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3 hrs ago | WTOL-TV Toledo

Stock futures point to lower opening

Stocks are set to continue their slide when the market opens Friday as the dollar strengthens further, and after a week of mixed economic reports.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Computers, Dell, Home, Mortgage

8 hrs ago | KIVI-TV Nampa

Idaho Budget Chief Moonlights in HR to Reduce Layoffs

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's budget chief says he's moonlighting as state human resources administrator to help spare one job in his office from elimination.

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Related Topix: Pension

12 hrs ago | Fox 8 - WJW

Obama administration abandons proposed Bush rule letting...

The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401 customers.

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Related Topix: Retirement, IRA, George Bush, W., US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Law, Employment / Labor Law

17 hrs ago | MSNBC

Rates on 30-year loans still below 5 percent

Watchdog: Stimulus job creation data flawed A A The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama administration was overly confident in its job-counting. updated Nov.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Hampton Roads Daily Press

General Growth says creditors agree to restructure $8.9B in shopping center mortgage loans

In this Aug. 20, 2004 file photo, shopppers stroll through Faneuil Hall Marketplace, in Boston.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Real Estate, General Growth Properties, Economics News, Bankruptcy, US Travel, Travel

Cybercast News Service

Weak Jobless Claims, Future Economic Activity Data

A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

CBS 3

Stocks Tank, Trailing Foreign Markets

A stronger dollar and more discouraging signs of a subdued economic recovery triggered a broad sell-off in stocks.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures

www.bloomberg.com | mortgagenews

U.K. Royal Mint Quadruples Gold-Coin Output as Investors Chase Diversity

The U.K.a s Royal Mint , established in the 13th century, more than quadrupled production of gold coins in the third quarter after demand for the metal increased as investors sought to hedge against a weakening dollar.

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MyFoxPhilly

GAO: Fraud in Disabled Vets Contracts

The Small Business Administration failed to check if companies were eligible for the no-bid contracts for veterans with service-related injuries, allowing, for example, a contracting employee at a military base in Tampa, Fla., to improperly funnel a $900,000 Air Force contract to his wife's firm.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Life, Veteran Affairs, Tampa Metro, Tampa, FL, US Military, US Air Force, MacDill Air Force Base

The US Market Blog

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey

The Mortgage Bankers Association publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year fixed rate mortgages, 1 year ARMs as well as application volume for both purchase and refinance applications.

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Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Housing

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Bloomberg

Geithner Says Small Business Loans Key to `Self-Sustaining' U.S. Recovery

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged U.S. banks to boost lending to small businesses and consumers who still face a oevery challenginga credit conditions and rising unemployment.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance

Gouverneur Times

Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans

Across the country, businesses already strapped by the economy to turn a profit are sacrificing or scaling back employee health insurance plans because of their escalating costs.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Small Business, US News

Thepress.co.uk

Consumers lack trust in comparison websites, a survey has shown

Consumers lack trust in comparison websites, with one in four people saying they have been able to find better value financial products elsewhere, a survey has shown.

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Related Topix: Mortgage

KPLR-11

Urban League and On Deck Capital partner to offer loans to small city businesses

The National Urban League is teaming with a small-business financial specialist to offer loans to companies unable to get approved by banks.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Small Business

Tue Nov 17, 2009

WABC

The bill will give New York homeowners and renters more protection during foreclosures.

The state Legislature has passed a bill that will give New York state homeowners and renters more protection during foreclosures.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Mortgage, Home

Bloomberg Business News

Goldman, Buffett Start $500 Million Program to Aid Small U.S. Businesses

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , under fire in Washington for setting aside billions of dollars for bonuses a year after getting a taxpayer bailout, said ita s teaming up with Warren Buffett to provide assistance to 10,000 small businesses in the U.S. The $500 million charitable effort coincides with one of the Obama administrationa s top economic ...

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Small Business, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction

Guardian Unlimited

House panel opens impeachment hearings vs. judge - AP

A A A' A federal judge from Louisiana was falling deeply into gambling debt as he routinely solicited money and gifts from attorneys with cases before his court, congressional investigators said Tuesday as the House opened impeachment hearings against the judge.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Credit Card Debt, New Orleans, LA

Denver Post

SEC targets alleged Ponzi scheme involving Colorado investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission moved Monday to freeze the assets of what it called a Ponzilike scheme centered in Colorado and Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Financial Services, Denver Metro, Retirement

Newsday

Frank floats loan plan for unemployed homeowners

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan , left, walks through a neighborhood with Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, New Bedford Metro, New Bedford, MA, Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Mortgage delinquencies hit another record in 3Q

The good news is that the pace at which people fell behind on their mortgages slowed during the summer for the third quarter in a row.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures

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