Topic: Global Insight Inc.

New-Home Sales Hit A Record Low

Just 302,000 new homes were sold in 2011, 6.2% below 2010 and the lowest number of annual sales since the government started tracking home sales in ...
Fox News contributor Stephen Hayes claimed that it's "nonsense" for the Obama administration to argue that it "didn't really appreciate the depths...
January 25, 2012 08:30 AM Eastern Time . SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wright Express Corporation (NYSE: WXS), a leading global provider...
In Georgia, people used to understand that heavy snow was a relative rarity and removing it would take time for Sun Belt transportation agencies...
New unemployment insurance claims fell from 393,000 to 388,000 last week, the lowest level since April 2. This is also roughly 12 percent below the...
Sales of newly built homes are bouncing around a bottom, but prices are now at the lowest level of the year. The median price of a new home came in ...

UK borrowing drops in September: data

British state borrowing shrank by more than expected in September, official data showed on Friday, boosting the coalition government's deficit reduction plans.Public sector net borrowing -- the state's preferred measure of the public finances -- fell to £14.1 billion (16 ...

Mortgage Rates Fall; Homebuyers Balk

Mortgage rates fell to a record low last week, but homebuyers remain on the sidelines, according to data released Thursday. The average rate on a...
Tax revenues for state and local governments grew 4.7% year-over-year to $321.6 billion in the first quarter of 2011, marking the sixth consecutive...
Fitch Affirms Kingsburg JUHSD, California GOs at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable. . Mar. 3, 2011 (Business Wire) - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following...