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Fannie, Freddie Disclose Subpoenas, Investigations - Houston Chronicle
washington — adding to their woes, mortgage finance giants fannie mae and freddie mac are facing a federal grand jury investigation into their accounting practices. the mortgage finance companies said monday that a federal grand jury in new york is ...
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Korea Fsc: No Reason For Financial Markets To Panic
seoul -(dow jones)- south korea's financial market need not panic after the u.s. financial market bailout package was rejected by house of representatives because the country has limited exposure to the u.s. subprime mortgage crisis while companies have sound financial structure, the financial services commission said tuesday.
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Kbw Announces Changes To Kbw Bank Index (bkx), Kbw Mortgage Finance Index (mfx), Kbw Regional Banking Index (krx)
keefe, bruyette & woods, inc., a full service investment bank that specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of kbw, inc. (nyse: kbw), today announced upcoming changes to the kbw bank index (index symbol: bkx(sm), etf symbol: kbe(sm)), kbw regional banking index (index symbol: krx(sm), etf symbol: kre(sm)), and kbw mortgage finance index (index symbol: mfx(sm)).
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Commentary: America Can't Go Cold Turkey On Credit - Cnn
u.s. rep. jim marshall, a democrat serving his third term in congress, represents georgia's 8th congressional district. he serves on the house armed services and agriculture committees. jim marshall says he's put his career in the house on the line ...
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Economy Shows New Weak Spots - Azcentral.com
washington - the evidence is mounting: the economy is in a steep slide. unemployment is at levels not seen in five years. consumer spending is flat. many of the sectors that have been fueling the tepid economic growth of the past year are beginning ...
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Pclender.com Completes Private Mortgage Insurance Integration With Pmi And Cmg Mi
pclender.com, a fully hosted web based software and services solutions provider to mid-sized mortgage bankers and financial institutions, has completed the integration of its in-house mortgage enterprise lending platform with private mortgage insurers the pmi group, inc. (pmi) and cmg mortgage insurance company (cmg-mi).
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Kbw Announces Changes To Kbw Bank Index (bkx), Kbw Mortgage Finance Index (mfx), Kbw Regional Banking Index (krx)
new york----keefe, bruyette & woods, inc., a full service investment bank that specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of kbw, inc. , today announced upcoming changes to the kbw bank index , kbw regional banking index , and kbw mortgage finance index .
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Financial Crisis: Bail-out Failure Does Not Have To Mean Armageddon - Daily Telegraph
british pm gordon brown, new zealand pm helen clark and australian prime minister kevin rudd react to the us house of representatives' vote on the $700bn rescue plan. ; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1826517761 http ...
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Wachovia's Steel Ran Out Of Time As Wamu Stoked Mortgage Fears - Bloomberg
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- wachovia corp. chief executive robert steel was forced to sell the bank's retail business to citigroup inc. for $1 a share just 80 days after pledging to rebuild investor and regulator confidence in the company. ``it was ...
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Pricing Mortgage-backed Securities Will Be Tough
some things are easy to price. others, not so much. and that's the $700 billion problem facing the u.s. treasury: how to value vast amounts of mortgage-backed securities that no one wants to buy.
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'the Golden Age For Financial Services Is Over'
to reach the new power center of wall street, hop a cab to la guardia, board a flight for charlotte, stride into a beige granite tower, go past the allegorical murals of the common man at work, then take the elevator to the 58th floor. you're at the headquarters of bank of america, and you're about to enter the glass-framed suite of ceo ken lewis.
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Dexia Rescue Takes Edge Off Market Turmoil - International Herald Tribune
eu regulators on tuesday cautiously endorsed a 6.4 billion euro (5.09 billion pound) public bailout of belgian-french financial services group dexia , providing a measure of relief for markets roiled by the deepening global banking crisis. after all ...
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Dexia To Receive Capital Injection - Globe And Mail
brussels — belgian-french financial services group dexia got a 6.4-billion-euro ($9.18-billion u.s.) capital boost from public shareholders on tuesday as a deepening global credit crisis shook european banks. after all-night negotiations the ...
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New York Lawmakers Help Defeat Wall Street Bailout
washington - the house's rejection yesterday of a proposed $700 billion bailout plan to stabilize the nation's financial services industry left investors concerned that a rescue plan weighed down with bad mortgage loans might become the victim of partisan politics.
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Britain Nationalizes Struggling Mortgage Lender Bradford & Bingley
the british government is nationalizing troubled mortgage lender bradford & bingley, the treasury confirmed monday, taking over the bank's $91 billion mortgage and loan books as turmoil from the u.s. credit crisis spread across europe.
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Dexia 6.4 Bln Eur Rescue Takes Edge Off Mkt Turmoil - Forbes
brussels, sept 30 (reuters) - eu regulators on tuesday cautiously endorsed a 6.4 billion euro public bailout of belgian-french financial services group dexia, providing a measure of relief for markets roiled by the deepening global banking crisis ...
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Microsoft Ceo Says No One Immune To Global Crisis - International Herald Tribune
microsoft chief executive steve ballmer said on tuesday no company was immune to the global financial crisis, which he expects to sap both consumer and business spending. "financial issues are going to affect both business spending and consumer ...
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The Uk's Financial Services Authority Has Handed A £1.1m (€1.4m) Penalty To The Uk Mortgage Lending Arm Of The ...
the uk's financial services authority has handed a â£1.1m (€1.4m) penalty to the uk mortgage lending arm of the conglomerate general electric, in what is the first fine imposed by the regulator relating to a group's lending processes.
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Sector Wrap: Internet Stocks Fall With Market
internet stocks fell with the broader market on monday as the dow jones industrial average plunged more than 700 points after the house defeated a government bailout plan intended to rescue the financial services sector from mounting mortgage-related losses.
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Economists: Harder Times Ahead A Certainty - Philadelphia Daily News
even before the u.s. house sent the stock market down 777 points by rejecting the financial bailout yesterday, a consensus had developed among economists: harder times are surely coming. "we are building a recession into our forecasts," said robert ...
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