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  • Talk of Bailing Out Bond Insurers Sparks Wild Ride - Motley Fool

    Talk of Bailing Out Bond Insurers Sparks Wild RideMotley Fool - 6 hours agoThe huge volatility comes after Ambac had its credit rating downgraded last week by rating agency Fitch. Without a pristine reputation, the future of the ...
    2008-01-25 01:59:03
  • Brown calls for free trade, reform of world institutions - Xinhua

    Brown calls for free trade, reform of world institutionsXinhua, China - 6 hours agoBrown warned that there is worse to come for the world economy as the financial turmoil, triggered by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, has not been over. ...
    2008-01-25 02:14:05
  • Self-Defense Tactics: 7 Ways to Avoid a Real Estate Con Artist - RisMedia.com (press release)

    Self-Defense Tactics: 7 Ways to Avoid a Real Estate Con ArtistRisMedia.com (press release), CT - 6 hours agoThey even hid the fact that Cay Clubs condos were being developed as rental properties, so investors could qualify for residential mortgage loans. ...
    2008-01-25 02:14:41
  • Fortune favours the brave - Guardian Unlimited

    Fortune favours the braveGuardian Unlimited, UK - 4 hours agoMany of the properties sold at auctions are homes that have been repossessed from the financially-stretched by their mortgage company. ...
    2008-01-25 03:44:32
  • Henderson ahead for the year, despite final quarter knocks - Scotsman

    Henderson ahead for the year, despite final quarter knocksScotsman, United Kingdom - 4 hours agoBy Rosemary Gallagher GIVEN the credit crunch and market turmoil, it's not surprising that many funds have seen their performance suffer in recent months. ...
    2008-01-25 04:17:58
  • Some economic questions for presidential candidates - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    Some economic questions for presidential candidatesSeattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours agoAnd this is why the subprime mortgage crisis at least seems to call our immediate economic future into question. So while Congress and President Bush cobble ...
    2008-01-25 04:41:25
  • Shareholder pressuring MoneyGram to reject deal - Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)

    Shareholder pressuring MoneyGram to reject dealMinneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 3 hours agoJP Morgan Chase has a $150 million credit facility to MoneyGram, and also acts as the company's strategic adviser. "JP Morgan's advise and counsel to ...
    2008-01-25 04:50:17
  • Taking the Bears to Task - New York Times

    Taking the Bears to TaskNew York Times, United States - 2 hours agoMr. Greenberg, in a post on Tuesday about the mortgage market, asserted that things were likely to get far worse before they get better. ...
    2008-01-25 06:09:13
  • Hate to Spoil a Weekend, but .... - New York Times

    Hate to Spoil a Weekend, but ....New York Times, United States - 2 hours agoI have no sense of how bad it is going to be, but I think it is going to last beyond 2008.” Daniel Alpert, a managing director of Westwood Capital, ...
    2008-01-25 06:27:26
  • Shackled by red tape - National Post

    Shackled by red tapeNational Post, Canada - 2 hours agoThe federal government knows well the obstacles First Nations face in attracting outside investment, and to its credit, Ottawa has in recent years created ...
    2008-01-25 06:32:29
  • Foreclose Me ... I'll Save Money! - Free Internet Press

    Foreclose Me ... I'll Save Money!Free Internet Press, NY - 22 minutes agoI do know a mortgage broker in another state who agreed to help us (no profit in any way, because we're friends). The bank spelled it out simply, ...
    2008-01-25 08:11:03
  • Recession talk - Vancouver Sun

    Recession talkVancouver Sun,  Canada - 22 minutes agoBad news from the housing market, and the credit crunch starting cascading out. Then company news was not as good as expected. So it was no longer just the ...
    2008-01-25 08:11:25
  • Can Plan Count On Consumer? (Hartford Courant)

    No Guarantee Americans Will Want To Spend Rebate The success of the federal $150 billion emergency economic stimulus plan will hinge on whether American consumers do what they do best — spend, spend, spend.
    2008-01-25 06:52:48
  • Brown calls for free trade, reform of world institutions (People's Daily)

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Friday for free trade and sweeping reform of world institutions as a response to the changing landscape of global economy. "We have to be less protectionist," Brown told a panel discuss ...
    2008-01-25 07:08:33
  • Taking the Bears to Task (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    Prominent bloggers are trading barbs over whether their fellow pundits have been far too optimistic or pessimistic about the economy.
    2008-01-25 07:39:59