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DALLAS (AP) -- Several major airlines outlined plans Tuesday to slow their growth and cut costs to deal with higher fuel prices and the prospect of an economic slowdown that could hurt air travel. Executives for some carriers also said they are actively planning for airline mergers, although they...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae on Tuesday announced it was cutting its dividend 30 percent and selling $7 billion in special stock to raise additional capital. The government-sponsored company said it was slicing its dividend to 35 cents a share, starting in the first quarte...

Just about any sports movie, airport paperback or motivational tape delivers a few boilerplate rules for success. Believe in yourself. Don't take no for an answer. Never quit. Don't accept second best. Above all, be true to yourself. It's hard to argue with those maxims. They seem self-evident - ...

H&R Block Scraps Deal to Sell Mortgage Wing to Cerberus KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- H&R Block Inc. said Tuesday that a deal to sell its troubled mortgage lending arm has fallen through, forcing it to scrap most of the $1 billion business. The Kansas City-based tax preparer and Cerberus Capital Manag...

Oil Prices Dip Below $88 a Barrel Amid Uncertainty About OPEC Production, US Report on Iran NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices slipped below $88 a barrel Tuesday as traders reacted to mixed signals on whether OPEC would decide to increase production during its meeting this week. A new U.S. intelligence ...

One third of people who breath in high levels of secondhand smoke have damage to their lungs similar to that seen in smokers, doctors reported on Monday. They used a special kind of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, scan to look at the lungs of non-smokers who had high exposure to other people'...

Echelon, N.J. Arapahoe, Neb. Lackland, Texas You've probably never heard of most of the small towns that make up BusinessWeek.com's 2007 list of the Best Places to Raise Your Kids. And there's a reason: Tight-knit communities like to stay private.Working with national real estate researcher OnBoa...

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     Hello everyone, I would like to stand up & let everyone know I am new to the community & look forward to interacting & learning useful knowledge. I am a born native of Holden Beach & would not move for nothing. This location is a great environment for everyone. I began to practice real estat...