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  • County escaping mortgage crisis (Mount Shasta News)

    As the sub-prime adjustable rate mortgage crisis ripples through the country and causes even international investment and credit reverberations, with some exceptions, Siskiyou County is not feeling the devastation of home foreclosures that have struck many communities.
    2008-01-09 12:57:58
  • Stocks Close Higher After Late Rally (The San Francisco Examiner)

    NEW YORK ( Map , News ) - Stocks finished a back-and-forth session sharply higher Wednesday as investors sought bargains while also contending with concerns about the strength of the economy and upcoming corporate results.
    2008-01-09 01:19:33
  • Stocks pull out late-session advance (CNN Money)

    Stocks snapped back Wednesday afternoon, erasing earlier losses, as investors continued to worry about the financial markets and the threat of recession, but also opted to scoop up stocks battered in the recent selloff.
    2008-01-09 01:23:23
  • Bear Stearns may become takeover target

    International Herald Tribune - Bear Stearns, however, is reeling after recording its first loss ever in the fourth quarter because of subprime mortgages. ... Hedge funds or other private financial companies could consider acquiring Bear Stearns in the form of a reverse merger to ...
    2008-01-08 10:36:00
  • CAYNE EQUALS PAIN

    New York Post - Analysts say that hedge funds and sovereign funds could consider acquiring Bear Stearns in the form of a reverse merger to ... While Schwartz may not have been directly responsible for Bear's huge portfolio of tainted junk mortgages, he did come close ...
    2008-01-08 10:36:00
  • U.N.: World economy faces serious challenges in 2008

    Xinhua News Agency - However, this economic fortune may reverse. The major uncertainty for 2008 now emanates from the U.S. economy. A ... downturn in the United States became much more serious in the third quarter of 2007, with the meltdown of sub-prime mortgages ...
    2008-01-09 12:27:00
  • Baltimore says Wells Fargo preyed on poor

    MSNBC - ... Fargo, one of the nation's leading mortgage lenders, targeted black neighborhoods for deceptive lending practices — a practice known as reverse redlining, which is prohibited under the federal Fair Housing Act. For example, it claims that mortgages ...
    2008-01-08 10:40:00
  • Lender Lead Solutions Introduces Fixed Rate HECM Reverse Mortgage - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

    Lender Lead Solutions Introduces Fixed Rate HECM Reverse MortgagePR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 22 hours agoLender Lead Solutions, a comprehensive reverse mortgage services company, today introduced its first fixed rate HECM product. The new product offers the ...
    2008-01-08 02:31:20
  • Advantages of Using a Credit Union. - American Chronicle

    Advantages of Using a Credit Union.American Chronicle, CA - 14 hours agoIn many situations, the ability for a family to afford a car loan or mortgage is based upon a lower interest rates and a reduced amount of fees. ...
    2008-01-08 10:45:58
  • UN seeks risk of global economic recession rising -- Part I - Islamic Republic News Agency

    UN seeks risk of global economic recession rising -- Part IIslamic Republic News Agency, Iran - 13 hours agoThis economic fortune may reverse, however. The major uncertainty for 2008 now emanates from the US economy. A further slowdown in the world's major economy ...
    2008-01-08 11:44:17
  • Boomers Can Follow Bills.com's 10-Year Countdown to Plan ... - PR Web (press release)

    Boomers Can Follow Bills.com's 10-Year Countdown to Plan ...PR Web (press release), WA - 12 hours ago... both because it frees up a housing payment and because it provides a resource for cash flow through a reverse mortgage if necessary. ...
    2008-01-09 12:08:19
  • Pound-foolish civic leadership too costly to stay the course - Edmonton Journal

    Pound-foolish civic leadership too costly to stay the courseEdmonton Journal, Canada - 12 hours agoSmith was furious because a council majority on that fateful evening voted to reverse course and put City Hall in debt. A motion was passed allowing City ...
    2008-01-09 12:25:42
  • Robbing the poor to give to the filthy rich - Socialist Worker Online

    Robbing the poor to give to the filthy richSocialist Worker Online, IL - 11 hours ago“From Hype to Fear,” by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, argues that the threat of a new US recession is due in part to “Robin Hood in reverse” ...
    2008-01-09 01:11:47
  • Fitch Expects to Rate MBIA $1B Surplus Note Offering 'AA' - Business Wire (press release)

    Fitch Expects to Rate MBIA $1B Surplus Note Offering 'AA'Business Wire (press release), CA - 7 hours agoIn addition to the significant mark-to-market loss, most of which should reverse over time, slowdown in new business activity as well as pricing pressures ...
    2008-01-09 05:50:46
  • Sun West Mortgage Launches Training Program - Mortgageorb

    Sun West Mortgage Launches Training ProgramMortgageorb, CT - 5 hours agoWebinars address basic principles required to originate and process reverse mortgages; provide detailed information on Home Equity Conversion Mortgage loan ...
    2008-01-09 07:43:33