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Reports Suggest Broader Losses From MortgagesNew York Times, United States -1 hour agoIn recent years, the rise in real estate values has helped propel consumer spending, as homeowners refinanced mortgages and took out home equity loans. …Was the subprime meltdown a demon of Washington's design?BloggingStocksall 2 news articles

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IBERIABANK Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2007 ResultsCNNMoney.com -56 minutes agoAverage loans increased $124 million, or 4%, between the second and third quarters of 2007. On a period-end basis, total loans were $3.3 billion, …Heritage Financial Corporation of Olympia, Washington Announces …CNNMoney.comRome Bancorp Reports Third Quarter Earnings and Declaration of …CNNMoney.comNorthway Financial, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results [...]

Subprime slump terminates Schwarzenneger's fiscal discipline pledgeBusiness Report, South Africa -25 minutes agoToday California is selling notes due in eight months to help pay its bills until tax revenue comes in, the largest short-term loan since Schwarzenegger …

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Goddard warns about mortgage-rescue scamsArizona Republic, AZ -3 hours agoThe attorney general noted that Arizona is one of the top states for adjustable-rate mortgages that are now resetting to higher interest rates. …

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Factsheet: MortgagesGuardian Unlimited, UK -2 hours agoLenders offer a variety of different mortgage deals. Photograph: Getty Most lenders offer a range of different mortgages with varying interest rates. …How to make the most of the mortgage marketLiverpool EchoHomebuyers seek longer fixed-rate dealsThis is MoneyConsumer spending squeeze to continue as debt and tax rises biteFinance WeekCharcolall 7 news [...]

Factsheet: Personal loansGuardian Unlimited, UK -2 hours agoThere are two main types of personal loans: secured and unsecured. Unsecured loans are not tied to any of your assets, but secured loans are – usually to …Look to cut the cost of your debtsic CheshireOnlineall 4 news articles

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Parsing Candidates' Student-Loan ProposalsWall Street Journal -14 minutes agoBy ANNE MARIE CHAKER The front-running Democratic presidential candidates are pushing a simple idea they say will make college loans more affordable: …

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Problem loans weigh on $4b ANZ resultSydney Morning Herald, Australia -2 hours agoANZ Bank missed forecasts with a 7 percent rise in second-half profit as provisions for bad loans increased, dragging its shares down almost 3 percent. …New ANZ chief to give first resultThe AgeANZ, Insulated From Credit Crisis, Has Record Profit (Update1)Bloombergall 58 [...]

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Stock Market Update – Wed Oct 24 09:22:57 EDT 2007Reuters -10 hours agoEarlier this month, Merrill Lynch shocked the market with an announcement that it expected to write-down about $4.5 billion in CDOs and subprime mortgages. …Merrill's $3.4 billion balance sheet bombCNNMoney.com5TH UPDATE: Merrill Lynch Shares Tumble As Write-Downs BalloonCNNMoney.comall 330 news articles

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National City's Subprime MiseryForbes, NY -2 hours agoThe Cleveland, OH bank is one of the ten largest banks in the country in terms of deposits and mortgages. But the bank has heavy mortgage exposure in …

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