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Guy Debelle, an Assistant governor of the Australian central bank the RBA, says that smaller regional lenders are increasingly returning to the mortgage lending market, prompted by a recovery in the domestic securitisation market.

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() - Spanish export prices climbed 1.7% year-on-year in February, accelerating from the 1.2% increase in the previous month, Madrid-based National Statistics Institute reported on Tuesday.

Import prices registered an increase of 4.7% in February compared to a year ago, adding to the 3.4% increase in January.

On a monthly basis, import prices gained 1.2% while export prices were up 0.7%.

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Every year millions of Americans find themselves with back taxes or tax bills they cannot afford to pay all at once. Whatever the cause, the IRS is willing to work with taxpayers and offers a variety of Installment Agreements (IRS Payment Plans), depending on the total amount they owe.

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It’s an offer some of us won’t be able to refuse: a new car for about half the average monthly payment of a new-car purchase.And that’s not for a junky little penalty box but instead a well-equipped, mainstream midsize sedan such as the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima or Chevrolet Malibu. The magic number these days seems to be $199 a month, plus tax and license and whatever money the dealer demands upfront, usually about $2,200 (sometimes less or even much less). The ads are relentless, the cars attractive and the deals subsidized with the automakers’ own dollars, so what’s not to love?

Nothing, assuming you have the sort of incandescent credit rating needed to qualify for any lease at all.

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New Proposal Said to Contain at Least 13 Contract Modifications

SEATTLE, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Teamsters Local 174 received what Waste Management (WMI) called a last, best, and final offer last night for contracts covering 450 sanitation workers who service 1 million customers in King and Snohomish counties. The union said the proposal contained significant changes that had not yet been discussed in bargaining and new language that they were seeing for the very first time.

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“The idea that the company can introduce new language and throw all kinds of changes at us and expect our members to vote on a short deadline is offensive,” said Rick Hicks, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 174 and lead negotiator for the union.

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