Wachovia's Pick-a-Pay Pullback (BusinessWeek)
Story date: 2008-06-30 05:13:24
Added on: 2008-06-30 20:37:09
The bank takes away its minimum payment feature on mortgages, a clear sign that a further surge in defaults is inevitable
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