AP - Sales of new homes plunged in March to the slowest pace in 16 1/2 years as a two-year housing downturn extended into the start of another spring sales season. The median price of a new home in March compared to a year ago fell at the fastest clip in 38 years.

AP - Sales of new homes plunged in March to the slowest pace in 16 1/2 years as a two-year housing downturn extended into the start of another spring sales season. The median price of a new home in March compared to a year ago fell at the fastest clip in 38 years.

In an April 23 letter to Federal Housing Authority Commissioner Brian Montgomery, Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) urged further action from the federal government to help address the national mortgage crisis and the burden it's placing on America's middle class families. In particular, Congressman Israel highlighted an innovative plan, "Appreciating America," developed by the home financing experts at Refinance.com that was announced by its chief executive, Nicholas Bratsafolis, which could provide much needed mortgage relief for homeowners in need. (PRWeb Apr 24, 2008)

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SmallCapInvestor.com, the small cap investing research and news website launched a year ago by Business Financial Publishing, today celebrated its first birthday. Since its launch, SmallCapInvestor.com has quickly become the premier source of independent small cap news, research and insights for individual and institutional investors. It has also become a leading small cap news provider to top financial websites, including AOL Money & Finance, FinancialContent, Google Finance, Seeking Alpha, and Yahoo! Finance. (PRWeb Apr 24, 2008)

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Navigant Partners, LLC announced today a new partnership with New York-based BeyondBond, Inc. to provide fixed-income analytics and bond collateral due diligence services for commercial real estate and structured finance mergers and acquisitions. By combining structured finance analytics and due diligence services from BeyondBond with the merger and acquisition expertise of Navigant Partners, firms searching for overlooked and undervalued companies and portfolios will be able to efficiently assess platforms and assets. (PRWeb Apr 24, 2008)

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mPay Gateway, a Minneapolis, MN company specializing in point of care patient payments, announced today that Med-Pro, LLC of Indianapolis, IN is now marketing mPay Gateway's electronic patient payment solution. Med-Pro specializes in providing services and solutions for improving medical cash flow and reimbursement. As a reseller, Med-Pro is now offering mPay Gateway's web-based software for facilitating point of care electronic patient payments to health care providers. (PRWeb Apr 24, 2008)

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Reuters - Microsoft Corp reported weak quarterly
Windows sales and gave a current-quarter earnings forecast at
the low end of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares
down nearly 5 percent on Thursday.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Thursday as investors
poured into beaten-down financial stocks on growing optimism
the worst may be over for banks, and after jobs and
manufacturing data pointed to a resilient economy.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Thursday as investors
poured into beaten-down financial stocks on growing optimism
the worst may be over for banks, and after jobs and
manufacturing data pointed to a resilient economy.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp
is considering launching a hostile bid for Yahoo Inc
as early next week if Yahoo does not begin talks soon, Chief
Financial Officer Chris Liddell said on Thursday.