Construction of new homes plunged last month to the lowest level on records going back nearly 50 years as U.S. builders slashed production while Wall Street nosedived.
Embattled homebuilders, who enjoyed a five-year boom, are now building new homes and apartments at a record-low pace, according to government data released Wednesday. New building permits, a barometer [...]
Turmoil in the financial markets is buffeting some of the U.S. Federal Home Loan Banks, a prime source of funding for American banks.
The 12 regional home-loan banks, chartered by Congress in 1932 to prop up thrift institutions during the Depression, are cooperatives owned by more than 8,000 commercial banks, thrifts, credit unions and insurers. They [...]
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By Juned Sonido
WITHIN a span of two years a lot of things have changed. It would seem that the blogger has entered mainstream. First, blogging is slowly being recognized as an Internet medium: Another source of news, information and opinion available through the Web. Second, a lot of marketing, public relations and companies seem to [...]
Must admit, since I started micro-blogging the urge to blog has waned. Why?
Micro-blogs offer more interactivity.
Micro-blogs are easy to write. You only need 140 characters to put your message across.
Instant feedback. ! Nuf said.
Micro-blogs like , Plurk are increasingly attracting more people (growing community).
Blogs are getting spammed. Micro-blogs not yet (or not [...]
By Anna Valmero
INQUIRER.net
THE proliferation of weblog tool and publishing platforms, such as and its evolution to include multimedia content such as art sketches, photographs, music and video drove a shift in paradigm of publishing and sharing information. Everyone has power to become an author and publisher.
In the corporate space, executives use blogs to deliver [...]
By Izah Morales
INQUIRER.net
BEFORE aspiring writers would need thousands of pesos in order to publish a book.
Today, being published is just a click away. For some, they only need to pay P25 for computer rental.
Blog has revolutionized the way people get published on the Internet. It has opened a window of opportunities to amateurs and professional [...]
By Izah Morales
The Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) is set to recognize more blogs this year, organizers said.
This year’s PBA will give away 36 awards under 3 divisions, namely Best Blog, Best Single Blog Post, and Special Awards divisions, and 15 categories, organizers said. Last year, PBA only gave 15 awards to local bloggers.
“This shows that [...]
AT least two bloggers, a journalist, and one opposition politician were arrested under Malaysia’s (SEAPA) said.
SEAPA said in a statement that Malaysia’s leading blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, who is also a staunch government critic on his website “Malaysia Today,” was the first to be arrested in this week’s arrests.
Journalist Tan Hoon Cheng who works [...]
Journalist Dana Batnag put out this question in a dated August 11.
She writes:
Where are the bloggers of Mindanao, the citizen journalists who we have hoped would keep us updated on the ARMM elections? The ARMM elections are the first automated elections in the country. If all goes well, the government hopes to also automate [...]
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Blogcritics joined the Technorati Media Network in June but there are no plans to merge the two properties, Blogcritics said.
In an e-mail newsletter to its subscribers and contributors, Blogcrritics said Technorati intends to grow the Blogcritics community, where more than 2,000 bloggers and authors contribute.
Blogcritics said it has been providing “bloggers with an entry point [...]