p>Information released by North Carolina property tracking firm RealtyTrac for October 2008 showed that the number of foreclosed homes in North Carolina continued to decline by 20% in the month year-on-year. The data shows that foreclosed rate in the state rose compared to September. Analysts note that the data may indicate declining foreclosed homes volume [...]
Entries from January 2009
North Carolina Foreclosure
January 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
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Getting a better night’s slumber
January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Your brain clock is a cluster of brain cells in the hypothalamus that determines your sleep-wake time and is regulated by light and darkness, explains Delwyn Bartlett, a sleep psychologist with the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. Here’s how to keep it on track:
* Wake up at the same time every morning, even [...]
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Google reports sharp decline in profits
January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Google Inc. reported sharply lower fourth-quarter profits Thursday from bad investments, while its core business showed resilience amid the global recession.
The results, which beat analysts’ expectations, were enough to dispel investor concerns about how the company is weathering the gloomy economy. But at the same time, the earnings highlighted the fact that the Mountain [...]
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double-headed fish embryos
January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off
EVIDENCE has emerged of a possible cancer cluster next to the Queensland hatchery where bizarre double-headed fish embryos have been discovered. All four households backing on to Cooloothin Creek near the Noosa River-based Sunland Fish Hatchery and a large macadamia plantation have had a cancer death or a cancer diagnosis since fish deformities and [...]
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Fish oil cuts risk of mental delay in early babies
January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off
MOTHERS nursing premature babies can halve the risk that their child will have significant developmental problems if they take fish oil supplements to fortify their breast milk.
A study involving hundreds of Australian babies from five hospitals nationwide has shown the frequency of mild mental delay in infants born weighing less than 1250 grams was cut [...]
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Popular Tours, travels, air tickets
January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Free air: Active Travel is offering free return flights from Sydney to Ushuaia, Argentina, in conjunction with One Ocean Expeditions’ cruise to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. A quick decision’s needed as the 18-night voyage departs on February 24. It was priced from $US12,990 ($18,360) a person, ex Ushuaia. More: 02) [...]
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