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  • Investor out to tweak Target

    Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Retailers have cut profit and sales forecasts as consumers limit purchases because they face rising mortgage defaults and are ... Get home delivery Subscriber services Work at Sun-Sentinel Advertise with us Buy photos Buy back issue Contact us Sell Our Paper ...
    2007-12-25 03:36:00
  • Holiday meal helps lift up down-and-out

    San Diego Union-Tribune - The downturn in the economy and the home mortgage crisis have devastated many families. October's wildfires, which temporarily shut down businesses and interrupted many workers' wages, caused extreme hardships for people living paycheck to paycheck ...
    2007-12-25 02:43:00
  • Illegal Immigrants Good Mortgage Risk

    NPR News - Morning Edition , December 25, 2007 · Some banks allow illegal immigrants to obtain a home mortgage even if they don't have a Social Security number. While the borrower's citizenship status may be undocumented, their ability to pay is thoroughly ...
    2007-12-25 07:22:00
  • Officials Falling Behind on Mortgage Fraud Cases (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    Reports of suspected mortgage fraud have doubled since 2005, and government agencies say they cannot keep up. .
    2007-12-25 03:50:46
  • Seeking a lesson in home buying (Pioneer Press)

    Q. I have student loans from graduate school, and my husband and I have started saving money in order to buy a home. I realize my debt will be considered when we apply for a mortgage. Is it better to pay off as much of the student loan as possible or to try to save as much as we can toward a down payment? Mortgage people have given me different answers.
    2007-12-24 10:16:45
  • PNC shuts third-party home-equity loan program (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

    PNC Financial Services Group, citing the credit crunch currently roiling the financial services industry, shut down a program last week that offers home-equity loans via third-party mortgage ...
    2007-12-24 09:25:19
  • Illegal Immigrants Good Mortgage Risk (NPR)

    Some banks allow illegal immigrants to obtain a home mortgage even if they don't have a Social Security number. While the borrower's citizenship status may be undocumented, their ability to pay is thoroughly checked out. Surprisingly, illegal immigrants are often a good risk.
    2007-12-25 12:37:46
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    2007-12-24 02:47:00
  • Dec 21, 5:20 PM EST

    Associated Press - ... at Standard & Poor's in New York, said he now believed the economy would grow at around a 1.5 percent rate in the current ... Fed officials worried about rising inflation may be less inclined to cut interest rates, the normal medicine for a slowing ...
    2007-12-23 04:57:00
  • Adenoscan(R) Patent Lawsuits Settled

    PR Newswire - This release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of management. Such ... of our products and our global supply chain, environmental risks, fluctuations in currency, exchange and interest rates, and ...
    2007-12-24 11:05:00
  • How can I lock a lower rate?

    MSNBC - Q: I have an adjustable mortgage loan …As interest rates begin to rise I want to keep an eye out for the moment I need ... since Fed Chairman Greenspan has all but promised as much —may have already been “factored in” to current long-term rates ...
    2007-12-23 10:12:00
  • Suicides are not more prevalent at holiday time

    Globe Gazette - Suicide rates are not higher during the holidays than at other times of the year ... address, sex, age, and zip code, and we might request information on your interest ... Of course, our use of information gathered while the current policy is in effect ...
    2007-12-25 02:39:00
  • How a misstep could spell mayhem in Taiwan

    Globe and Mail - ... one country interpreting the behaviour of another in the most threatening terms, as much as by actual conflicts of interest ... is also a history which is common, making many people believe, for political but mostly business reasons, that the current ...
    2007-12-25 11:54:00
  • SUBJECT: Bank lifts China''s interest rates Posted By: elefentman

    Stockhouse Canada - Jump to ARU Forum SUBJECT: Bank lifts China''s interest rates Posted By: elefentman Post Time: 12/25/2007 15:42 « ... spokesman Alain Bichsel told a number of newspapers that there would be an investigation into the losses once the current ...
    2007-12-25 12:30:00
  • Irwin Stelzer: Shrinking dollar brings both good and bad news

    San Francisco Examiner - He wants the European Central Bank to lower interest rates even more that it has done to cope with the current credit crunch so as to drive down the value of the euro. The ECB is holding firm. Its independence from the politicians was the price France ...
    2007-12-25 01:56:00