Foreclosures jump 57 percent in last 12 months

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:31:56 -0400

Foreclosures jump 57 percent in last 12 months
April 15, 2008 05:41 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home foreclosure filings surged 57 percent in the
12 month-period ended in March and bank repossessions soared 129 percent
from a year ago, as homeowners struggled
to make mortgage payments, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on
Tuesday.

BUSINESS NEWS
Delta, Northwest to create largest airline
April 15, 2008 02:21 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc will buy Northwest Airlines
Corp for more than $3 billion under a proposal unveiled Monday
to create the world's biggest airline, as carriers seek to counter
skyrocketing fuel prices and a weak economy.

INTERNET NEWS
Google enlists video ID tools to combat child porn
April 14, 2008 03:40 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is enlisting the same
image-recognition technology the company uses to trace copyright
violations on
its YouTube video site to fight online child pornography, the company
said on Monday.