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Best Companies to Work For 2008

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Lavish Perks, Fair Pay Fortune 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of Fortune's Best Companies to Work For, and a close look at this year's honorees reveals a lot about how the U.S. economic landscape has changed.
Fortune and the Great Place to Work Institute surveyed nearly 100,000 employees to find 100 firms that not only pamper employees in good times but look out for them in bad. Here are the top 10:
1. Google 2. Quicken Loans 3. Wegmans Food Markets 4. Edward Jones 5. Genentech		6. Cisco Systems 7. Starbucks 8. Qualcomm 9. Goldman Sachs 10. Methodist Hospital System
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• Mortgage

  Loan Type	Today	Last Week
  30 Year Fixed	6.14%	6.26%
  15 Year Fixed	5.67%	5.77%
  1 Year ARM	6.02%	5.92%
  30 Year Fixed Jumbo	7.26%	7.36%
  5/1 ARM	5.81%	5.91%
  3/1 ARM	5.72%	5.70%

  Source: Bankrate
• Home Equity

  Loan Type	Today	Last Week
  $30K Home Equity Loan	7.59%	7.63%
  $50K Home Equity Loan	7.19%	7.25%
  $75K Home Equity Loan	7.20%	7.26%
  $30K HELOC	5.15%	5.17%
  $50K HELOC	4.77%	4.80%
  $75K HELOC	4.77%	4.81%

  Source: Bankrate
• Savings

  Savings Type	Today	Last Week
  6 month CD	3.17%	3.16%
  1 year CD	3.69%	3.65%
  3 year CD	3.86%	3.85%
  MMA	2.43%	2.45%
  $10K MMA	2.70%	2.72%
  $25K MMA	3.03%	3.07%

  Source: Bankrate
• Auto

  Loan Type	Today	Last Week
  36 Month New Car Loan	6.72%	6.72%
  48 Month New Car Loan	6.51%	6.50%
  60 Month New Car Loan	6.52%	6.51%
  72 Month New Car Loan	6.44%	6.44%
  36 Month Used Car Loan	7.08%	7.08%
  48 Month Used Car Loan	6.81%	6.80%

  Source: Bankrate
• Credit Cards

  Card Type	Today	Last Week
  Balance Transfer	10.31%	10.03%
  Low Interest	11.01%	10.97%
  For Bad Credit	13.02%	13.12%
  Cash Back	11.47%	11.46%
  Business	11.10%	10.91%
  Airline	12.75%	12.69%

  Source: CreditCards.com

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