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  • AP Financial NewsBrief at 7:20 p.m. EDT (INO News)

    NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street lost more ground in extremely volatile trading Monday, as investors recoiled at a cautious economic outlook from a Federal Reserve official and the possibility of more financial troubles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The market found only slight solace in retreating oil prices.
    2008-07-07 04:30:28
  • Help for Foreclosures in Region 8 (KAIT Jonesboro)

    JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) -- In the past two years the number of foreclosures has doubled nationwide and we're starting to see the impact here in Region 8.
    2008-07-07 04:34:25
  • LATIN AMERICAN MARKETS: Brazilian, Mexican Equities End Mixed As Wall Street Drops (Nasdaq)

    Brazilian stocks fell Monday as a closely watched survey predicted inflation will continue to rise this year, and Mexican equities pulled out a win but ran into headwinds after Wall Street lost its grip on earlier advances.
    2008-07-07 03:00:06
  • US close: Stocks finish in the red again (ShareCast)

    LONDON (SHARECAST) - US stocks started brightly but finished poorly. Early gains were wiped out by a new warning over the health of the financial sector from San Francisco Fed Bank president Janet Yellen.
    2008-07-07 03:04:05
  • EcoBroker designation paints real estate agents green (Charleston Regional Business Journal)

    Green is more than the color of money. With high-efficiency building materials and energy-saving laundry detergent, with an assortment of labels including high-energy, eco-friendly, environmentally sound and earth-loving, green has become the color du jour for business.
    2008-07-07 03:06:09
  • People in the News (Charleston Regional Business Journal)

    Aarati Doddanna has joined Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA as an associate attorney in the Charleston office. A member of the American Bar Association, Doddanna has previous experience at the Employment Justice Clinic and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    2008-07-07 03:07:39
  • Las Vegas apartment sale (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)

    Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial of San Diego and Grubb & Ellis|Las Vegas announced the sale of the 670-unit Canyon Pointe Apartment complex on East Harmon in Las Vegas.
    2008-07-07 04:27:13
  • Banks hike mortgage rates despite fall in borrowing costs (Independent)

    Several of Britain's largest banks have failed to pass on the benefits of a fall in "swap rates" over the past three weeks, with some even raising the prices of their fixed-rate mortgages at a time when they would usually be cutting rates.
    2008-07-07 04:59:02
  • Japan's 10-Year Bonds Rise on Concerns Writedowns to Increase (Bloomberg.com)

    July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's 10-year bonds rose after a plunge in the two largest U.S. mortgage-finance companies increased demand for the safety of government debt.
    2008-07-07 05:29:19
  • St George hikes home loan rates by 0.2pc to 9.67pc - News.com.au

    BANK SA and St George home loan customers will have to pay an extra $10 a week in mortgage repayments after the banks lifted rates to 9.67 per cent. St George, which owns Bank SA, said the move was due to higher funding costs. The new rates ...
    2008-07-03 05:57:00
  • June home prices in Puget Sound fall 6% from year ago - Seattle Times

    Last month's price-savvy buyers kept the median home sales price 6 percent below the previous June in the four-county central Puget Sound region as sales surged to the highest level since last August. Still, many sellers are in for a wait, according ...
    2008-07-07 03:22:00
  • The Day Ahead Canada and U.S.: Bernanke & Lacker Speak, U.S. Pending ... - Economicnews

    (CEP News) - High-profile speakers will take centre stage on Tuesday. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to speak in Arlington, Virginia at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Mortgage Lending for Low- and Moderate Income Households ...
    2008-07-07 02:32:00
  • Lenders `prey on gullible' - News.com.au

    EAGER lenders are preying on homeowners to splurge on holidays, cars and boats ¿ adding to the level of debt and causing further mortgage stress, the state's real estate body warns. Real Estate Institute of SA president Robin Turner said "over ...
    2008-07-07 04:02:00
  • Wayne Hummer Continues to Strengthen Investment Team, Expand Product ... - Forbes

    CHICAGO, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayne Hummer Asset Management Company, a subsidiary of Wintrust Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WTFC) announced the appointment of Katherine Buck, CFA as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for the Small Cap Core ...
    2008-07-07 06:47:00
  • TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 15:45 BST - CNBC

    2008-07-07 15:43:13 Expect the best 2Q trends from retail brokers, asset managers -- Citigroup BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - Citigroup said Monday that it expects the best core trends in second-quarter results from retail brokers TD Ameritrade and ...
    2008-07-07 07:59:00