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Is the worst over, or just beginning? (CNN Money)
Bond yields have plunged in the past few weeks. And even if you are not an active investor, you should care about what's been going on in the bond markets lately. Here's why.
2008-03-21 08:40:06 -
Berkeley Daily Planet - Friday March 21, 2008 (Berkeley Daily Planet)
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2008-03-21 08:40:28 -
State seeks to bar fraud suspect from escrow industry (The Arizona Republic)
State regulators have leveled action against a Glendale woman accused of carrying out a nearly $1 million escrow fraud, a case that officials describe as "isolated" in Arizona's escrow industry.
2008-03-21 08:51:33 -
Merger of Mizuho, Shinko Securities Shelved Again (Japan Corporate News)
Tokyo, Mar 22, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Mizuho Securities Co. and Shinko Securities Co. said Friday the brokerage arms of Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will postpone their merger for a second time, due to the prolonged impact of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis.
2008-03-21 08:54:24 -
Greystripe Partners with MoConDi to Offer Free Mobile Games to MoConDi's MeYou Community in Europe and North America (PRWeb)
Today MoConDi announced a partnership with Greystripe to make over 800 free mobile games available to community members of the MoConDi-run MeYou Community. (PRWeb Mar 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb793074.htm
2008-03-21 08:55:28 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-03-21 15:31 GMT: Pension plans take chance on mortgages (Interactive Investor)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The subprime mortgage crisis has yielded at least one benefit for states: Mortgage-related investments have become so cheap that they are luring some pension funds to buy.
2008-03-21 08:57:48 -
You can get higher rates on savings, but there's risk (USA Today)
When you were 5, your father may have taken you on his knee, peered at you wisely, and said, "Don't reach for yield." Decades and many therapy sessions later, you've come to realize that Dad really wasn't very good with children.
2008-03-20 09:06:08 -
Gov says economy 'resilient'; construction workers say 'bull' (The Salt Lake Tribune)
It was a study in economic contrast. At the second annual Governor's Utah Economic Summit, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. offered advice to the hundreds of business leaders dressed in dark coats, neckties and pant suits.
2008-03-20 11:14:51 -
Home Front: Sacramento credit union battles foreclosures (The Sacramento Bee)
While millions of Americans await their May "economic stimulus" checks promised by the federal government, a Sacramento-based credit union is rolling out a far more modest stimulus for some Californians.
2008-03-21 12:20:40 -
Mortgage Market Guide, LoanToolbox and The Duncan Group Join Forces (PRWeb)
Today, Mortgage Market Guide, LoanToolbox, and The Duncan Group announced a ground-breaking strategic partnership and the creation of a single umbrella organization. (PRWeb Mar 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb787744.htm
2008-03-21 12:23:58 -
OFF THE STREET (New York Post)
Goldman Sachs, having weathered the worst of the subprime crisis, is planning to cut up to 15 percent of the workforce in its capital markets and related support units - the latest sign of the broad belt-tightening taking place across Wall Street...
2008-03-21 01:57:29 -
Collection Agencies Add Scarce Jobs in Hard-Hit Region (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Buffalo has long been plagued by plant closings, an exodus of residents and urban decay. But it has become one of the nation’s leading hubs for debt collectors, and business is beginning to boom.
2008-03-21 06:38:31 -
Two Bay Area men who ran mortgage scheme sentenced to prison (North County Times)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The two founders of a Bay Area company that prosecutors say victimized thousands of people in a mortgage scheme will be spending a long time behind bars.
2008-03-20 09:25:20 -
Officials warn public of predatory lending schemes (The Press-Enterprise)
A law enforcement clampdown this week on a widespread mortgage fraud underscores the need for homeowners to take care when talking to telemarketers who offer promises of mortgage relief, government authorities said Thursday.
2008-03-20 10:10:15 -
Rescue schemes have price (Erie Times-News)
Kevin and Jean Petterson of Rutherford, N.J., fell behind on their mortgage payments in mid-2005 after Kevin, a truck driver, broke his ankle and was unable to work for several months.
2008-03-21 12:09:04