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"They're starting to look a little silly"

A day after adjourning the 2008 legislative session, some state lawmakers want another crack at the budget and other unfinished business and may return to the Capitol in the next several weeks. via Hartford Courant

"There is a lack of sellers and buyers lack confidence it is all about sentiment. There's job uncertainty in the City. At the moment we are seeing volumes 30 per cent to 40 per cent down the trend has got worse over the last two months."

Confirmation the top end of the property market, especially in London, will not escape the worst effects of the credit crunch came from a leading up-market estate agent yesterday. via The Independent

"We as an organization will work with Victor to help him find solutions to his immediate difficulties that prompted this decision"

If you want to own the Pennsauken house featured in the hit television show 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,' you have to wait. via Asbury Park Press Online

According to a new study, children can be just as affected -- if not more so -- by foreclosures than adults. via ClipSyndicate

"After nearly two years of negotiations, which were often difficult but always in good faith, we have achieved an unprecedented agreement protecting close to 90 percent of the ranch"

A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history.

After years of legal tussles, conservationists including the Sierra Club have agreed not to challenge proposed development on the sprawling Tejon Ranch north of Los Angeles in exchange for close to 240,000 acres, in a deal to be announced Thursday.

At 375 square miles, the preserve of desert, woodlands and grasslands would be eight times the size of San Francisco and nearly the size of Los Angeles, said Bill Corcoran, the Sierra Club's senior regional representative. Read more

"Things are beginning to improve, but the availability of affordable mortgages is uneven around the country and sometimes within metropolitan areas"

Published: May 7th, 2008 07:23 AM Last Modified: May 7th, 2008 07:28 AM An industry group said Wednesday that pending U.S. home sales dropped to a new low in March, signaling the housing slump has yet to bottom ... via Anchorage Daily News

Wall Street headed for a modestly lower open Wednesday, with investors awaiting data on pending home sales and labor costs.

The National Association of Realtors is expected to report that pending sales of existing homes declined in March, according to economists surveyed by Thomson Financial/IFR. And ahead of that report, the Labor Department is anticipated to release its first-quarter reading on worker productivity and costs _ one of many key gauges of inflation.

Inflation has become a prime concern on Wall Street, given that oil has doubled over the past year to record levels above $122 a barrel on Tuesday. As a result, gasoline prices are also climbing further into record terrain, strapping debt-laden U.S. consumers with another financial burden. Read more