Senate Close to Passing Housing Aid
16 min ago | via ABC News
Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in... Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.
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National City posts big loss; other banks report increases
16 min ago | via KPC Media Group, Inc.
Cleveland-based National City Corp. Thursday reported a net loss of $1.8 billion for the second quarter ended June 30 compared to a net loss $347 million in the prior-year period.
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U.S. Senate seen backing housing bill, Bush to sign
17 min ago | via WNED.org
The U.S. Senate was expected to approve a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday and President George W. Bush was ready to sign it soon, amid questions about how much it will help.
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New home sales fall but stronger than expected
1 hr ago | via WNED.org
Sales of newly constructed U.S. single-family homes were stronger than expected in June, and inventories shrank to three-and-a-half-year low, a government report showed on Friday, providing a glimmer of hope ...
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Investors move into banks on pledge to not issue flood of new shares, not signs crisis over
1 hr ago | via Newsday.com
But, amid the many gyrations in the sector's stocks over the past week or so was a 27 percent pop in Wachovia Corp.
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