George Bush has given specifics of a plan to assist Americans who could be losing their residences in the sub-prime crisis which has caused distress in money  markets worldwide.

Concern due to a credit crunch have disrupted stocks and increased borrowing costs all over the world, causing fears economic growth will be stunted.

The president said that people possessing loans who fall behind with their house payments would be asked if they want more protection.

By adding to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which backs up mortgage loans for low to middle income families, individuals with a beneficial credit/payment history who have dropped with their mortgage monthly disbursement would get some assistance to restructure their financial obligation at more favorable interest rates.

The presidents hope is that people who are currently struggling to refinance and reduce their regualr payments, and in that way keep their homes.

According to reports, the changes will allow another 80,000 homeowners to turn to the FHA, on top of the 160,000 who were already expected to use it this year and next.

The  crisis regarding sub-prime loans came about because borrowers loaned funds to people at low rates which speedily rose sharply, with people complaining about misunderstanding their loan.

The crisis moved to the credit sector on account of this debt was coupled  with other arrears and sold onward, causing perplexities over how vulnerable a multitude of financial institutions are to the critical issue at hand.

The president has claimed that the economy was strong enough make it through this, which the president said is just modest in size with relation the the size of the economy.He did note that if your family is having problems with their monthly payments it wouldn’t seem so modest.

Computer seller, Acer, Taiwan’s main show is posed to buy Gateway computers for 710 million.

The conclusion of the deal will make Acer the third largest producer of computers int he world. They will ship 20 million computers and have sales average of 15 billion dollars a year.

Also of note, they may try to prevent their Chinese rival Lenovo from purchasing Packard bells European section.

Gateway wants to buy Packard Bell in a deal regard “first refusal” struck with its owner back in 2006.

Acer feels that with the purchase of gateway they will finally have visibility and presence in America.It strongly compliments their vast foothold in Asia and Europe.

Both Gateway and Acer feel that the deal is good for both of them and cuts the annual cost by 150 million annually.

Experts believe that Acer will act on the deal to acquire Packard Bell’s European Division, if only to get one over on Lenovo. Lenovo has been focused on the acquisition of the Dutch company to give them a European presence.

Perhaps they will simply have to pay more for Packard Bell…

Roughly 12 months ago many of the insurance agencies in the Midwest told their clients they would be ok to drop their flood coverage.  How wrong they were.

People throughout the Midwest, but especially in Ohio have lost things from Christmas decorations, to wardrobes, toy, even irreplaceable photos.

This has been the worst flood ohio has seen in 100 years. More than  one thousand homeowners evacuated their homes in Findlay. They are now beginging to return, and finding so much in ruins.

Furniture, clothes, memories. In one county, 700 homes were destroyed.
Sandbag crews tried to keep up, but in some parts the water rose to 26 feet.

At a time in our nations development when many people are still under employed and out of work, this destruction comes at a high price. Many people cant afford the extra insurance, and those that cant, cannot afford to repair. Its my hope that the federal government, will set up a fund to assist these victims.

The Ohio governor  declared 9 counties in a state of emergency, but this only allows a maximum amount of 1500 dollars per family.

Some people will drain the retirement accoutns to rebuild their lives, i wonder how they will cope  when they retire.

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I been thinking about getting a credit card.

Seems the process is not to entirely difficult. I would then be able to live a bit between checks.

I would seek to get one with no annual fee and a low interest rate. Hey a Walmart credit card would let me get a sweet Dell computer for like 18 dollars a month! Hmmm.

Of course some places offer cash back credit cards, which give you a portion of your spending back at the end of the year. Very nice for the shopaholic. Theres always balance transfers to move the balance of a card with a higher interest rate to one with a lower one, allowing you to save money that way.

I guess like all things you must compare credit cards before deciding a financial decision of this caliber.

 Skype is blaming last week’s two-day nonservice on “massive restart” of user computers worldwide.

Skype says that in a very short period of time users worldwide rebooted their PC’s because of the Microsoft Windows Update.

The Skype system crashed after a flood of request from users requesting authentication to the skype servers, this appears to be a large flaw in Skypes network resource allocation.

Skype claims it cannot confirm  there was no activity that might be called malicious.

How does this look for skype? Not well. Of course Skype is Ebay’s black sheep. Ebay bought skype in 2005 for almost 3 billion. People have always wondered why.

This outage will only serve to make people very leary of Skypes ability to deliver the service.

   Two firefighters were killed and a half dozen others injured in a fire in an abandoned skyscraper adjacent to the Twin Towers site.

Smoke was seen from the fire and it panicked people concerned with toxicity.

These fears  appeared to be unwarranted.

It seems the NYC fire department keeps taking hits. We salute these fine men and the efforts they put forth and the risks they take.

The injured men are recovering well. The cause of the fire is not apparent.

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I waqs flabbergasted when i saw this.I thought it was a prank. But perhaps the old adage “if you cant beat them, join them” comes into play. Microsoft will not overcome the beauty and grace of the Open Source movement.

Perhaps its not a true concession. When music style changed from the 80’s to the 90’s, instead of retiring Metallica simply adapted their style and still sold tickets and albums. This cost them a few fans but gained them more, and kept them in the game.

And now Microsoft, who once referred to Open Source as communism steps into the fray. In my opinion thats real nice, finally skilled coders can review the drivel put forth by the capitalist giant  and maybe in a round about way Microsoft will turn out some good code.

Not only releasing a few pieces of Open Source code, but also surrendering some of its home grown licenses to the Open Source Initiative, Microsoft is really making waves in the Open Source community.  Whats going on?

I think its simple, in this age, theres no longer 1 single way to do things, and when open source didnt prove to be just a trend, they realized it was a “get in or move on” thing. Blend, and continue with business as usual. A quote from the Microsoft Press release:

“Open source is neither an industry fad, nor a magic bullet.”

The current low pay for a Broadway actor is 1422 a week. Naturally, thats for the nobodies. The extra types. After that its a negotiable issue. Since the supply is greater  than the demand, why would any producer pay more.

However, Broadway actors also get paid health insurance, and before taxes is mor elike 1700-1800 a week. A very recognized name though, nets far greater. As an example, Julia Roberts gets 35000 a week on Broadway, doesnt  that just pale the 1400! Of course, she makes 20 million a movie, so as you can see Hollywood > Broadway.