Real Estate in the 21st Century

From the BBC: Egypt could see "dangerous" days ahead if power is returned to those linked to the previous regime, it said. The group's candidate, Mohammed Mursi, faces ex-PM Ahmed Shafiq in a runoff presidential election this weekend. The decision by the Supreme Court on Thursday plunged Egypt in...

BBC News: The US economy added 120,000 jobs during March, lower than estimates suggested, while the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.2%. Analysts had predicted a fourth straight month with job growth of more than 200,000. President Barack Obama's electoral prospects are widely seen as linked ...

From the BBC: John Edwards corruption charges dropped US prosecutors have dropped the five remaining campaign finance fraud charges against former Senator John Edwards, following a mistrial. The two-time presidential candidate was declared not guilty of one charge, but the jury deadlocked on the ...

Greeks take cash from banks ahead of key elections Greeks are withdrawing money from bank accounts ahead of elections amid fears the country may leave the euro, Greek banking officials say. Approximately 35bn euros ($44bn; £28.3bn) were withdrawn from Greek banks over the course of 2011, accordin...

From the BBC: Spain credit rating cut by Moody's to just above junk Spain's credit rating has been cut by rating agency Moody's to just above "junk" levels. The move follows a 100bn-euro ($126bn; £81bn) bailout of the country's banks by fellow eurozone countries agreed over the weekend. Spain's g...

From NBC: Jerry Brown: Tax Hikes for $16B Budget Gap The governor wants public employees to take a 5 percent pay cut and also seeks cuts to health care and social services. The governor wants public employees to take a 5 percent pay cut and also seeks cuts to health care and social services. Brow...

All I have heard over the past year or more is how any cuts to firefighters, police, and teachers is an assault on the middle class.(mostly heard from that blow hard Ed on MSNBC)  Of course, the democratic party is doing its share including Obama, in trying to protray the GOP as hating unions and...

By Msnbc.com's Jeff Black and Isolde Raftery Updated 6:20 a.m. ET: SEATTLE – A man killed four people in a Seattle cafe and a fifth person in a nearby carjacking before shooting himself dead, police said late Wednesday. The five victims brought the number of homicides in Seattle so far this year ...

The Republic of Ireland is voting on whether to ratify the EU's Fiscal Pact, which sets strict limits for countries' budget deficits.   Rejecting it would bar Ireland from emergency EU funding when its current bailout package expires in 2013.   Ireland is the only one of 25 pro-pact EU nations pu...

BBC:        Eurozone setup unsustainable, says Draghi European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi says that eurozone leaders must decide what they want the bloc to look like in the future because the current setup is "unsustainable". He said that the ECB could not "fill the vacuum" left by...