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Tulare County foreclosure rates double
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. Comment?
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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. Comment?
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Kids Kollege enters final week
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Kids Kollege is wrapping up another successful year, but there still is a week of work to be done. Comment?
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Conservative Democrats break ranks on health care
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. Comment?
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business: Business Beat: More manufacturing jobs leave state
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. Comment?
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Geithner says derivatives blindsided the gov't
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. Comment?
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Conservative Democrats break ranks ...
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. Comment?
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the Trashing of Fort Ord: Effort aims to curb roadside dumps
An illegal dump site at Fort Ord that was cleaned up 10 days ago is once again littered with trash. Comment?
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Contractors battle competition as the big projects dry up
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. Comment?
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Report: AIG asks U.S. government to approve more bonus payments
A car speeds past the AIG sign, at AIG's financial products offices in Wilton, Conn. Comment?
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City hopes small-business loan fund will lift some clouds
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The city is sitting on some money it wants to get into the hands of the right business owners. Comment?
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To Get to Sotomayora s Core, Start in New York
This article was reported by Russ Buettner, Serge F. Kovaleski and Michael Powell, and written by Mr. Comment?
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China's House Prices Rise for First Time in Seven Months on Lending Surge
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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. Comment?
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Report: AIG asks gov't to approve bonus payments
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. Comment?
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Changing Skyline: Let there be pedestrian light
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. Comment?
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Extended financial oversight meets industry, lawmaker opposition
Government efforts to tighten regulation of mortgages and credit cards are meeting growing opposition from the financial-services industry and some congressional Republicans. Comment?
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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. Comment?
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Survey: Where are the homebuyers?
Home prices are falling in many neighborhoods to levels not seen in a decade and home finance costs are low. Comment?
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Mortgage Rates Down This Week Amid Concerns Over Labor Market
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. Comment?
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Overturned Gillette case narrows payout to two, broadens legal interest
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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 ... Comment?





