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  • A.M. Best Special Report: Banks, Lenders Urged to Do More for Troubled ...

    Forbes - Business Wire - Press Release A.M. Best Special Report: Banks, Lenders Urged to Do More for Troubled Mortgage Loans 02.19.08, 11:14 AM ET
    2008-02-19 08:18:00

  • UPDATE 2-US mortgage alliance to offer foreclosure "pause"

    Forbes - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All members of the Hope Now alliance of mortgage lenders and servicers have agreed to adopt guidelines for a 30-day "pause" in foreclosure proceedings to help seriously delinquent borrowers modify their mortgage terms, the ...
    2008-02-19 12:21:00

  • Obama, Clinton square off in Wisconsin (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

    Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii make their choices on Tuesday in a heated presidential battle, with Hillary Clinton hoping to snap Barack Obama's winning streak ahead of big contests in March.
    2008-02-19 02:27:48

  • Walter Industries, Inc. Announces Restructuring of Financing and Homebuilding Business; Management Changes (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

    Walter Industries, Inc. announced today a major restructuring of JWH Holding Company, LLC -- the Company's Financing and Homebuilding business. Walter Industries said it has or will immediately close 36 underperforming Jim Walter Homes sales centers as part of the restructuring.
    2008-02-19 02:30:00

  • EXTRA, EXTRA! TRIB BONDS LOOK BLEAK! (The Slatin Report)

    Even junk bond buyers are turning their noses away from Chicago-based Tribune Co.s corporate IOUs, as some investors grow increasingly skeptical that the media giant -- now owned by billionaire investor Sam Zell, and employee stock plans -- can meet the vigorish.
    2008-02-19 02:30:37

  • Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)

    "People who take out a loan or withdrawal are adding to a looming retirement crisis over the next 30 to 40 years," said Eric Levy, a partner at global consulting firm Mercer. "And what implications will that have (for) our economy?"
    2008-02-19 02:37:53

  • Candidates make their pitches as voters brave cold (CNN.com)

    Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton offered up their solutions for fixing the subprime mortgage crisis as people in Wisconsin braved the single-digit weather to cast their votes.
    2008-02-19 02:38:34

  • Credit Suisse Writes Down $2.8 Billion (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    The bank said the write-down cut $1 billion from its profit and that it had suspended traders for errors.
    2008-02-19 02:40:03

  • Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)

    Ohioans, like many Americans, are weary of carefully staged political campaigns, which is why they would welcome this chance to meet the candidates up close and personally.
    2008-02-19 02:44:15

  • More People Are Tapping Their 401(K) For Cash (NBC 5 Chicago)

    Trent Charlton knew the risks when he borrowed $10,000 from his 401(k) and cut his retirement savings in half.
    2008-02-19 02:44:39

  • BoE'S Barker warns UK could face protracted slowdown

    Forbes - ... Financial) - Bank of England rate setter Kate Barker warned the UK could face a protracted economic slowdown if credit conditions tighten further, but rising inflation in the near-term makes it difficult to argue for an immediate interest rate cut. ...
    2008-02-19 11:52:00

  • New Zealand Dollar Rises Above 80 U.S. Cents on Yield Appeal

    Bloomberg - Australia's borrowing costs are now at an 11-year high, with odds of another rise at 92 percent, according to a Credit Suisse Group index based on overnight trading in interest-rate swaps. Eleven of 15 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News expect the ...
    2008-02-19 01:11:00

  • Canadian Core Prices Slow to Least Since July 2005 (Update3)

    Bloomberg - Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's annual inflation rate excluding volatile items such as gasoline was the slowest since July 2005 last month, contained by a sales-tax cut and lower car prices, giving central bankers room to lower interest rates. Core ...
    2008-02-19 01:11:00

  • U.S. Swaption Volatility Soars on Mortgage-Debt Related Hedging

    Bloomberg - Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Volatility on options for U.S. interest-rate swaps rose to an almost four-year high as demand for mortgage-debt related hedging climbed. Investors holding mortgage-backed securities use swaptions, which are options on interest ...
    2008-02-19 10:26:00

  • Barker sees downturn risks outweighing inflation fears

    Reuters UK - LONDON (Reuters) - The danger of a sharp economic downturn is more worrying than rising inflation, but the case for an immediate interest rate cut is not compelling, Bank of England policymaker Kate Barker said on Tuesday. The Bank cut borrowing ...
    2008-02-19 01:40:00

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