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...“It’s a tide that can lift all boats,” Mr Harp said....
...The security unit, known as “Servicios Especiales a la Presidencia” was established in 1994 after the high-profile kidnapping of the Banamex chairman Alfredo Harp Helu....
...The two lids on either side open to reveal an enamel dial clock and an automaton scene of a woman playing a harp – complete with a bird that flies from its cage when the music stops....
...“People have a tendency to harp and assume it’s automatically mobile,” he told analysts during a question-and-answer session....
...It has refinanced loans worth $5.3bn under Harp, equal to 23 per cent of its exposure to government-backed loans as of mid-2009....
...[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/StockTwits/status/294201338143850496"] 1.54pm Just joining the conference call now, where there’s some soothing harp music playing to calm investors’ frayed nerves...
...The most important factors limiting the willingness of banks to support Harp were limited capacity to handle the volume of refinancing, not wanting to refinance other banks’ loans, and restrictions on credit...
...But market participants say HARP borrowers still have to pay higher interest rates than other borrowers because of lack of competition among banks to lend to them....
...Harp mortgages are especially in demand from investors, as they are unlikely to be refinanced again at lower rates, since borrowers can only use the Harp facility once....
...Banks have seized on “Harp 2.0” as a highly profitable generator of new fees, according to lenders and analysts....
...The Obama administration has revamped the home affordable mortgage programme (Harp) in a bid to make it easier for borrowers to refinance at lower rates....
...Bryce Dessner showed a tight grip on his material in Aheym (Homeward), which makes a circular journey from stark, repeated rhythms to fugal complexity and back again, and Missy Mazzoli fleshed out her Harp...
...Related links: Harp II’s lack of ambition – FT Alphaville Harping on about housing – FT Alphaville The foreclosure settlement – FT Alphaville...
...- Harp + the Fed’s MBS purchases as the last bullet....
...The Heath Quartet opened with a graceful performance of Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet, Op.74, which had just enough muscle where required....
...So on the fiscal side, Harp II via executive order was among the few options left. And it left monetary policy to do whatever it can, despite its limits....
...That’s twice as much as you pay for Harp [lager], which is the same price for 660ml....
...Larry Ellison, chief executive of Oracle, and a frequent critic of HP since Oracle bought rival hardware manufacturer Sun Microsystems, continued to harp on the price for Autonomy in a war of words between...
...“Not all conductors know how to play the piano, the harp, the violin and the cello,” she said....
...Sometimes music and film were in synchrony – the sunflowers and tremulous harp were lovely – and sometimes they went refreshingly against the grain....
...The rest of the CD is devoted to early songs and late folksong settings, several of which Britten wrote with harp accompaniment, transcribed here for piano....
...Small wonder Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Monday announced an extension to the HARP program, which is designed to encourage homeowners to refinance loans on houses facing falling, or even negative equity...
...Missy Mazzoli’s Harp and Altar, a tribute to poet Hart Crane, offers anguished counterpoint, adorned with a song setting of Crane’s The Bridge....
...Lombard: Cadbury’s Carr can’t let sentiment trump value It would be risky and illogical for the suave and experienced Mr Carr to harp on about Cadbury’s Britishness....
...However, it would still be risky and illogical for the suave and experienced Mr Carr to harp on about Cadbury’s Britishness....
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