| Walker's World: Coupling and decoupling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- America's predatory lenders and subprime mortgage brokers combined forces to blind the monetary sentinels and give America's democratic capitalism a bad name. Iraq Press Roundup
Published: Jan. 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent The London-based Azzaman newspaper ran an editorial Thursday with the headline, "Iraqi planners hadn't realized powers relations between Iraq, U.S." Outside View: World free of nukes
Published: Jan. 24, 2008 at 12:02 PM
By BENNETT RAMBERG
UPI Outside View Commentator LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Since the beginning of the Atomic Age, policymakers and scholars have attempted to come up with formulas to constrain the nuclear genie. Analysis: India chides Maoist-hit states
Published: Jan.
Ready to Refinance? Here Are the Best Rates
Rates tumbled for the fourth straight week, according to Freddie Mac's primary mortgage market survey results. The news comes as no surprise. The seemingly endless stream of bad economic news and the Fed's big 75 basis-point cut in the overnight rate all but guaranteed the mortgage rates would fall again this week. (A basis point is one hundredth of a percentage point.) So -- for those lucky enough to hold a conventional mortgage -- is it time to refinance? Have we hit the bottom? Not likely, says Philip van Doorn, an analyst at TheStreet.com Ratings. "Liquidity is still pretty tight," says van Doorn. As the markets come down, he says, they'll be more liquidity, which will push rates farther down. "That's why personally, I'm going to wait another three or six months and then try to refinance," van Dorn says.
New Physics chair exerts force on dept.
As chair, Urry will spearhead a new strategic plan this fall to evaluate which recent developments in physics merit the department's attention and resources. She also intends to place further emphasis on promoting diversity among students and faculty and is taking steps to make the Physics Department more undergraduate-friendly, she said. “The truth is, I have a hobby: trying to increase the number of women and minorities in science," Urry said. Urry said she is pleased to inherit a department that is “in very good shape" thanks to her “very effective" predecessor, Ramamurti Shankar, and said she does not intend to make any major changes. Shankar expressed confidence in Urry's ability to continue developing the Physics Department's profile on campus.
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