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Rs54 billion loans written off in 2002, SBP tells SCPakistan Dawn, Pakistan -53 minutes agoBy Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, March 31: The State Bank told the Supreme Court on Monday that commercial loans of about Rs54 billion owed by businesses run by …Pirzada, SM Zafar to assist SC in Rs 54bn loans write-off caseDaily Timesall 3 news [...]

Ontario cracks down on payday loansToronto Star,  Canada -9 hours agoThe Liberal government is cracking down on payday loan companies by limiting how much they can charge customers. Government Services Minister Ted McMeekin …It's About Fairness: New Payday Lending Law To Regulate IndustryCanada NewsWire (press release)Ontario Introduces New Payday Lending Law To Cap RatesRTO OnlineOntario [...]

General Steel Holdings Announces Fourth Quarter and新华美通(新闻发布), Hong Kong -8 hours ago… related parties 565631 — Notes receivable 4216678 537946 Notes receivable – Restricted 12514659 — Short term loan receivable – Related Party 1233900 …

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Questions remain about Democrats' housing aid plans as US mortgage…International Herald Tribune, France -1 hour agoBut even as Democratic lawmakers pledged to move swiftly on a plan to have the government guarantee $400 billion (€253 billion) in troubled mortgages, …How to Cast a Mortgage Lifeline?New York Timesall 346 news articles

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It's About Fairness: New Payday Lending Law To Regulate IndustryCanada NewsWire (press release), Canada -6 hours agoIn a continuing effort to protect Ontario's most vulnerable consumers in need of short-term loans, a process to place a cap on total costs of borrowing, …

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Ontario says it will protect vulnerable by cracking down on payday …The Canadian Press, TORONTO -3 hours agoTORONTO — Ontario is cracking down on payday loan companies in an effort to protect the province's "most economically vulnerable," but those in the industry …Ontario cracks down on payday loansToronto StarIt's About Fairness: New Payday Lending Law To Regulate [...]

Obama at the Pump: Subprime Loans, Trucking Taxes, the War and GasWashington Post, United States -1 hour agoCountrywide Financial was one of the institutions that was pumping up the subprime lending market and inducing people to take out these subprime loans. …

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Slim bond returns welcome in rough quarterMarketWatch -1 hour agoShort-term and intermediate-term government bond fund returns ranged between 1.5% and 2.5% during the quarter, while short-term investment grade corporate …Not Everyone Is Cheering Lower RatesNew York Timesall 9 news articles

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Pirzada, SM Zafar to assist SC in Rs 54bn loans write-off caseDaily Times, Pakistan -3 hours agoBeneficiaries: Justice Abbasi said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) had not written off loans of the poor, including orphans, widows and small farmers, …

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WRAPUP 1-Short-term rates soar in quarter-end scrambleReuters India, India -3 hours agoBy Burton Frierson NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) – Short-term interest rates soared across the globe on Monday, but the latest tension in markets for lending …

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