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• Banks protest at N Rock’s unfair advantage (Gulf Times)

  LONDON: A revolt was growing today against the “business as usual” plan for Northern Rock. In the City, rival banks protested that the nationalised company could enjoy a huge competitive advantage over them and steal business away.
  2008-02-19 09:36:02

• (AFX UK Focus) 2008-02-20 05:21 GMT: Singapore shares lower at midday on profit-taking, oil price spike (Interactive Investor)

  SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Singapore shares were lower at midday Wednesday on profit-taking after recent gains, and as investors worried that the Federal Reserve might reconsider its easing bias after oil prices spiked to 100 US dollars a barrel.
  2008-02-19 09:50:27

• Lunar eclipse will start at 9:01 p.m. tonight (Pioneer Press)

  LOS ANGELES — The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurs tonight, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon. Skywatchers viewing through a telescope will have the added treat of seeing Saturn's handsome rings. Weather permitting, the total eclipse can be seen from North and South America, beginning at 9:01 p.m. CST. People in Europe ...
  2008-02-19 10:07:36

• Howard Morrison: Glenn offered me $1m to enter politics (Stuff)

  The political interests of expatriate billionaire Owen Glenn go beyond helping the Labour Party, it was revealed tonight.
  2008-02-19 11:20:50

• Detroit: highest home foreclosure rate in US

  World Socialist Web Site - They can’t refinance. Once you lose your job, you lose everything. They are not going to say ‘I understand you lost your job, we are going to let you slide on your payments.’ Spano added, “We personally know five or six people who have lost ...
  2008-02-19 08:49:00

• Massachusetts May Raise Tolls Amid Auction-Rate Woes (Update2)

  Bloomberg - The turnpike paid Ambac $6 million seven years ago for a bond insurance policy that it planned to use in the future to refinance up to $800 million it borrowed for the Big Dig. The authority is now unable to sell $126.7 million in Ambac ...
  2008-02-19 12:07:00

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

  Forbes - He said he wants Congress to expand tax-exempt bond authority to refinance mortgages and new federal grants for cities to buy abandoned properties and to expand education and counseling for today's troubled borrowers. "It has just been a slow response ...
  2008-02-19 12:21:00

• Chiquita Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2007 Results

  Forbes - The company has also entered into a fully underwritten commitment with Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen - Boerenleenbank B.A., "Rabobank Nederland," New York branch ("Rabobank") to refinance the company's existing $200 million revolving credit ...
  2008-02-19 01:04:00

• GM Building attracts record high price -- source

  Reuters - Macklowe spent about $7 billion last year for seven Manhattan buildings previously owned by Equity Office Properties Trust and has since struggled to refinance those loans. On Friday, he reached extension agreements with his chief lenders Fortress ...
  2008-02-19 01:33:00

• Obama touts policies in San Antonio meeting

  Houston Chronicle - Obama said his plan to protect homeowners and crack down on predatory lending includes using penalties from those lenders to "help the families they tricked stay in their homes or refinance their mortgages." He also wants to give a tax credit to ...
  2008-02-19 02:01:00

• Agency Mortgage Securities Spreads Widen to Eight-Year High

  Bloomberg - Spreads on agency mortgage securities have also widened as supply has surged, after the market for non-guaranteed mortgage bonds came to a near halt with more borrowers seeking to refinance out of adjustable-rate mortgages. Net issuance last year ...
  2008-02-19 02:44:00

• Fewer loans, more ads

  Boston Globe - You can pay less than your balance each month, but if you do, the balance grows larger as the interest accrues. Readers: Are you being bombarded by offers to refinance? Have you heard or seen an ad that made you feel like we were living 2005 all over ...
  2008-02-19 02:51:00

• Fitch Rts Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN) Metro Airports Commission's $98MM ...

  Forbes - Proceeds of the bonds will refinance a portion of the commission's outstanding debt for present value savings. The ratings for the commission reflect the airport's strong financial performance, competitive cost structure, considerable demand for air ...
  2008-02-19 03:20:00

• Obama says Clinton's housing plan helps rich

  Reuters - A blanket freeze like she's proposed will drive rates through the roof on people who are trying to get new mortgages to buy or refinance a home," he said. "Experts say the value of homes will fall even more, and even more families could face ...
  2008-02-19 03:56:00

• Candidates Differ on Housing

  Wall Street Journal - Obama has advocated the creation of a $10 billion fund to help borrowers avoid foreclosure or buy first homes, while Mrs. Clinton wants to allow more people who can't afford higher payments to refinance their loans into more-affordable government ...
  2008-02-19 07:59:00

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