Banks plan fund to revive market

Story date: 2007-10-15 04:46:00
Added on: 2007-10-15 08:32:10

BBC Business - Higher US mortgage rates have sparked record home loan defaults among people who have poor credit histories. These defaults have hit financial markets worldwide because the sub-prime mortgages had been packaged up and sold to financial institutions ...


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