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  • New York Regulator Cautions Bond Insurer Bail-Out Could Take "Some ... - RTT News

    New York Regulator Cautions Bond Insurer Bail-Out Could Take "Some ...RTT News, NY - 45 minutes agoThe continued unraveling of the subprime mortgage crisis, which has led to billions in write offs for top financial companies, prompted Standard & Poor to ...
    2008-01-24 09:01:24
  • Tentative deal reached on tax rebates - Kansas City Star

    Tentative deal reached on tax rebatesKansas City Star, MO - 38 minutes agoTo address the mortgage crisis, the package also allows Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - government-sponsored companies that are the two biggest US financers ...
    2008-01-24 09:09:07
  • Religious Figures Nix Voting for Pro-Abortion Candidates - CNSNews.com

    Religious Figures Nix Voting for Pro-Abortion CandidatesCNSNews.com, VA - 37 minutes ago... which the group lists as the war in Iraq, the response to Hurricane Katrina, and the current mortgage crisis, the Associated Press reported. ...
    2008-01-24 09:09:51
  • Baltimore lawsuit accuses bank of predatory lending - FinalCall.com

    Baltimore lawsuit accuses bank of predatory lendingFinalCall.com, IL - 36 minutes agoBy AP BALTIMORE - One of the nation’s leading mortgage companies engaged in a pattern of predatory lending practices in Black neighborhoods, according to a ...
    2008-01-24 09:10:33
  • Modest Gains at Midday - Briefing.com

    Modest Gains at MiddayBriefing.com, CA - 36 minutes agoAccording to Bankrate.com, the average 30 year fixed mortgage is at 5.25%, down from last week's rate of 5.42%. There were a large number of companies ...
    2008-01-24 09:10:48
  • Pastor Got $1.5 Million in Clinton Earmarks Before Endorsement - CNSNews.com

    Pastor Got $1.5 Million in Clinton Earmarks Before EndorsementCNSNews.com, VA - 31 minutes ago... which the group lists as the war in Iraq, the response to Hurricane Katrina, and the current mortgage crisis, the Associated Press reported. ...
    2008-01-24 09:15:36
  • Survive and Prosper During the Market Crisis - HoweStreet.com

    Survive and Prosper During the Market CrisisHoweStreet.com, Canada - 21 minutes agoTumbling real estate values ... tens of billions of dollars in mortgage debt at risk ... the virtually non-stop decline in the dollar ... an ongoing bull ...
    2008-01-24 09:25:58
  • Europe posts sharpest gain since March 2003 - MarketWatch

    Europe posts sharpest gain since March 2003MarketWatch - 20 minutes agoSocGen, which also detailed hefty write-downs related to the subprime-mortgage market, saw its shares drop 4.1%. See full story. ...
    2008-01-24 09:26:56
  • Madrid looks at boosting mortgage securities - Euro2day

    Madrid looks at boosting mortgage securitiesEuro2day, Greece - 19 minutes agoMr González delivered a withering attack on the US financial system, saying American banks and mortgage brokers had acted "immorally" by pushing loans to ...
    2008-01-24 09:27:48
  • Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. Adds 69 Branches in 2007 - Earthtimes

    Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. Adds 69 Branches in 2007Earthtimes, UK - 12 minutes agoWith an estimated 86000 workers losing jobs and over 150 mortgage companies going out of business in 2007, PRMI has aggressively sought to expand its market ...
    2008-01-24 09:34:26
  • Congressional leaders reach tentative deal on economic stimulus ... - CNNMoney.com

    Congressional leaders reach tentative deal on economic stimulus ...CNNMoney.com - 10 minutes agoHouse Financial Service Chairman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, said he expects the measure would increase the value of mortgages that mortgage ...
    2008-01-24 09:36:53
  • Housing market turbulence to have repercussions in '08 - Detroit Free Press

    Housing market turbulence to have repercussions in '08Detroit Free Press, United States - 9 minutes ago“We acknowledge that and those companies have suffered the consequences for their actions… consumers are hurting, too.” The mortgage industry expects ...
    2008-01-24 09:38:10
  • Banks' $230 Billion Backlog of Debt Isn't Shrinking (Update3) - Bloomberg

    Banks' $230 Billion Backlog of Debt Isn't Shrinking (Update3)Bloomberg - 8 minutes agoThey were stuck holding the debt as the collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the US drove investors from all except the safest government securities. ...
    2008-01-24 09:38:20
  • AIG American General Starts New Year with New Rates for AIG Select ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

    AIG American General Starts New Year with New Rates for AIG Select ...PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 7 minutes agoThis enables customers to link their term policy to specific life events, including the pay-off of a mortgage or funding their child's education. ...
    2008-01-24 09:39:34
  • Sovereign Funds Raise Concerns at Davos (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

    Sovereign wealth funds, with their deep pockets and government backing as they invest worldwide, offer little transparency and could flex their political power by taking key stakes in foreign defense companies, major banks and other companies, critics said at the World Economic Forum on Thursday.
    2008-01-24 09:36:27