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  1. Tulare County foreclosure rates doubleRead the original story

    5 min ago | Tulare Advance-Register

    The latest snapshot of Tulare County's housing market shows a region still struggling under the weight of increasing foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies, which have shot up since spring 2008.

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Tulare County, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Visalia, CA

  2. Government loan mortgage...Read the original story

    5 min ago | Omaha World-Herald

    Government insured home loans jumped to 36 percent of all U.S. mortgage applications in June, the highest since 1990, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

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    Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Mortgage

  3. Kids Kollege enters final weekRead the original story w/Photo

    5 min ago | Farmington Daily Times

    Kids Kollege is wrapping up another successful year, but there still is a week of work to be done.

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    Related Topix: Kids, Family

  4. Conservative Democrats break ranks on health careRead the original story

    Yesterday | Sacramento Bee

    Conservative House Democrats are demanding significant changes before they can support a sweeping health care overhaul, forcing the House to join the Senate in delaying action on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Blue Dogs, Country, Small Business, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat

  5. business: Business Beat: More manufacturing jobs leave stateRead the original story

    8 min ago | The Capital Times

    Back when high-rise condos were all the rage and banks were loaning money to anything with a pulse, the announcement that a Stoughton manufacturing firm was laying off dozens of workers would have generated big news here.

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    Related Topix: Manufacturing, Briggs and Stratton Corporation, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Madison, Home, Mortgage

  6. Geithner says derivatives blindsided the gov'tRead the original story

    8 min ago | WBMA

    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling lawmakers the U.S. economy stumbled last year in part because the power and risks of an explosive derivatives market blindsided the government.

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  7. Conservative Democrats break ranks ...Read the original story

    9 min ago | WBMA

    Washington - Conservative House Democrats are demanding significant changes before they can support a sweeping health care overhaul, forcing the House to join the Senate in delaying action on President Barack Obama 's top domestic priority.

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Blue Dogs, Country, Small Business, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat

  8. the Trashing of Fort Ord: Effort aims to curb roadside dumpsRead the original story

    9 min ago | Monterey County Herald

    An illegal dump site at Fort Ord that was cleaned up 10 days ago is once again littered with trash.

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    Related Topix: Monterey County, CA

  9. Contractors battle competition as the big projects dry upRead the original story

    9 min ago | The Business Journal of Phoenix

    When Jim Rike's construction firm and Gary Golka's electrical contracting business bid on projects, they have a lot more competition than they once did.

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    Related Topix: Small Business

  10. Report: AIG asks U.S. government to approve more bonus paymentsRead the original story

    13 min ago | Penticton Herald

    A car speeds past the AIG sign, at AIG's financial products offices in Wilton, Conn.

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    Related Topix: Wilton, CT, Insurance, American International Group, Apparel, Kenneth Cole Productions, Footwear

  11. City hopes small-business loan fund will lift some cloudsRead the original story w/Photo

    15 min ago | Nashua Telegraph

    The city is sitting on some money it wants to get into the hands of the right business owners.

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    Related Topix: Small Business, Nashua, NH

  12. To Get to Sotomayora s Core, Start in New YorkRead the original story

    15 min ago | Ocala Business Journal

    This article was reported by Russ Buettner, Serge F. Kovaleski and Michael Powell, and written by Mr.

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    Related Topix: New York, Sonia Sotomayor, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Credit Card Debt, Wedding

  13. China's House Prices Rise for First Time in Seven Months on Lending SurgeRead the original story w/Photo

    19 min ago | Bloomberg.com - Asia

    Chinaa s urban home prices rose for the first time in seven months, adding to evidence that record bank lending is driving a recovery in the worlda s third-largest economy.

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    Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Hangzhou, China, World News, Zhejiang, China, China

  14. Report: AIG asks gov't to approve bonus paymentsRead the original story

    19 min ago | Ocala Business Journal

    Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 12:15 a.m. After its bonus payments ignited a firestorm of criticism earlier this year, American International Group Inc.

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    Related Topix: Insurance, American International Group, Apparel, Kenneth Cole Productions, Footwear

  15. Changing Skyline: Let there be pedestrian lightRead the original story

    20 min ago | Philly.com

    The right lighting does wonders for an old city like Philadelphia. Just look at Baltimore Avenue, where a column of new street lamps is positioned among the fledgling sidewalk restaurants and secondhand shops.

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    Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Opinion

  16. Extended financial oversight meets industry, lawmaker oppositionRead the original story

    21 min ago | Philly.com

    Government efforts to tighten regulation of mortgages and credit cards are meeting growing opposition from the financial-services industry and some congressional Republicans.

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Financial Services, Republican, Spencer Bachus

  17. FraudRead the original story w/Photo

    27 min ago | Daily Business Review

    District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau said at a news conference Wednesday that evidence uncovered during a 10-month investigation indicates that the overall scam operated from AFG Financial Group, a mortgage brokerage firm in Garden City, N.Y., could have swindled lenders out of $102 million and possibly more.

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Garden City, NY, Suffolk County, NY

  18. Survey: Where are the homebuyers?Read the original story

    27 min ago | Denton Record-Chronicle

    Home prices are falling in many neighborhoods to levels not seen in a decade and home finance costs are low.

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    Related Topix: Housing, Home Buying, Home, Marketing, Foreclosures, Tax

  19. Mortgage Rates Down This Week Amid Concerns Over Labor MarketRead the original story

    28 min ago | Realty Times

    Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.20 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending July 9, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 5.32 percent.

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Financial Services, Freddie Mac

  20. Overturned Gillette case narrows payout to two, broadens legal interestRead the original story w/Photo

    28 min ago | Jamaica Gleaner

    The Supreme Court building in Kingston, and seat of Jamaica's Court of Appeal. - File Overturning a Court of Appeal ruling that all ex-employees have a right to share in the windfall, the Privy Council has ruled this week that only the two workers still contributing to Gillette Jamaica's pension scheme at the time of its closure eight years ago are ...

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    Related Topix: Jamaica, Central America, World News, Pension, Retirement