White House dinner crasher is tourism agency board m...
Saturday Nov 28 | via Hotel Online
Nov. 28--The polo promoter and one-time winery operator who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner is one of 15 hand-picked Virginians who shape the state's tourism policy. Comment?
White House Dinner Crasher, Tareq Salahi, One of 15 ...
Saturday Nov 28 | via Hotel Online
White House Dinner Crasher, Tareq Salahi, One of 15 Hand-picked Board Members for the State of Virginia's Tourism Authority . Comment?
Life isn't all glitz, glamor for Obama crashers
Saturday Nov 28 | via MSNBC News
Before Tareq and Michaele Salahi catapulted to international notoriety as possible White House gate-crashers this week, the Virginia socialites had their pictures taken with President Obama during his inauguration, Prince Charles at a polo match and Oprah Winfrey at another event. Comment?
N.Va. man who crashed White House dinner is tourism ...
Friday Nov 27 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
The polo promoter and one-time winery operator who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner is one of 15 hand-picked Virginians who shape the state's tourism policy. Comment?
Fauquier County Home Values Show A a oeMomentarya St...
Nov 14, 2009 | via Fauquier Times-Democrat
According to a third-quarter report by "Zillow," American single-family homeowners with mortgages are finding some relief in the data that shows those homeowners that are "underwater" with their mortgage dropped approximately 10% over second-quarter 2009 data. Comment?
Frederick appeals to first-time homebuyers
Monday Dec 21 | via WTOP
Nick Carroll and his girlfriend, Kasey Lehman began looking for homes in Northern Virginia, but found better prices in Frederick. Comment?
Company/Individual Honors for Dec. 21
Sunday Dec 20 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
KimMarie McGoldrick has received the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award from the Southern Economic Association. Comment?
Local Leads: More Virginia Traffic
Thursday Dec 17 | via NBC Washington
The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4: WHAT VIRGINIA NEEDS, MORE TRAFFIC Rush hour is about to get a lot more hectic on the city's West End , where more than 6,000 employees are expected to show up for their first day of work at the Washington Headquarter Service. Comment?
Foreclosure filings down in Va., U.S. in Nov.
Wednesday Dec 9 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
The number of Virginians having trouble paying their mortgages in November declined from the previous month. Comment?
On the Move: People in business
Saturday Dec 5 | via Hampton Roads Daily Press
The Virginia Peninsula Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has announced its 2010 board of directors: President: Michael Brown, Booz Allen Hamilton President-elect: Kate Hoving, City of Williamsburg Secretary: Brittany Mangold, Howell Creative Group Treasurer: Jessica Wharton, Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport Assembly ... Comment?
GMAC loan company could be taken by Buffet
8 min ago | via The London News.Net
Warren Buffett is believed to be readying to take over to Residential Capital, which is the troubled mortgage business owned by General Motora s finance division, GMAC. Comment?
12 min ago | via MELODIKA.net
Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption: Principal Security Interest Maturity Date CUSIP Redemption Date Amount Type Rate ... Comment?
Big gain for existing-home sales
29 min ago | via Home Channel News
Existing-home sales rose 7.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.54 million units for November, according to a report released today by the National Association of Realtors . Comment?
Buyers priced out of the UK housing market
46 min ago | via Telegraph.co.uk
House price affordability has started falling for the first time since the slump in property values, meaning that prices are now once again moving out of reach of the average buyer. Comment?
A record-breaking year - for all the wrong reasons
49 min ago | via David Smith's EconomicsUK.com
One of the effects of the credit crunch and recession has been to make us even more sceptical of economic forecasts. Comment?