table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHGOSoicfsm0OoIDs1n-Qe3lkqngAamp;url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/02/obama-proposes-home-re-financing-plan/1img src=//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/jwZ4WXPYar7uuM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2USA TODAY/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHGOSoicfsm0OoIDs1n-Qe3lkqngAamp;url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/02/obama-proposes-home-re-financing-plan/1bObama proposes bhome/b refinancing plan/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fUSA TODAY/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1That would help build bequity/b and get those homeowners back above water faster. To encourage that option, the program would eliminate bclosing costs/b. The housing plan we launched a couple years ago has helped nearly 1 million responsible homeowners b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNF9tCXfyrjiFOvThvi2RUe2uPZD5wamp;url=http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID%3D20306Obama tosses lifeline to underwater homeowners/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrCentral Valley Business Times/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNG2InKhuqo-T6rolWJR5P1C5iQK9wamp;url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwrlgLhWAXGocAB0WAx0LMY8_JfA?docId%3D90f386078bd14afbba8fc9e15ec9da98Obama details broader housing plan/alink rel=syndication-source href=www.ap.org/90f386078bd14afbba8fc9e15ec9da98 /font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThe Associated Press/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHhPIXr41oWCgodt30dItdVxQHJdAamp;url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/46218849Obama#39;s Mortgage Refi Plan To Go Through FHA/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrCNBC.com/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE1usbaiqd7KLwxaqlvS8OLXCeXNAamp;url=http://www.nbcmontana.com/politics/30350825/detail.htmlnobrNBC Montana/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dTI_wyHJraMimZME_91xeeoTerM-Mnobrball 592 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE68wMqM2cqYyiHQvVz3ymgsOewsgamp;url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/01/4230650/the-zacks-analyst-blog-highlights.htmlbThe Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Amazon.com, Meritage bHomes/b, Lennar, KB bHome/b b/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSacramento Bee/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Share are currently down around 8% from its Tuesday bclosing price/b. In Amazon#39;s fiscal 4th quarter, both Media and International segments underperformed. In the company#39;s previous quarter, higher costs were cited as responsible for its 39% miss on the b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dkVPBBBcGcNs3CMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
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