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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Realty Trac 

  With assets of more than $800 billion, Wachovia is the nation's fourth-largest banking institution .

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Regional Headlines

• Ohio man gets 8 years in $8M heist

  37 min ago | via The Times West Virginian 

  A man who stole about $8 million from an armored car company where he worked was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison.

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• Cain Watch: Cain Campaign Flags as Income Inequality Rises

  2 hrs ago | via The Democratic Party 

  Yesterday the McCain campaign hit a rough patch as they tried to escape the fallout over McCain's continued gaffes on foreign policy and ongoing coverage of his promise of four more years of failed Bush-McCain ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Ohio

• Home sales fall in June, but Ohio bucks national slide

  4 hrs ago | via Cleveland.com 

  Home sales in the Buckeye State rose from May to June, marking their fifth consecutive month of growth even as national home sales slid.

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  Related Topix: Cuyahoga County, OH, Housing, Ohio, Ohio Government, Home, Home Selling

• Business this week

  8 hrs ago | via The Economist 

  Roche , a Swiss pharmaceutical company, made an offer of $44 billion for the 45% of shares it does not already own in Genentech , a Californian firm.

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• Existing home sales fall 2.6 percent in June

  13 hrs ago | via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com 

  WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades.

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  Related Topix: Home, Housing, Home Selling, Real Estate, Home Listing, Ohio

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  1 min ago | via Huliq.com 

  Sales of US existing homes fell 2.6% to an annualized rate of 4.86 million from a 4.99 million pace the prior month.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Home Selling, Housing, Real Estate

• Banks step up Fed borrowing, Wall Street passes

  1 min ago | via The Flint Journal 

  Banks stepped up their borrowing over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms didn't draw such loans.

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• Jobless claims jump as housing market gets weaker

  2 min ago | via Marin Independent Journal 

  Two cornerstones of the economy - jobs and housing - sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record.

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• Gloomy day for U.S. markets

  2 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped 34,000 last week, the Labor Department said, in part reflecting seasonal volatility typical at this time of year, but also indicating ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Home Selling, Stamford, CT, New Haven Metro

• Md. Woman Charged In Tax Scandal

  2 min ago | via NewsChannel 8 

  A real estate agent from Prince George's County has been charged in a scheme that prosecutors believe defrauded the D.C. tax office out of nearly $50 million.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Clinton, MD, University of the District of Columbia