Grace Meng, left, talks to a constituent after delivering her speech on what shes accomplished in Albany on Monday night at the Flushing Library. PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES

Mounting economic woes worsened conditions in North Jersey’s stumbling housing market at the end of 2008, sending the number of sales down to levels not seen in nearly 20 years.

(RTTNews) – The dollar fell sharply versus the yen and came under modest pressure against the euro on Wednesday, with traders speculating that equities may have bottomed amid signs of financial market stabilization.

Fitch Ratings-Frankfurt/London-27 February 2009: Fitch Ratings has today assigned SPESSART 2009-1 GmbH’s EUR1,637,500,000 class A floating rate notes ( ISIN: DE000A0XE8M0), due 2052, a ‘AA’ rating with a Stable Outlook.

Fitch Ratings-Frankfurt/London-27 February 2009: Fitch Ratings has today assigned SPESSART 2009-1 GmbH’s EUR1,637,500,000 class A floating rate notes ( ISIN: DE000A0XE8M0), due 2052, a ‘AA’ rating with a Stable Outlook.