AOL applies heat on alleged Sunshine State spammers - 2004-02-18
America Online revealed on Wednesday that it has launched a civil suit against four Florida-based individuals who the company believes are responsible for sending huge amounts of spam e-mail to its members.

The company said it first became aware of the group in January 2003 via a wave of 1.5 million user complaints and immediately launched an investigation into the spammer's operations. The scheme reportedly involved an onslaught of e-mail messages loaded with hypertext links advertising low mortgage rate offers for AOL members.
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US Weekly Mortgage Requests Higher in Week - 2004-02-18
Americans filed more mortgage requests last week as interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to their lowest levels in seven months, an industry trade group said on Wednesday.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted market index, a measure of weekly mortgage activity, rose for the week ending Feb. 13 by 4.9 percent to 837.1 from the previous week's 797.8.
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