Mortgage Rates

WASHINGTON - Mortgage rates for 30-year loan fell to its lowest level in more than eight months.

The average for a 30-year fixed loan fell to 4.39 percent in the week ended yesterday from 4.55 percent, according to Freddie Mac. The average 15-year fixed loan fell to a record 3.54 percent to 3.66 percent.

The decline followed a slide in yields on 10-year Treasury notes, which is the lowest level since November on Wednesday touched the growing concerns that the economy is slowing.

The price for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is the lowest level since the week ending 18 November, when they also 4.39 percent.

It was the beginning of November to 4.17 percent, the lowest in Freddie Mac records, around 1971.

The low borrowing costs have done little to boost home sales, since the banks to tighten

stock market crash

On Tuesday, before a hebdomad a drum of crude oil, Westerly Texas multinational accord, over-subscribed for just over $ 100 at the New York futures industry. The Nasdaq Composite Index at about 2,850, the Dow Industrials stood at about 12,750 Ordinary engineer - both very cuddled, the highest level in the elongated and powerfully was to collect, 2008-09 decay followed by the gillyflower in the market.

The Dow transports index finger phonetician, widely acknowledged as one of the mortal indicators for the current status of the proximal and altitudinous originally viewed 5,600 hits in July. I echo to save, one of the "trannies" all-time advanced live period. Almost the large pool were the things in the vicinity. The Swiss market index have been almost 6,000 and the DAX in Frankfurt again after 7500 proved 7400, as shrill as earlier in the month. But things were not minutes before, in the Parthian week. In Italy and Spain, the markets were weak, enslaved, and the proportions of pupils banks, after you find the rest of the market.

Mr. Obama's birthday present

LOS ANGELES, 4 August 2011 - Barack Obama was 50 years old. Happy Birthday Mr. President. For the sake of America, I will not sing for you. I am not Marilyn Monroe.

The best one can wish him a pleasant day with Michelle, Sasha and Malia. May his children gave him pleasure to come for many years.

The day will be quite a celebration of Mr. Obama, which made it indistinguishible as he celebrates every other day. Nevertheless, today he is empowered to be king for a day.

Tomorrow he will be taken off his tiara back.

Mr. Obama was a birthday gift to the President $ 3,580,000 or 89% of the Kobe Bryant apology given diamonds. 100 overweight cats that Mr. Obama claims to all donated (edited back,) $ 35,800 for the right to inspect his contempt and make sure it was so clean and comfortable as MSNBC insists. He has every right to this money. He "deserves" it. However, the true way Mr. Obama can show us his wonderful nature of what he does with the money.

hightower and police academy dead

Bubba Smith, a nine-year NFL veteran with five of those years with the Baltimore Colts, and who is perhaps only known for playing Officer Hightower in the Police Academy movies, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, according to reports . Smith, 66, was reportedly found in his home by a janitor and is likely to have died a natural death.

Smith played for the Baltimore Colts from 1967-1971.He played in two Pro Bowls in 1970 and 1971 and was first team All-Pro in '71.

A native Texan, born Charles Aaron Smith, went to Michigan State for his college career, which eventually would in a college Hall of Fame career development. A two-time All-American, he helped the Spartans lead just shy of a national title.

His Hollywood career included a role on Married ... Additional children with his famous Police Academy again as an officer Moses Hightower, a larger-than-life florist who join during the year his business on the Zanny Police Academy.

Follow updates on this story at SB Nation. You can also find more information about Smith's career with Baltimore Beatdown.

To me, featured my absolute favorite scene from the Police Academy movies Smith pretends to be a Jamaican drug dealer named Badula. The scene is in the fourth movie, and it's pretty funny. RIP Bubba Smith.

vonage

Vonage Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: VG) is their latest results on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. The company is a provider of broadband Voice over Internet Protocol telephone services to residential customers and small offices and home office customers.

Vonage Holdings Corp. earnings preview Cheat Sheet

Wall St. earnings expectations: The average estimate of analysts for earnings of 7 cents per share, representing an increase of 16.7% of the actual value of the company earnings forecast for the same quarter last year. In the past three months, the average estimate has moved down from 8 cents. Between one and three months, the average estimate put down, but it has been unchanged at 7 cents during the last month. For the year analysts are projecting net profit of 34 cents per share, an increase of 61.9% over the previous year.

Previous Earnings: The company has beaten estimates the last four quarters and comes from a district where it topped forecasts by a penny, reporting earnings of 9 cents per share compared to a mean estimate of net profit of 8 cents per share.

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Wall St. revenue expectations: On average, analysts are forecasting $ 220.6 million in revenue this quarter, a decrease of 2.1% over the same quarter last year. Analysts are forecasting a total revenue of $ 895.5 million for the year, an increase of 1.2% from last year sales of $ 885 million.

Ashley Hebert, 'The Bachelorette,' Chooses JP Rosenbaum

NEW YORK - "Bachelorette" Ashley Hebert (AY'-behr) has been picked up her game in network TV heaven.

The last man on the ABC dating reality show "The Bachelorette" JP Rosenbaum is from Long Iceland in New York. Hebert chose the 34-year-old construction supervisor on Ben Flajnik wine from California in two-hour finale Monday.

Hebert accepted Rosenbaum marriage proposal at the fair as well.

Blogs and tabloids speculated for weeks that Rosenbaum was the season champion.

Hebert is a 26-year-old Madawaska, Maine, native. She now lives in Philadelphia and attended dental school.

It is the seventh "Bachelorette" in the show's history. They competed on "The Bachelor" Brad Womack for affection in season 15

So far, only two pairs of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" franchises have made it down the aisle