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Presents foreign exchange rates as of July 1, 2004. Percentage of value changes.

Reports the maintenance of soybean loan rate in the United States. Ruling of the US Congress on the maintenance; Significance of the loan rate on currency devaluation; Reactions from soybean producers.

Reports about the home mortgage loans at low interests given to senior officers of some educational institutions in the US. Incomplete report on loans by Princeton University; Home-loan program of Stanford University; Enquiry into loans by Congress; Interest-free loan received by John R. Silber, president of Boston University; Other recipients of loans.

THERE'S not much you can do about title insurance. If you take out a mortgage to buy a home, you have to buy this specialized form of insurance. If you refinance a mortgage, you have to rebuy it. And comparison shopping may not save you much money, as premium rates throughout the New York area are regulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents foreign exchange rates in the United States as of April 28, 2004. Foreign currency in dollars; Percentage of changes from April 27.

Reports on impediments to taking advantage of low mortgage rates in the United States to refinance one's home. Inability of customers to receive prompt service from mortgage lenders during a period in which mortgage applications have increased; Methods used by lenders to delay refinancing, including the imposition of waiting periods for loan closures; Volume of applicants.

Deals with the high levels of mortgage rates for the third week of January 2000. Average interest rate increase on 30-year fixed-rate mortgage; Rate of fifteen-year mortgages.

Presents business and financial news briefs as of December 24, 1998. United States economic growth in the third quarter; The benchmark rate on overnight loans between US banks; Denial by European automakers of a possible merger with Ford Motor Co. in Munich, Germany.

Provides information on the United States Department of Treasury's financing schedule for the week as of November 29, 1999. Rate on the outstanding three-month treasury bill; Ratings of GATX Capital Corp. shares; Value of the obligation bonds in California.

Describes the rate performance of the yen against the dollar according to the Bank of Japan. Economic situation of Japan; Reasons for the raising of the interest rates by the United States Federal Reserve; Conditions for the Bank of Japan's euro-buying; Comments from Tomas Jelf, currency strategist at Warburg Dillon Read.

Focuses on the thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages that were unchanged in the United States. Average rate of mortgages as reported by Freddie Mac.

Focuses on the factors which enable credit unions to offer better interest rates than banks on savings and loans. Details; Advantages and disadvantages of the same.

Announces the across the board cut in electric rates agreed to by Consolidated Edison and New York state regulators, Public Service Commission. The agreement as part of a plan to reshape the power industry; Background on the negotiations leading to the agreement.