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SBA budget has 191 earmarks, but no money to cut loan feesBizjournals.com, NC -22 minutes agoThe House's original SBA funding bill included an extra $80 million in funding for the agency's 7(a) business loan program, a popular source of long-term …

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Govt reviews ODA loans, eyes yen or euro fundingManila Standard Today, Philippines -1 hour agoThe Department of Finance is set to review the official development assistance loans extended by multilateral lending agencies to help exporters and …Gov't to review budget support plan for 2008Inquirer.netall 2 news articles

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Indians Denied Home Loans? | KXNet.com North Dakota NewsKXMC, ND -3 hours agoThe overly-broad, sensationalist accusation made by that headline aside the truth is that only about 1/3 of Indian loan applications in North Dakota are …Report: Native Americans denied home loans more oftenJamestown SunHome Loans Tough To Come By For ManyKFYR-TVall 38 news articles

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Markets Somber As Year EndsHartford Courant, United States -3 hours agoFalling home prices have made it hard for struggling homeowners to refinance their mortgages, and the slump in construction activity has hurt home builders …Stock Market Shows Resilience In a Year of Economic TurmoilWashington Postall 794 news articles

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Oft-seen words in ’07 still pack a punchKansas City Star, MO -42 minutes agoThe financial system gagged on a whole lot of subprime mortgages in 2007, and there’s sure to be more trouble going into 2008. Kansas City-based NovaStar …

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Stocks End 2007 on a Down NoteBusinessWeek -30 minutes agoAnother problem has been worry about Americans' ability to repay their home mortgages. Rising defaults and foreclosures were a trend that started the year's …

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Stock Market Shows Resilience In a Year of Economic TurmoilWashington Post, United States -2 hours agoStocks started 2007 with a brief rally but plunged in late February, with the Dow shedding 416 points in one day as concerns about subprime mortgages swept …Stocks Fall on Last Day of '07Chicago Tribuneall 791 news articles

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MBIA, AIG Lead US Insurers to Worst Year Since 2002 (Update2)Bloomberg -1 hour agoIts securities backed by residential mortgages declined by $2.6 billion in October and November. AIG lost 19 percent in 2007 in New York Stock Exchange …S&P 500 4Q Leaders & LaggardsBusinessWeekall 10 news articles

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Stocks Fall on Last Day of '07Chicago Tribune, United States -56 minutes agoFalling home prices have made it hard for struggling homeowners to refinance their mortgages, and the slump in construction activity has hurt homebuilders …

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Fed uncertainty, recession risk to cloud investment picture in 2008MarketWatch -3 hours agoFor some, the central bank's response fell shy of a short-term fix. "There will be two drivers in 2008," said Max Bublitz, chief strategist at SCM Advisors, …

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