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  • Can't Do Without the Consumer - Barron's

    Can't Do Without the ConsumerBarron's - 50 minutes agoBank of America agreed to buy troubled mortgage-lender Countrywide Financial in a $4 billion stock deal that will shore up one of the biggest participants ...
    2008-01-13 09:10:09
  • UBS mulls split, revamps bonus plan - FT Alphaville

    UBS mulls split, revamps bonus planFT Alphaville, UK - 45 minutes agoThe bank, based in Zurich, may also take another $5bn-$8bn in writedowns over losses in the US subprime mortgage market, the newspaper said. ...
    2008-01-13 09:15:12
  • Credit crisis poses moving target for regulators - Economic Times

    Credit crisis poses moving target for regulatorsEconomic Times, India - 43 minutes agoEU officials cite the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which imposed onerous accounting rules on US-listed companies in the wake of the Worldcom and Enron scandals, ...
    2008-01-13 09:17:03
  • Dallas securities fraud investigation targets former SEC lawyer - Dallas Morning News

    Dallas securities fraud investigation targets former SEC lawyerDallas Morning News, TX - 41 minutes ago"I had a client that loved him, Halliburton, one of the largest companies in the world. They loved him. They thought he did a great job. ...
    2008-01-13 09:18:47
  • Sterling pares gains; settles lower - Commodity Online

    Sterling pares gains; settles lowerCommodity Online, India - 40 minutes agoEarlier a quarterly BOE survey had shown households and companies are likely to find it harder to borrow in the coming months, while lenders expect mortgage ...
    2008-01-13 09:19:21
  • Group hopes to make buying new home easier - Concord Monitor

    Group hopes to make buying new home easierConcord Monitor, NH - 28 minutes agoHousing prices have dramatically outpaced personal income in the past few years, and a crisis in the subprime mortgage market has made it much harder to ...
    2008-01-13 09:32:06
  • Asian Stocks Fall, Led by Shipbuilders, on Global Trade Concern - Bloomberg

    Asian Stocks Fall, Led by Shipbuilders, on Global Trade ConcernBloomberg - 22 minutes ago``The falling US economy will have widespread implications for Asia, hurting exporters and all related companies,'' said Ashley Kang, who helps manage $1.7 ...
    2008-01-13 09:37:26
  • Bayview revitalization comes with huge price to black residents - San Francisco Chronicle

    Bayview revitalization comes with huge price to black residentsSan Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 20 minutes agoIt is likely to be a loan company solicitor trying to sell him another mortgage, he said. "Realtors are always sending you things or calling you to say ...
    2008-01-13 09:39:38
  • Hong Kong shares end morning flat on worries over US, China - UPDATE - Forbes

    Hong Kong shares end morning flat on worries over US, China - UPDATEForbes, NY - 19 minutes ago'The lack of direction in the market stems from uncertainties in the global markets, particularly the US, as the subprime mortgage nightmare continues,' ...
    2008-01-13 09:40:40
  • Slowing Construction - The Bahama Journal

    Slowing ConstructionThe Bahama Journal, Bahamas - 15 minutes agoResearchers have collected data from local lending institutions including banks and insurance companies and the Bahamas Mortgage Corporation which shows ...
    2008-01-13 09:45:05
  • Where have you gone, George Bailey? - Boston Globe

    Where have you gone, George Bailey?Boston Globe, United States - 9 minutes agoWe could sure use banker George Bailey now that the mortgage mess threatens to do what the rapacious Mr. Potter, the town's richest citizen, could not: end ...
    2008-01-13 09:50:40
  • China's yuan gains as dollar weakness persists - Economic Times

    China's yuan gains as dollar weakness persistsEconomic Times, India - 8 minutes agoBut dealers also warned that China's policymakers might opt to slow the yuan's appreciation if the US subprime mortgage crisis worsened and hit China's ...
    2008-01-13 09:51:31
  • Equities in New York - FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market

    Equities in New YorkFXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market, Spain - 5 minutes ago... year for financial services companies and the New York Times reported Merrill Lynch & Co. may write down USD 15 billion from mortgage related losses. ...
    2008-01-13 09:54:25
  • The Recession’s Regulatory Causes - Lew Rockwell

    The Recession’s Regulatory CausesLew Rockwell, CA - 4 minutes agoEven before these declines, shrewd investors were assigning very low price-earnings ratios to mortgage companies and title insurers. ...
    2008-01-13 09:56:02
  • Asian Stocks Fall, Led by Shipbuilders, on Global Trade Concern (Bloomberg.com)

    Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell to a three-week low, led by shipbuilders and oil producers, after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its forecasts for regional growth on expectations the U.S. will fall into recession.
    2008-01-13 09:46:51