09-23 BRIEFS Rates on 30-year mortgages rise again (Observer-Reporter) WASHINGTON

09-23 BRIEFS Rates on 30-year mortgages rise again (Observer-Reporter)
WASHINGTON Rates on 30-year mortgages rose a second straight week as financial markets reacted to the decision by the Federal Reserve to keep pushing interest rates higher because of worries about inflation.

Vital Signs for the Week of Oct. 3 (BusinessWeek)
On tap: September employment report, business activity reports from the Institute for Supply Management, August factory orders, and more

2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
MSN Autos brings you highlights from one of Europe's major shows.
Editors of MSN Autos

Hybrids Are Hot
Automakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.
Ann Job

2005 Monterey Historics
A weekend of amazing cars and racing superstars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California.
Editors of MSN Autos

Opening View: Reaction to Greenspan's Comments (Schaeffers Research)
It appears that Federal Reserve Chair, Alan Greenspan's "tame" words on the U.S. economy have lent a boost to futures at home and abroad this morning...( Read More )

Our pay-later culture (Arkansas News Bureau)
This was about as substantive as it gets on "Arkansas Week," the weekly news review program on state public television.