The Chinese National Institute for Standardization Signs Memorandum of Understanding with NEMA (ThomasNet) On Oct 13, NEMA President and CEO Evan Gaddis and CNIS VP Qiu Yueming signed an agreement to reference NEMA norms in development of standards in China. Liu Weijun, Chief Engineer of the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China, met with NEMA and expressed desire to establish regular cooperative exchanges. Also, Chinese translation of 2008 NEC® was completed, as well as MITA ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Scotiabank Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Earnings per share of $3.05 versus $4.01, includes $0.82 us.rd.yahoo.com
Who were the original $1-a-year men? (The Globe and Mail) And, how the NBER decided the U.S. is in recession us.rd.yahoo.com
Manufacturing at 26-year low (Pioneer Press) WASHINGTON — A gauge of U.S. manufacturing activity that fell to a 26-year low Monday followed similarly weak readings in Europe and China, fueling fears of a deepening global downturn. us.rd.yahoo.com
THE IRISH EMIGRANT (Irish Emigrant) The Irish Emigrant us.rd.yahoo.com
Scotiabank Launches Scotia Mortgage Authority, Reinforces Link to Independent Brokers (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) Celebrating the successful integration of Scotia Express Service and Maple Trust Company, Scotiabank today announced the launch of Scotia Mortgage Authority. us.rd.yahoo.com
Local mortgage rates dip on Fed move (Pioneer Press) Within hours of the Federal Reserve's announcement Tuesday that it will spend up to $600 billion in the coming weeks to support the housing market, mortgage bankers in the Twin Cities already were seeing the impact on rates. us.rd.yahoo.com
Hong Kong Market Expected To Trade Higher (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - A day after snapping the four-day losing streak that had cost it more than 1,200 points or 9 percent along the way, the Hong Kong stock market resumed its movement to the downside. us.rd.yahoo.com
U.S. home prices at 2004 levels, sales off 3.1 pct (Pioneer Press) WASHINGTON — Nationwide sales of existing homes fell more than expected last month, as economic fears made buyers leery even though prices plunged to the lowest level in more than four years. And the decline is expected to get worse because October's results reflect sales contracts signed before Wall Street's nosedive. us.rd.yahoo.com
Swanson proposes mortgage mediation (Pioneer Press) State Attorney General Lori Swanson called Thursday for legislation that would take aim at the growing number of foreclosures by giving debtors the right to seek mediation in hopes of renegotiating the terms of home loans. us.rd.yahoo.com
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