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After weeks of speculation, Real Madrid legend, Raul Gonzalez has followed in the footsteps of Michael Ballack, becoming the second high profile international star to join the Bundesliga this summer.  The veteran striker signed a two-year contract with Schalke 04 and was given a shirt with the number 7 on it, the same number he wore for years during his illustrious career with Los Blancos.

Raul enjoyed a sixteen year career with the Madridistas and still holds the record as the club’s all-time top scorer.  However in the season past the 33 year old had fallen well down the pecking order in Madrid following last summers’ “New Galacticos Era” which ushered in the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Karim Benzema.

Previous reports had indicated Raul was being watched by several Premier League sides.  There were also murmurings that the striker was set to join Thierry Henry at the New York Red Bulls.  However the striker opted to sign with a club that in his own words is, “playing in the Champions League and fighting for the Bundesliga.”

During his unveiling ceremony the ever-smiling Madrid icon posed with two miners and a lump of coal at the Veltins Arena where Schalke are known as the “miners club.”

His number 7 jersey was ceded to him by Chinese midfielder Hao Junmin who will now play as the number 8.

Speaking to Spanish paper Marca, Raul was quoted as saying that he was, “excited to play and work very hard.  I hope that these two years are a marvelous experience.  I want to score goals, but the most important thing is the team, not the personal experience.  It has been that way for me for the past 16 years.”

Raul, along with Ballack, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arjen Robben is one of a growing number of international stars who have joined Bundesliga sides in the last year.  With the Spanish striker’s prowess in front of goal added to the Schalke’s already formidable lineup, the club could be regarded as serious contenders for the Bundesliga title and for Champions League glory in the coming season.

Real Salt Lake ran its franchise-record home unbeaten streak to 19 regular-season games, tying 1-1 with Chivas USA on Saturday night.
RSL has not lost at Rio Tinto Stadium since May 16, 2009.

Ned Grabavoy scored for Real Salt Lake on a stunning left-footed volley in the 67th minute. His goal came five minutes after entering the game for captain Kyle Beckerman, who returned after missing seven straight games with a torn foot tendon.

Since last week the 10 year treasury rate yield has continued to go strong and moves higher making most of those in the mortgage market realize that 30 year fixed mortgage rates would soon follow its path as well. Currently, the 10 year yield was on its four day winning streak (or stable) but earlier today it seems as if the 10 year yield is down to by at least .25%. And because of this slight rate movement the daily mortgage interest rates today for July 28 moves slight higher. As of now, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 4.44% and the 15-year fixed mortgage rate is 3.94%.

If the 10 year yield continues to pull back slightly today it should not make a huge difference as a slight pull back is already expected after a four day streak of winning. The 30 year fixed mortgage rate will likely stay close around where it standing until the 10 year yield makes a very strong movement to gain a strong foothold position in the market.

On the other hand, according to the website of Reuters, Standard & Poor’s said that the home prices rose for a second straight month in May, but housing might bounce along the bottom for the foreseeable future before sustaining improvement that will filter through the rest of the economy.

“We are going to see a fairly long period where mortgage demand remains weak, based on a view that unemployment is going to remain very high, income growth is going to be pretty subdued and confidence is going to remain quite low,” said Paul Dales, U.S. economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.

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By Tim - http://stockstobuy.org

Housing Bottom? One of the things I watch for regarding a possible housing bottom are daily mortgage rates. Below is list of Today's Mortgage Rates out of Wells Fargo.

Loan Type - Interest Rate - APR - 7/29/10

30-Year Fixed 4.500% 4.686%
30-Year Fixed FHA 4.625% 5.364%
15-Year Fixed 3.875% 4.195%
5-Year ARM 3.250% 3.504%
5-Year ARM FHA 3.250% 3.074%


Jumbo Loan Rates - APR - 7/29/10

30-Year Fixed 5.125% 5.264%
5-Year ARM 4.125% 3.770%


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In the year 2000, the Smashing Pumpkins gave away what was then their final album before breaking up - the impressive 25-track Machina II - for free on the Internet as both a thank you to longtime fans and an F-bomb to the record label business. This was years before Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and some lesser known artists would make it cool to give away their music for little to nothing.

Four years after reforming (with only one original member left), three years removed from its comeback album Zeitgeist (2007), and two years after releasing the little noticed and underrated American Gothic EP, Billy Corgan and co. are writing and recording a mega 44-song album entitled Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, its most ambitious project of new music since its classic 1995 2-CD masterpiece Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness.

Starting last December, the 44 tracks are being released as free downloads one song per month or so at a time via the band's website smashingpumpkins.com. But in the current year and who knows how long beyond that, there will also be 11 collectible four-song EPs packaged with extra/newer material for purchase.

So far, four cuts from the album have been recorded and released since December (with assistance from producer Kerry Brown), and they all appear together on TBK Volume 1: Songs For A Sailor, which came out May 25 on Martha's Music/Rocket Science Ventures as a box set with new, exclusive material on CD and vinyl. This review focuses on the main four songs on the EP.

Going back to first Pumpkins album Gish and even as recently as the Zeitgeist disc, Corgan has never shied away from showing off his 70s classic rock influences. On "Astral Planes" one can hear vintage psychedelic traces of Queen and Led Zeppelin in the flange-aided big-sounding guitars. The song's only issue is Corgan's vocals, which leaves some truly authentic emotion to be desired.

The Pumpkins are pushing radio to play the most radio-ready song on here, "Widow Wake My Mind." However, longtime SP fans may do a double-take on all the generic and frankly un-Pumpkins-like "oh-oh" vocals Corgan sings, and not really feel the generic "love will shine" lyrics. But the Hammond organ/piano entry late in the song does add a welcome and lasting impression to the ears.