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  • Is a Prince Returning To Citi?

    Street.Com - ... is set to report fourth-quarter earnings expected to be weighed by a huge writedown tied to mortgages, leveraged loans, reserves and trading losses that may hit $24 billion next week. Prince Alwaleed's potential investment would be Citi's second ...
    2008-01-11 10:58:00
  • Bank of America’s Success with Countrywide Will Depend on ... - Banktech

    Bank of America’s Success with Countrywide Will Depend on ...Banktech - 4 hours agoIn an official statement the bank said, “Bank of America would gain greater scale in originating and servicing mortgages in the US” In the same statement, ...
    2008-01-11 01:34:42
  • Ooooooh Shit! No.... Shit. Economic Rollercoaster - Atlantic Free Press

    Ooooooh Shit! No.... Shit. Economic RollercoasterAtlantic Free Press, Netherlands - 4 hours agoCredit cards, auto loans, student loans, reverse mortgages, payday loans. But wait, there's more. This time around government itself has finally actually ...
    2008-01-11 01:37:03
  • Borrowers Seeking Help May Feel Lost at Sea - Washington Post

    Borrowers Seeking Help May Feel Lost at SeaWashington Post, United States - 4 hours agoIt is also bringing to light impediments to quick resolutions, such as the presence of home-equity lines or second mortgages. ...
    2008-01-11 01:40:23
  • Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4B - MSN Money

    Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4BMSN Money - 4 hours agoBofA expects to gain greater scale in originating and servicing mortgages in the United States, its statement says. Countrywide had $408 billion in mortgage ...
    2008-01-11 01:44:07
  • Mergers & Acquisitions - A Weekly Recap - RTT News

    Mergers & Acquisitions - A Weekly RecapRTT News, NY - 3 hours agoMicrosoft expects to complete the deal in the second quarter of 2008. MSFT closed Tuesday's regular trade at $33.45 on 79.15 million shares. ...
    2008-01-11 01:49:48
  • Stakes High For Romney In Michigan - KCRG

    Stakes High For Romney In MichiganKCRG, IA - 3 hours agoMortgage finance company Fannie Mae has written off $185 million in loans as “unrecoverable” in Michigan and Countrywide Financial Corp., one of the biggest ...
    2008-01-11 01:50:29
  • Stagflation cometh, and the world economy has to cope - Daily Times

    Stagflation cometh, and the world economy has to copeDaily Times, Pakistan - 3 hours agoSecond, the United States took advantage of this by lowering interest rates to unprecedented levels, inducing a housing bubble, with mortgages available to ...
    2008-01-11 01:52:28
  • Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page - RushLimbaugh.com (subscription)

    Stack of Stuff Quick Hits PageRushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - 3 hours ago"Clinton said unscrupulous lending leads to bad mortgages, which lead to foreclosures, which lead to people with nowhere to go and vacant neighborhoods that ...
    2008-01-11 02:30:36
  • City of Cleveland sues lenders over foreclosures - Bizjournals.com

    City of Cleveland sues lenders over foreclosuresBizjournals.com, NC - 3 hours agoThe city of Cleveland sued Wells Fargo and other mortgage lenders alleging that high-rate mortgages that have forced many into foreclosure and left entire ...
    2008-01-11 02:45:18
  • Keeping it on the record - Mortgage Introducer

    Keeping it on the recordMortgage Introducer, UK - 1 hour agoBy David Burrows, Managing Director, Secured Loan Services A storm is gathering over the mortgage intermediary market. For those who have not pegged out ...
    2008-01-11 04:02:48
  • US bank to buy Countrywide - Gulf Daily News

    US bank to buy CountrywideGulf Daily News, Bahrain - 1 hour agoLewis acknowledged "near-term challenges" in mortgages, with expectations that volumes will fall amid "continued weakness in housing throughout this year. ...
    2008-01-11 04:13:53
  • French property: Brits abroad looking to avoid slump - Telegraph.co.uk

    French property: Brits abroad looking to avoid slumpTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoOr, could unstable British prices be good news for the French property market, with second-homers turning their backs on the increased risks of investing in ...
    2008-01-11 04:25:01
  • Countrywide, Bank of America deal could give modest confidence ... - Marconews (subscription)

    Countrywide, Bank of America deal could give modest confidence ...Marconews (subscription), FL - 1 hour agoThe threat to homeowners isn't over yet, either, analysts say, as 1.8 million subprime mortgages made to borrowers with poor credit are scheduled to reset ...
    2008-01-11 04:47:12
  • One Family's Recession - CBS News

    One Family's RecessionCBS News, NY - 1 hour agoYou know we've got mortgages, we've got car payments and we just adopted a baby." When the economy grinds to a halt, the average family loses $5000 per year ...
    2008-01-11 04:47:48