April 30th, 2009
Bloomberg is reporting that troubled insurance giant AIG may close United Guaranty, its Greensboro-based mortgage insurer.
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April 30th, 2009
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services Inc. made official their partnership to find the long-time South Side nonprofit organization a new home and redevelop its current headquarters, a 153,000-square-foot former J&L department store building on Carson Street.
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April 30th, 2009
John Wieland ended his eight-week, five-city tour blitz where he slept on the floor of his unsold properties, including those in Brentwood, until he sold 101 homes.
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April 30th, 2009
Central Pacific Financial posted a 52.9 percent increase in profits for the first quarter. (CPF)
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April 30th, 2009
New Mexico shed another 1,000 construction jobs in March and has lost 7,200 jobs in the sector over a 12-month period. The state ranked 32nd, with a 12.2 percent job loss rate.
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April 30th, 2009
Long-term mortgage rates this week reached the lowest level since at least 1970, falling for the third consecutive week. (FRE)
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April 30th, 2009
Ralph Falbo doesn’t like to talk about himself. But when pressed, he’ll tell you about the decades he spent building his company, Downtown-based Ralph A. Falbo Inc., into one the region’s most active developers of affordable and senior housing.
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April 30th, 2009
The state of Kentucky has received more than $451,000 in federal stimulus funds to support the Kentucky Senior Community Service Employment Program.
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April 30th, 2009
Kansas during the past year has seen a 10.2 percent drop in construction jobs, according to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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April 30th, 2009
March home sales in the Triangle showed the first real signs of recovery in nine months, with a 60 percent increase in units sold compared to the previous month.
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