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On Assignment, Inc. ASGN will announce its 2007 fourth quarter financial results on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time, and will hold its regular quarterly conference call on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time).

The dial-in number for this conference call is 800-309-8283 or 706-634-1958 for international callers, and the conference ID code is 32583192. The call will be hosted by Peter Dameris, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jim Brill, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of On Assignment, Inc. More>>

The policy shift only came to light after Mr. Champ fought in court for access to government documents, which he finally received along with a letter from a federal lawyer announcing the change.

Mr. Champ fears that many of the captives taken by Canadian troops are not even Taliban combatants but civilians sympathetic to the insurgency. Previously secret documents suggest some have disappeared in custody and he fears they could have been killed.

He wants transfers suspended indefinitely and is seeking a Federal Court injunction to that effect.

"Transfers could resume next week — or tomorrow — and no one would know," said Mr. More>>

Finance giant Freddie Mac says benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages have dropped to the lowest level in nearly four years.

It puts the averages this week at 5.48 percent, down from 5.69 percent last week. Freddie Mac says the average is at the lowest point since March 2004.

For 15-year fixed, the average this week is 4.95 percent, down from 5.21 percent last week.

On one-year adjustable rate mortgages, the average is put at 4.99 percent. That is compared to 5.26 percent last week.

Freddie Mac says it is the fourth straight week of declines in mortgage rates.