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  1. Banks' 2008 Stock Options Turning Out To Be Most Lucrative Payouts EverRead the original story

    10 min ago | The Huffington Post

    ... revenue over the next ten years by cracking down on the... Banks will push the Obama administration to expand its mortgage-modification program to allow interest-only periods on reworked loans, seeking to bring more homeowners into the... The Obama ...

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Home

  2. Hong Kong's property market: Flat outRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 5 | The Economist

    HAVING seen the damage caused by property bubbles, Hong Kong officials are determined not to have a repeat on their own patch.

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    Related Topix: Home

  3. New banking measures: Chipped, not brokenRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 5 | The Economist

    ... support. But it created a behemoth in retail banking, with market shares of around 30% in both current accounts and mortgage lending. Small wonder that the Office of Fair Trading, a competition watchdog, gave warning that the merger would result in ...

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    Related Topix: Alistair Darling, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  4. Reforming parliamentary expenses: The never-ending storyRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | The Economist

    ... in London. He wants it confined to the cost of renting a place or staying in a hotel. Those who currently claim for mortgage payments can do so for the duration of the next parliament, but any capital gains made over that time must be returned to ...

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  5. Monetary policy: Leaders and laggardsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | The Economist

    ... measures to expire because of the improved functioning of credit markets. The Fed is trimming its purchases of mortgage-related debt because there isn't much available to buy. And if policy is to be tightened in the developed world, far better it be ...

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services

  6. Times are tough: Only $140B for Wall St. bankstersRead the original story

    12 min ago | Boston Herald

    Now, as the Wall Street Journal reports, "Major U.S. banks and securities firms are on pace to pay their employees about $140 billion this year - a record high." Folks, $140 billion is more than the combined budgets of the U.S. departments of Commerce, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, the National Science Foundation and the ...

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    Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Retirement, Foreclosures, Opinion

  7. Let voters determine executive payRead the original story

    26 min ago | Daily Herald

    I have read several articles on the proposed decision to cut the pay of top executives at companies on taxpayer life support.

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    Related Topix: Home

  8. Government As Narcotics DealerRead the original story

    32 min ago | Magic City Morning Star

    ... banks began to do the same sorts of things that they were to do 80 years later in the housing and subprime mortgage bubble. They used low cost, easy money to invest in assets that were outside the normal range of traditional, prudent banking. While ...

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Markets

  9. Is Another Revolutionary War Imminent?Read the original story

    32 min ago | Magic City Morning Star

    Many years ago there was a group of people whom the government labeled "Extremists", "Insubordinates", "Threats to The Nation". The government of which I speak, was Great Britain; and that group of extremists, the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, who ultimately broke free from the bonds of the British Empire and the United Kingdom ...

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    Related Topix: Social Security

  10. Retirees must match income to spendingRead the original story

    36 min ago | ReporterNews.com

    ... most of it invested in CDs. What is the best way to grow this money so it lasts? My house has a small $50,000 mortgage. Should I get back into the market? Is it worth it to pay to manage my portfolio since I lack the expertise to manage it? - L.K., ...

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    Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Social Security, Retirement

  11. Rockland Legislature extends back-tax repayment timeRead the original story

    38 min ago | The Journal News

    ... state of the economy, which has seen property owners lose their homes not only for failing to keep up with their mortgage payments, but also their tax bills. In 2007-08, 1,872 properties had tax liens placed on them by the county, according to ...

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Rockland County, NY, Suffern, NY, Bardonia, NY

  12. Ten percent unemployment is a lot tougher than it used to beRead the original story

    42 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Economics News, Bankruptcy

  13. Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to beRead the original story

    42 min ago | SavannahNow

    ... overseas as the economy improves. Schenk, who is drawing unemployment aid, has managed to stay up-to-date on his mortgage and credit card payments, but at a significant cost to his financial future. "I'm burning through my savings," he says. "And ...

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    Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Foreclosures, Schaumburg, IL, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  14. You've seen the TV ads, so you're wondering: What is Ally Bank?Read the original story

    43 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    Its TV and print ads poke fun at the bait-and-switch tactics of other banks. Its interest rates on CDs have been the most generous in the industry.

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    Related Topix: Home

  15. Analysis: 10 percent joblessness is Obama's new worldRead the original story

    43 min ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... likely won't increase rapidly. Foreclosures will continue to rise, hitting not just subprime borrowers, but prime mortgage holders as well. Commercial real estate lending, already teetering, could plunge in the face of rising vacancy and loan ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, George Bush, Home

  16. Laid-off workers tapping 401(k) funds to surviveRead the original story

    49 min ago | Beacon News

    As the last of his severance pay dwindled away in March, Brad Cleghorn of northwest suburban Marengo cashed out his 401 plan in order to pay his mortgage and feed his family.

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Retirement, Tax, Social Security

  17. Names and Changes Compiled by Heather Brush Froeschl;...Read the original story

    51 min ago | Roanoke Times

    ... as the anatomy department chairman for the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. FINANCIAL WestStar Mortgage Corp. has opened a new branch in Roanoke with JIM GEORGE as loan officer and area manager, EDIE SAUNDERS as loan officer and ...

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    Related Topix: Marketing, Virginia, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Roanoke, VA

  18. Repo men face a crossroadsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | CapeCodOnline.com

    ... but "these were good loans gone bad," said Tom Webb, chief economist at Manheim Consulting. "It's not like the mortgage market." The same cautious lenders recently have been cutting back on their spending for repossessions, partly to reduce expenses ...

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    Related Topix: Home, Palatine, IL

  19. Financial Advisor - Training ProgramRead the original story

    1 hr ago | CFO

    ... or other continued education, medical, dental and vision plans, and stock options. They also include such perks as mortgage assistance, special discounts for auto and homeowners insurance, and banking. You'll also have a chance to build equity in ...

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  20. Even the Rich Treat Their Houses Like Piggy BanksRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Los Angeles Business Journal Online - business news and information for Los Angeles California

    In recent years, millions of Americans looked at their houses and saw big, fat piggy banks.

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