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ADB approves 620 mn dlr in loans to IndiaEconomic Times, India -11 minutes agoMANILA: India is to get two Asian Development Bank loans totaling 620 million dollars to improve rural roads and basic urban services in two states, …
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ABC's 2006 profit surges on loans, feesShanghai Daily, China -14 minutes agoLoans, mostly to the country's 800 million farmers, grew 11 percent to 3.1 trillion yuan, faster than Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of …
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Fitch Rates $745.5MM Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Series 2007-4Business Wire (press release), CA -7 hours agoThe transaction is secured by conventional one- to four-family, adjustable rate mortgage loans secured by first liens on residential real estate properties. …Fitch Rates DBALT $1.328 Billion Series 2007-OA3Business Wire (press release)Fitch Rates $1.40B JP Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2007-A2Business Wire (press [...]

Rates on 30-year mortgages climbNorth County Times, CA -14 minutes agoMortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.42 percent in its nationwide survey this week. …
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Fitch affirms Bangkok Bank at 'BBB+'; outlook stableThe Asian Banker (subscription), Singapore -1 hour agoThe following affirmations were also made to its Short-term Foreign Currency Rating at 'F2', Individual Rating at 'C', Support Rating at '2' and its …Fitch Affirms Bank of Ayudhya at 'BBB-'; Outlook StableThe Asian Banker (subscription)all 2 news articles
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FDIC sees some progress on modifying subprime loansCanada.com, Canada -3 hours agoCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (Reuters) – Some progress is being made to modify home loans to borrowers with poor credit histories but more work by regulators and …
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Debt alert over rising cost of mortgagesTelegraph.co.uk, UK -23 minutes agoBy Rosie Murray-West, Business Correspondent. Britain's largest building society warned borrowers yesterday not to take on too much debt, amid signs that …
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Varsity stops internship after loans revokedDaily Nation (subscription), Kenya -2 hours agoThis follows the withdrawal of loans to the trainees after their second year of study by the Higher Education Loans Board. Board secretary Benjamin Cheboi …
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Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. NewsAmerican Digital Networks (press release), MD -2 hours agoThe Long-Term Investment Operations invests primarily in non-conforming Alt-A ("Alt-A") mortgage loans and to a lesser extent small-balance commercial loans…
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Bulgaria mortgage rates edge up to 8.46%Dnevnik.bg, Bulgaria -2 hours agoThe average rate on long-term consumer loans shed 0.42 percentage points to settle at 9.98% while the rate on short-term household loans is going in the …
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