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in a deal that will bring 2,800 jobs downtown and is to include about $25 million in city subsidies through a tax-increment financing (TIF) grant, sources say.
UAL will move its massive operations center out of its [...]

PepsiCo to acquire PBG and PAS for $36.50 per share and $28.50 per share.

PepsiCo to acquire PBG and PAS for $36.50 per share and $28.50 per share.

PURCHASE, N.Y., SOMERS, N.Y. and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (August 4, 2009) — PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP ) today announced that it has entered into definitive merger agreements with The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG ) and PepsiAmericas, Inc. (NYSE: PAS ) under which PepsiCo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock it [...]

United States Postal Service has marked 677 post offices nationwide for possible closure

United States Postal Service has marked 677 post offices nationwide for possible closure

CHICAGO. August 3, 2009. The United States Postal Service has marked 677 post offices nationwide for possible closure or consolidation, according to a document given today to a House subcommittee holding a hearing on the future of American mail delivery.
The following United States Postal Service Station/Branches have been Identified For Full Study.
Area District Station/Branch Name [...]

Madoff’s new home comes with a warning from the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Butner, North Carolina.

Madoff’s new home comes with a warning from the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Butner, North Carolina.

Do not send funds to this address; For more information go to the Inmate Money page.
Use this address when sending correspondence and parcels to inmates confined at this facility.
INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
FCI BUTNER MEDIUM I
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
P.O. BOX 1000
// BUTNER, NC  27509

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