Struggling to escape the subprime swamp

Story date: 2007-10-27 01:57:00
Added on: 2007-10-27 16:00:20

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Before long, their home goes into foreclosure." While some decry the borrowing binge that Americans have been on for the past six years, it was in part a lending binge, too. Banks, credit-card firms and mortgage companies made huge profits on easy ...


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