Business - Australian News.net - 2010-03-11 19:36:36.
Gov't Official Warns On Home Down Payment Hikes
The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for FHA-backed home loans could threaten the housing market. FHA c...
World - The West Australian - 2010-03-11 19:26:11.
'World's oldest' whisky unveiled in Scotland (AFP)
A Scottish whisky firm has unveiled bottles of what it claims is the oldest single malt whisky in the world, having spent the best part of a century inside an oak barrel.
World - The West Australian.
Obama gives away $US1.4m Nobel prize (AAP)
President Barack Obama will donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans and Haiti's earthquake survivors, among others.
World - The West Australian.
Mexico's first gay couples wed under landmark law (Reuters)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five same-sex couples wed in Mexico on Thursday as Mexico City became the first Latin American city to defy religious taboos and macho stereotypes by legalizing gay marriage.
World - The West Australian.
Vargas Llosa's real "Aunt Julia" dies in Bolivia (Reuters)
LA PAZ (Reuters) - The Bolivian woman who inspired Mario Vargas Llosa's 1977 novel "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter," and married Peru's best-known writer when he was 19, has died at age 84.
World - The West Australian.
US lawmakers get few answers on Comcast/NBC deal (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers Thursday raised concerns that the Comcast deal to take control of NBC Universal could limit customers' access to programming and drive up cable prices.
