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3 hrs ago | Clover Herald

Fed lending for emergency bank loans rises a bit

Banks borrowed slightly more from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

8 hrs ago | MyFoxPhoenix

Groups Contend Bills Cross Legal Lines

The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to overturn the Legislature's use of budget laws to set state policy on topics ranging from teachers' seniority rights and immigration enforcement to mortgage lawsuits and municipal building codes.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, Immigration Reform, Mortgage, Arizona State University

12 hrs ago | Ledger Dispatch

Man charged in labor inspection scam

Flashing a badge and toting official-looking documents, the man would show up at small businesses across Oakland clad in a blazer and tie claiming to be a state or federal Labor Department inspector.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Small Business, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, Hayward, CA

17 hrs ago | The Vancouver Sun

Top ten tips for year-end tax-planning

While taxes for the year 2009 aren't due to the end of April 2010, only one full month remains to take certain actions that will minimize those tax liabilities.

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Related Topix: Estate Planning, World News, Russia, Retirement

21 hrs ago | Pasadena Star-News

Thomas Sowell: Politicians aren't solving our problems

No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, US News

Thu Nov 26, 2009

KTVU

Man Arrested, Charged For Shaking Down Businesses

A man is facing charges of theft, extortion and impersonating a state officer for allegedly pretending to be a Labor Department inspector and charging small businesses hundreds of dollars.

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Related Topix: Small Business

Telegraph.co.uk

Judge wipes out couple's mortgage after bank's 'repulsive' behaviour

A New York judge was so angry with a bank's "harsh, repugnant, shocking and repulsive" behaviour towards a financially struggling couple that he wiped out their $525,000 mortgage.

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Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Foreclosures

Canada.com

Home ownership costs on the rise

New home construction rose by a seasonally adjusted an annual rate of 157,300 units in October, up from 149,300 in the previous month, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, North America, Canada, World News, Housing

The Daily Breeze

LA County home sales down 5.6% from September

Home sales in Los Angeles County rose 1.8 percent in October compared to the same time last year, but were down 5.6 percent from the previous month, according to figures released today.

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Related Topix: Housing, Los Angeles County, CA, Real Estate, Home, Mortgage

Newsday

BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank sue Bank of America

The two sued for breach of contract. Deutsche Bank said Bank of America failed to secure $1.25 billion in cash and mortgage loans on its behalf.

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Related Topix: Banking, Deutsche Bank AG, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Reuters Video

Floods block road to Mecca Haj

Nov. 25 - Heavy rainfall and floods hamper the journey to Mecca as Haj pilgrims arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Related Topix: Weather, Journalism, Medicine, Triad Hospitals, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Mutual Funds, Video

WDAF

AIG settles legal disputes with former chairman Hank Greenberg

American International Group Inc. has agreed to settle all legal disputes with its former chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the company said late Wednesday.

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Related Topix: American International Group, Insurance, Retirement

Oregonlive.com

Former broker sentenced to 41 months for mortgage fraud

Former Portland mortgage broker Lee Howlett, labeled by federal prosecutors "a serial, unrepentant con-artist," was sentenced to 41 months in prison Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Prison

Albany Times Union

Rates on 30-year mortgages sink, match record low

Average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, matching a record low set last spring and more than a full percentage point below what they were a year ago, Freddie Mac said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

6 ABC

Pa. investor gets 15 years for Ponzi scheme

A gym owner-turned-investment fund manager was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that left investors short $35 million once the fraud unraveled.

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Related Topix: Broomall, PA, Life, Charity , Retirement

Las Vegas Sun

ACORN claims theft of trashed documents in Calif.

A tempest in a trash can is brewing in San Diego County, where ACORN is trying to recover tens of thousands of documents taken from its garbage by a Republican activist.

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Related Topix: San Diego County, CA, National City, CA, Social Security, San Diego Metro

Tue Nov 24, 2009

www.bloomberg.com | mortgagenews

Obama's Trumped-Up Job Count Flunks Science Test: Caroline Baum

At first it was just an unverifiable assertion. Now it turns out to have been a case of bureaucratic ineptitude and possible fraud.

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ClipSyndicate

Your Money: Holiday Shopping Tips

The holiday shopping period is about to start up. While you're out at the stores, there are some important things you need to keep in mind about your finances.

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CBS News

Click to read:1 in 4 Mortgage Borrowers Is Under Water

Nearly a quarter of U.S. mortgage holders owe more on their loans than their houses are worth, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal .

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Santa Ana, CA, Housing, Foreclosures

EDGEonthenet.com Business/Finance Feed

Strong banks, weak credit: Treasury rethinks TARP

Special Master for Executive Compensation Kenneth Feinberg, also known as the Treasury Department's "pay czar", speaks about TARP Big banks are roaring back.

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Related Topix: W., Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, US News

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