Bear Stearns Cos ., the nation’s fifth-largest investment bank, on Wednesday said it will cut 4 percent of its staff in further fallout from the summer’s mortgage turmoil. via WHP-TV Harrisburg
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“I’m out here because I want my children to live in a country ruled by a president, not a king”
CARACAS, Venezuela , Nov. 29 - Three days before a referendum that would vastly expand the powers of President Hugo Chavez , this city’s streets were packed on Thursday with tens of thousands of opponents to … via New York Times
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“E-Trade’s core business is strong”
Discount broker E-Trade Financial Corp. disclosed Thursday it is getting a $2.5 billion capital infusion from a group led by Citadel Investment Group and said Mitchell H. Caplan has stepped down as its chief … via ABC News
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“Rising inventories of for-sale properties are clearly having a material impact on home prices”
U.S. home prices marked a quarterly decline for the first time in 13 years in the third quarter, according to government data released Thursday that provide fresh evidence of the housing market slump. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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“I think they can handle what’s coming at them”
The quarterly banking industry statistics, made public by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., highlighted a dramatic deterioration in the third-quarter as the slumping housing and mortgage markets dragged down … via Kansas.com
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“We still have more data to come.”
Michael McDonnell, left, of Van der Moolen Specialists rubs his eyes on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Nov. via KansasCity.com
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Assembly Democrats are asking Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to call a special legislative session to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure. via KTVU
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“We are very pleased by the strong investor interest and demand shown in our preferred stock offering”
Big mortgage finance company Freddie Mac on Thursday set a price of $25 a share for the $6 billion in special stock it is selling to help shore up its finances amid strong investor demand for the stock. via Money
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“About 35 percent of the total filings we collected this month were notices of bank repossession”
U.S. foreclosure filings nearly doubled in October from the same month last year, the latest sign many homeowners are falling behind on mortgage payments and increasingly losing their homes, according to a … via Rapid City Journal
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“Interest rates for U.S. Treasury securities have been drifting lower this month over market concerns that the housing slump and stress in the credit markets could slow future economic growth”
Mortgage rates fell sharply this week with rates on 30-year mortgages dropping to the lowest level in more than two years.Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages … via ABC 33/40
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As I prepare for my days of College, anxiety seems to be hitting me. The fact that I am trying to finance my entire College education by myself, without the help of my parents, worries me. Working at a fast food restaurant doesn’t quite provide the income I really need. I may just have to find a new job.
Inflation is what’s killing me. My income stays the same, yet everything around me is going up price wise, and now my college search has even worse news. The price of an education keeps going up and is reaching some record levels, as seen on a report of the most expensive Colleges. The study, compiled by CampusGrotto on their College Blog is the most updated list yet, as all the prices of tuition are current as of now. What I like is not only do they list the most expensive Colleges tuition
wise, but also by tuition and room and board. There is actually quite a difference between the two lists, as where a College is at can play a huge role and factor in the total costs of an education. Obviously a student attending a College in California or the highly populated northeast (Boston, New York) will be paying more room and board wise, as the cost of living is higher.
For me this is a list of Colleges not to consider because these prices are off the charts! One wonders how a University will factor in the cost of an education. It is clear that an expensive College does not necessarily make it one of the Best Colleges, so then why the high tuition? This could also be branched off into a whole new discussion on what makes the
best colleges. One thing is clear though, I need to find a cheap College.
Luckily I have good grades and an assortment of extracurricular activities, which has already gotten me some financial aid cash and will help me greatly when I apply for College Scholarships. Still, I keep seeing all these extra costs of going off to school, and it makes me wonder what I can do if I get into a financial bind. My parents have already told me they can’t really help me out.
Luckily a student loan is one of the easiest loans to obtain, and I won’t have to pay it back until I graduate, if that ever happens. I
think the main reason I am stressed is that my SAT Exam is coming up. While I have had plenty of practice, I am still nervous because a low score could keep me out of a college I want to go to. When it’s all said and done, I am looking forward to going to College.
Unfortunately, Identity Theft is growing each and every day. Identity theft can really mess with your finances. Protecting against identity theft should be paramount for you if your concerned about what can become of your financial accounts. Your credit ratings can just about be destroyed due to credit report problems, leaving you with much lower credit numbers.
