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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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Local Headlines

• Senators find Pittsburgh casino is in dire shape

  10 hrs ago | via Luminary 

  State senators asking questions Thursday about the rescue of a financially troubled Pittsburgh casino project by other investors found the situation more complicated and dire than they originally thought.

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• Regional economy shows improvement

  Wednesday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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National Headlines

• New home sales fall, but less than expected

  7 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the decline was less than had been expected, raising faint hopes that the nation's severe housing recession could be ...

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• Death-Squad Boss Guilty of Fraud

  7 min ago | via New York Post 

  A former Haitian death-squad leader who murdered and tortured political enemies in the early 1990s was convicted in Brooklyn yesterday of far less sinister crimes - ripping off loan providers in a ...

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• Foreclosure filings double in 2Q

  7 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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• "Beazer gave them $100,000 cash, paid their mortgage off and...

  10 min ago | via Housing Doom 

  You just can't help some people. The 2005 " Extreme Makeover " home has gone into foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Construction, Beazer Homes USA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• Sterling Gets Back to Strong Suit

  12 min ago | via GlobeSt.com 

  Sterling American Property Inc. caught the local commercial real estate market by surprise when it purchased Park Tower, the city's oldest skyscraper, for $50 million in January 2006.

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  Related Topix: University of South Florida, Home, Mortgage, University of Florida