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Press Digest - Wall Street Journal - June 20
The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Comment?
OC Fannie Mae worker charged with fraud
An Orange County employee of mortgage giant Fannie Mae has pleaded not guilty to charges that he demanded kickbacks to provide listings of repossessed homes to a real estate broker. Comment?
Online Insurance Marketplace Provides Tips on How to Find Affordable...
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In order to find these policies, people ought to do a research. For example, they could buy an insurance policy that will last for as long as their house mortgage remains active. Comment?
Cookie Clearinghouse; Shazam The Ratings
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Mozilla is creating a Cookie Clearinghouse in collaboration with the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, according to Ad Age. Comment?
Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
WASHINGTON There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. Comment?
Gunderson, Denton & Peterson, P.C. Opens Their Phoenix Office
Jun. 19, 2013 - PHOENIX -- People in Phoenix and the surrounding areas are invited to contact the attorneys when they need assistance with immigration concerns, probate issues, business law, and other matters. Comment?
Audit: City's growing debt hits services
The city of Portland's financial health is stable but declined the past two years, according to an audit released Wednesday by City Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade. Comment?
Sure, the latest step down happened all of a sudden, from 95.5 US cents early Thursday morning to below 92.5 before noon. Comment?
Homeowners on trackers 'should lose tax relief'
This would be a way for the State to subsidise domestic banks for the huge losses they are making on these mortgages. Comment?
Exeter Express and Echo published Huge rise in three years?
HOUSE prices will rise 5.5 per cent by the end of this year and accelerate by nearly 30 per cent over the next five years, Chesterton Humberts has predicted. Comment?
NC Senate again delays final vote on tax overhaul
The Senate pulled the proposal from its schedule and returned it to the Finance Committee. Comment?
As Bernanke clarifies Fed's moves, markets stumble
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The Federal Reserve might begin tapering off its economic life support late this year and finish a controversial program of bond purchases by the middle of the next year, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday in remarks that triggered fear and loathing in financial markets. Comment?
Cordray: TILA/RESPA disclosures in review
June 20, 2013 - The CFPB has told lawmakers it is still reviewing comments received on its one last pending rulemaking on mortgage lending - the combined disclosures - in an effort to ensure meaningful consumer disclosure while avoiding unnecessary delays in loan closings. Comment?
Economic Statistics for 19 Jun 13
The MBA reports that mortgage applications fell -3.3% last week, with purchases down 3.0% and re-fis down 3.0%. Comment?
Banks' mortgage-service fixes faulted by settlement monitor
The largest U.S. mortgage servicers, including Citigroup and Bank of America, haven't done enough to upgrade their treatment of customers in danger of foreclosure, according to a court-appointed monitor. Comment?
Kenya: Rent, Don't Buy Office for Former Presidents
YESTERDAY MPs shot down government plans to purchase an office for former President Mwai Kibaki at a cost of Sh700 million. Comment?
Bernanke says Fed likely to reduce bond buying this year
U.S.Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks to the press following the Fed's two-day policy meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, June 19, 2013. Comment?
Latest must-have among the wealthy? A 'personal CFO'
Jim DeMartini, managing partner at Bay Area accounting firm Seiler, sees huge demand for a service he dubs, the personal CFO. Comment?
Worcester City Council approves $564M municipal budget
The City Council Tuesday night unanimously adopted a $564 million municipal budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1; it addresses public safety manpower needs and could eventually bring city spending for the public schools up to the required level set by the state's formula for the first time in many years The budget includes funding for a ... (more) Comment?
Four of the five banks that agreed last year to correct foreclosure and mortgage modification abuses are still not living up to their word, a report out yesterday found. Comment?