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America, Where It Pays To Fail - Der Spiegel
a contemplative trader on the floor of the new york stock exchange. more than 100 years ago, german sociologist georg simmel criticized the banks for being even bigger and more powerful than the churches. his chief complaint -- that money is the new ...
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Evolution Of Farm Policy
asset prices plunge and a panic sweeps through international markets. the crisis threatens the livelihood and savings of millions of americans. congress enacts sweeping government intervention, putting aside faith in free markets to heal themselves.
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Mortgage Company Lawsuit Delayed
countrywide financial corp. shareholders who sought more money in the $2.5 billion takeover by bank of america corp. must wait to learn whether a judge will approve a settlement of a lawsuit contending that directors failed to get the best price.
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Breathing Room - New York Post
battered mortgage lender countrywide financial corp. said it secured $12 billion of additional debt financing yesterday as it continues to struggle funding new home loans amid the global credit crunch. news of the additional funding, which ...
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Getting Mortgage Easier Than Some Other Credit - San Francisco Gate
sunday, october 19, 2008 but what about mortgages and real estate? can you still get a home loan with less than a 20 or 30 percent down payment? or with a credit score below 720? absolutely. it would be a big stretch to label housing the sunny side ...
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Hundreds Attend Antioch Event In Effort To Stem Home Foreclosures
meeting designed to elicit support from local, state and federal officials and offer distressed homeowners a platform at which to speak to bank representatives
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Harry Gross: Good News For Homeowner
dear harry: i am among the people who benefited from the real-estate market decline. earlier this year, a friend who works at a bank was able to get us a nice home by assuming the mortgage on a foreclosed property. they even converted the mortgage to a fa
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Mortgage Company Lawsuit Delayed - Seattle Post Intelligencer
countrywide financial corp. shareholders who sought more money in the $2.5 billion takeover by bank of america corp. must wait to learn whether a judge will approve a settlement of a lawsuit contending that directors failed to get the best price ...
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I'm A Restless European -- Should I Come To America? - Salon
i'm a european working for a great global company in a regional office in europe, and i like my job. i have a loving wife and a wonderful baby son, and we're not too far away from our families in europe. but inevitably, part of me yearns for more ...
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Lawmakers Say Probe Of Mortgage Fraud May Be Under-staffed
(rttnews) - three members of congress, including the head of the powerful house judiciary committee, are calling on the federal bureau of investigation and the justice department to step up their investigation into possible fraud in the u.s. mortgage system meltdown.
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Default Rate Climbs On Bank-issued Cards
as the economy slows and unemployment rises, consumers are defaulting on credit-card payments more often. and though that trend is unlikely to create a crisis in line with the mortgage fallout, it's still a headache for banks that are already hurting.
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Tighter Credit Card Lending May Create Fresh Financial Crisis - Boston Globe
first came the mortgage crisis. now comes the credit card crunch. after years of flooding americans with credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, lenders are sharply curtailing both, just as an eroding economy squeezes consumers. the pullback is ...
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Millions Lose Homes, As Families Plead For Help - Common Dreams
boston - bank crashes in iceland, an international monetary fund (imf) bailout of ukraine and volatile stock markets the world over -- it all links back to the u.s. communities where hundreds of thousands of families are losing their homes with no ...
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Ken Lewis Honored As Banker Of The Year
(by christina rexrode, crexrode@charlotteobserver.com) ken lewis, the chief executive of charlotte's bank of america corp., was named the 2008 banker of the year by the american banker trade publication. it's been a good year for lewis, 61, who's emerged triumphant as banks around him have crumbled. though earnings are down over the year, bank of america became no. 1 in mortgage lending ...
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Ken Lewis Honored As Banker Of The Year
ken lewis, the chief executive of charlotte's bank of america corp., was named the 2008 banker of the year by the american banker trade publication. it's been a good year for lewis, 61, who's emerged triumphant as banks around him have crumbled. though earnings are down over the year, bank of america became no. 1 in mortgage lending this summer when it snapped up countrywide financial corp., ...
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Mizuho $7 Billion Loss Turned On Toxic Aardvark Made In America - Bloomberg
oct. 29 (bloomberg) -- alexander rekeda , a 34-year-old ukrainian-born math whiz, turned in his blackberry and security card and sent an e-mail to his bosses at calyon, the investment- banking unit of credit agricole sa . then, along with ten ...
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Consumers Feel The Next Crisis: Credit Cards - The Ledger
first came the mortgage crisis. now comes the credit card crisis. after years of flooding americans with credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, lenders are sharply curtailing both, just as an eroding economy squeezes consumers. the pullback is ...
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Downturns Put Pinch On Credit Cards
credit card companies said they are tightening restrictions, lowering credit lines and raising rates as the u.s. economy turns more sour. american express, bank of america, citigroup and retailer target have all revamped their credit standards in an economic environment replete with layoffs, the new york times reported wednesday.analysts expect defaults on credit cards to rise, the times ...
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Bank Of America Offers Bonuses To Merrill's Brokers (update3)
oct. 24 (bloomberg) -- bank of america corp. is offering merrill lynch & co. brokers in the u.s. bonuses of as much as 100 percent of the annual revenue they bring in, to keep them from defecting after the firms merge, people briefed on the plan said.
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The Partnership - San Francisco Gate
on wall street, there is no shortage of glitz and glamour, press-courting moguls and outsize personalities. and then there are firms like goldman sachs. slowly, diligently, it has ripened from no-name financial middleman into the world's most ...
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