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  • Federated Investors will bid on toxic assets auction organized by ... - Pittsburgh Tribune Review

    Federated Investors Inc. will apply to bid in a government program designed to rid banks of problem assets, the mutual fund company's CEO said Wednesday. Federated, the nation's sixth-largest mutual fund company, is submitting an application to the ...
    2009-04-22 10:53:00
  • Rush to refinance: Companies scramble to keep up - WRAL

    Raleigh, N.C. — Federal incentives and low interest rates are helping boost home sales. However, the reduced rates are also creating a rush to refinance. “When rates started dropping, I was calling her every couple of weeks and saying, 'OK where ...
    2009-04-22 06:42:00
  • MONEY AND YOU- Parents: Your Grown Kids May Need Financial ... - San Fernando Valley Sun

    MONEY AND YOU- Parents: Your Grown Kids May Need Financial ...San Fernando Valley Sun, caDiscuss different companies and ratings. This information isn't taught anywhere else. Discuss savings goals, particularly the importance of saving for retirement. Offer to review a 401(k) plan, or help set up an IRA and give suggestions on how much to ...
    2009-04-22 09:57:58
  • Restrain the credit card industry - San Francisco Chronicle

    Restrain the credit card industrySan Francisco Chronicle,  USAWhile American consumers have been struggling, credit card companies have been enjoying a field day. Not only are most of them receiving federal bailout money, but they've been jacking up interest rates (there were rate hikes on nearly 25 percent of ...
    2009-04-22 10:01:28
  • State should toughen control over banks' activity – Professor U ... - Kazinform

    State should toughen control over banks' activity – Professor U ...Kazinform, KazakhstanThe scientist considers that a foundation of economic security is formed not only by a state ownership and assets of national companies, state gold reserves and assets of a national bank, but it is determined by assets of commercial banks and other ...
    2009-04-22 10:02:51
  • Report: Reckless mortgage lending in late 2006 fueled California ... - San Jose Mercury News

    Report: Reckless mortgage lending in late 2006 fueled California ...San Jose Mercury News,  USASaid Dustin Hobbs of the California Mortgage Bankers Association, an industry trade group: "It's no coincidence that these companies are out of business" based on the lending standards exhibited by their default rates. But, he said, "There certainly is ...
    2009-04-22 10:14:39
  • April 2000 archives, part 1 - Overlawyered

    April 2000 archives, part 1Overlawyered, NYThe form, resembling a cross between a mortgage application and a deli menu, has generated a flood of complaints — including one from a Pasadena resident called to jury duty: Judge Lance Ito. He filled it out incorrectly.” (David Colker, “Jury Summons ...
    2009-04-22 10:15:36
  • Economist backs foreign assets at conference - Norwalk Advocate

    Economist backs foreign assets at conferenceNorwalk Advocate, ctOn the US front, there are some good companies that are well-capitalized and ready to start consolidating. He said they can be spotted by their high dividends and moves to expand market share. And on the mortgage front, where there are government ...
    2009-04-22 10:16:03
  • Banks Big Profits Mean They Can Be Doing More For Economy - Voxy

    Banks Big Profits Mean They Can Be Doing More For EconomyVoxy, New ZealandIn recent weeks the banks have scrambled to avoid participation in a 12 month mortgage holiday scheme like that negotiated between their parent companies and the Australian government. They have also wriggled out of the shared equity scheme agreed to ...
    2009-04-22 10:37:42
  • Did work stress kill him? - Straits Times

    Did work stress kill him?Straits Times, SingaporeMr Kellermann hired a private security firm after reporters came to his house to ask about his bonus several weeks ago when there was a public outcry over compensation at companies that have received government aid, the New York Times said. ...
    2009-04-22 10:52:53
  • Lewis Testifies US Urged Silence on Deal - Wall Street Journal

    Lewis Testifies US Urged Silence on DealWall Street JournalBy keeping mum, the CEO of one of the biggest US banks appeared to set aside a basic tenet of American-style finance -- that, above all, companies must disclose material information to shareholders and potential investors "Regulators are supposed to ...
    2009-04-22 11:01:10
  • No Credit Card Bailout for Consumers - Associated Content

    No Credit Card Bailout for ConsumersAssociated Content, CONo more would the credit card companies be able to complain about delinquent payments or having to write off payments not made. Foreclosures would be a thing of the past. The banks would have money; the mortgage companies would be able to lend money ...
    2009-04-22 11:01:18
  • For Freddie And Fannie, Trouble At The Top - Forbes

    For Freddie And Fannie, Trouble At The TopForbes, NY"This is largely because of the uncertainty at both companies." Says Freddie Mac spokesman Michael Cosgrove, "We're looking for someone who would see this as a challenge and an opportunity to serve the country playing a key role in carrying out the ...
    2009-04-22 11:03:53
  • Florida Condo Raffle - Red River Valley Echo

    Florida Condo RaffleRed River Valley Echo, CanadaThe condo owner and the mortgage companies are not the only winners in these Raffles. Charities are winners in these raffles. Charities have taken a big decline in donations in this depressed Market. With every successful raffle the proceeds up and ...
    2009-04-22 11:11:57
  • Outlook mixed for bank-related jobs in Charlotte - CharlotteObserver.com

    Outlook mixed for bank-related jobs in CharlotteCharlotteObserver.com, NCMortgage company Equifirst and JPMorgan Chase & Co. also announced Charlotte layoffs recently. And Wells Fargo has been cutting jobs as it absorbs Charlotte's Wachovia, whose workers are anxious to find out if they'll be welcomed into the Wells Fargo ...
    2009-04-22 11:16:20