Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Six years after the end of a decade-long armed conflict, Nepal’s ex-Maoist fighters who have been languishing in various satellite camps have begun leaving their cantonments. The process started Friday in the three major camps–Sindhuli, Chitwan and Nawalparasi–and was scheduled to begin in the other [...]
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After years in camps, thousands of Nepal’s ex-fighters leaving for home
February 6th, 2012
davidguide Weak U.S. dollar keeps gold glistening
January 29th, 2012
davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Gold prices rallied for a third straight day, spurred higher by a weak U.S. dollar and the Fed’s comments on interest rates made earlier in the week. In mid-afternoon trading on Friday, the most actively traded gold contract, for February delivery, gained [...]
Weak U.S. dollar keeps gold glistening
January 29th, 2012
davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Gold prices rallied for a third straight day, spurred higher by a weak U.S. dollar and the Fed’s comments on interest rates made earlier in the week. In mid-afternoon trading on Friday, the most actively traded gold contract, for February delivery, gained [...]
Nation’s Mayors Support Gay Marriage But Complain About Unemployment
January 21st, 2012
davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent DC, Washington, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Conference of Mayors wrapped up its winter meeting Friday in Washington, D.C., with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stepping into controversies on same sex marriage and education. Emanuel joined about 80 other mayors from across the nation in endorsing laws to [...]
Mortgage rates fall to new lows
January 13th, 2012
davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – If it sounds like you have heard this before you are right. Mortgage rates have fallen once again to a record low. On Thursday, mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported the average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages fell to 3.89 percent in the [...]
Lawsuit Accuses Company Of Fraudulently Cycling Patients Through Nursing Homes, Hospice Care
January 5th, 2012
davidguide Plano, TX, United States (KaiserHealth) – A national hospice company improperly cycled patients through nursing homes and hospice with a goal of making as much profit as possible from Medicare, according to a whistleblower lawsuit announced this week. Federal attorneys also sued the hospice company, AseraCare, alleging it milked Medicare’s hospice benefit by pressuring its [...]
S&P index says home prices down for sixth straight month
December 28th, 2011
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – U.S. residential house prices dropped by 1.2 percent in October compared with September, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city index. In addition, S&P/Case-Shiller issued a negative outlook for housing prices. “There was weakness in the monthly statistics, as 19 of the cities posted price [...]
Canada denies Iran a consulate in Vancouver
December 20th, 2011
davidguide Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor Vancouver, BC, Canada (AHN) – Canada will not allow Iran to establish a diplomatic consulate in Vancouver as tensions rise over Tehran’s continued push for nuclear power. Current Canadian sanctions against Iran ban direct air travel and only allows for an official embassy in Ottawa. Canada only holds official [...]
Fixed mortgage rates stay low
December 12th, 2011
davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage stayed near its record low for the sixth consecutive week. But, the historically low rates have done little to goose the ailing housing market. On Thursday, mortgage giant Freddie Mac said the rate on [...]
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac spark holiday eviction moratorium by banks
December 4th, 2011
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Some struggling homeowners who are in foreclosure proceedings are getting a gift from an unlikely source: no eviction over the holidays. Fannie Mae (FNMA, Fortune 500), Freddie Mac (FMCC, Fortune 500) say they will not evict anyone from Dec. 19 through Jan. 2. [...]
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