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In a slowing market, more prospective buyers are enjoying fractional residences without being owners.

A Dallas County woman has filed a lawsuit against Blockbuster Inc. alleging the video rental chain violated her privacy by transmitting her personal information to Facebook.com through the site's Beacon marketing program. (BBI)

Just how bad is it going to get for the UK housing market? The news flow over the last week has been one of unrelenting gloom, culminating in the data yesterday that showed the number of new loans gra...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- GFI Group, a leading credit derivatives brokerage firm, says a rival company is trying to poach some of its top traders.

Unemployment rates in the East Bay rose in March, with Solano County matching the statewide jobless rate of 6.4 percent but Alameda and Contra Costa counties below it at 5.5 percent, the state Employment Development Department's Labor market Information division reported today.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSX: FFH)(NYSE: FFH) announced today that it has filed a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

PANIC selling of Brambles yesterday wiped $2.5bn off the stock's market capitalisation at one point during the trading session.

HOUSTON, TX (MARKET WIRE) Kayne Anderson mlp investment Company (the 'Company') (NYSE: KYN) announced that on April 15, 2008 it entered into a new $200 million unsecured revolving credit facility with the Custodial Trust Company ('CTC'). The facility has a 364-day commitment terminating on April 14, 2009 that may be extended for additional non-overlapping 364-day periods if mutually agreed upon by both the Company and CTC. The Company's previous $200 million secured revolving credit facility with CTC was uncommitted.

LANCASTER, PA (MARKET WIRE) Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with U. S. Bank National Association ND, d/b/a Elan Financial services ('Elan'), to significantly enhance the credit card services it provides to customers of its affiliate banks. Under the provisions of the agreement, Fulton will sell its credit card portfolio, with a current outstanding balance of approximately $85 million, to Elan. The transaction is expected to close within 45 days.

A solid week for US and European equity markets was accompanied by a surge in government bond yields, while traders saw sharp swings in the dollar and commodities