In late 2003, the federal government did some studies that found that of the roughly quarter million credit reports theta were chosen, only about 33% had no unfound problems. A few had minor issues, however, a lot showed delinquent payments, unfoundedly. This of course can have major affects on your credit and your credit ratings. Many experts recommend that you take a look at your credit reports, each and every year to prevent these problems.
Some other basics that should be considered when trying to avoid identity theft are rather straightforward. Don’t allow unnecessary access to your social security number, your credit card accounts, or passwords. It may sound rather rudimentary, but there are thousands of internet scams that fool people every day. Some of which can be quite clever, so surf the web with caution.
Setting up a plan to protect Intellectual Property is additionally important. Intellectual property is often defined by 2 separate qualities. They include the properties that are protected by patent or copyright intellectual protection. Patents must be sent to the United States Patent office, but copyrights are created immediately upon completion of the underlying works.
You will find that a copyright or a patent may be transferred after the inventor’s death or any time during his or her lifetime. It is most commonly performed with a will or the probate process. Other than rights, which are non exclusive, a copyright transfer can be completed through a written document. The Patent transfer can be executed in writing or via grant licensing. Now, if intellectual property is created via a salaried individual those rights are often held by the employer, unless pre existing exclusions are set in place.
The above references are only a brief explanation when dealing with identity theft and the complications that come with intellectual property protection. Legal counsel well versed in these estate-planning issues can be invaluable when it comes to planning your estate probate. The above can have some tax implications, as well, so you may want to seek advice from a qualified tax attorney. Dealing with intellectual property and probate should be done with caution.
“It was basically just a lack of knowledge and sloppy record-keeping on my part”
The BSA is getting more aggressive. Its CEO says software licenses aren’t as difficult as many users contend. via BPM Today
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In 2008, the monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security income benefits for more than 54 million Americans will increase 2.3 percent, according to the Social Security Administration. via Accounting Today
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“This investment also enables us to access capital in an efficient manner, and is consistent with our strategy of maintaining a balance sheet that benefits from highly diverse sources of funding in terms of both geography and type of security”
Pedestrians pass a Citibank branch office in this Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 file photo, in Chicago. via Kansas.com
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“You can’t walk into a bank and say, ‘Come on man, I’m one guy and I don’t want my wife to have to work,’”
Colin Nash, 35, was struggling with $12,000 in credit-card debt late last year. Meanwhile, Michael Fisher, 24, was looking for a new investment. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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“The early focus was on the consumer and the weekend sales but of course subprime always seems to pop its head up”
Wall Street sold off sharply Monday as concerns about a weakening credit market wiped out investors’ enthusiasm about strong retails sales over the holiday weekend. via The Clarion-Ledger
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“Maybe people are going to be freaked out about Wells Fargo’s losses, but they shouldn’t be”
Wells Fargo & Co. is absorbing $1.4 billion in losses on home equity loans that borrowers have stopped repaying amid a deepening real estate slump that’s turned into a financial sinkhole. via The Post-Standard
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“We were fortunate in that this had to do with passwords and e-mail addresses and not anything more severe”
Hacker Breaches Marketing Software Maker AUSTIN A marketing software company serving nonprofits across the country including The American Red Cross said Tuesday that a hacker stole e-mail addresses and password … via Customer Interaction Solutions
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“Not that long ago economists said housing was the backbone of our economy”
The president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors said a rising tide of foreclosures threatens to “break the back of our national economy.” Douglas Palmer of Trenton, N.J., is attending a conference Tuesday in … via The Indy Channel
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Freddie Mac halved its dividend and unveiled plans to sell $6 billion of preferred stock to bolster the mortgage investor’s finances in anticipation of more losses, the company said Tuesday. via The News Tribune
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“Retirement-Fund Suits May Be Permitted by U.S. Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News provides a report that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they will let participants in 401 retirement … via Legal Times
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The first IT oriented network in Bulgaria – Dao.bg develops successfully after its start three months ago and looks into the future with confidence.
Dao.bg registers 1000 unique visitors daily, three months after the start in September, and holds the attention of over 450 registered users. The users of Dao.bg have added over 5000 bookmarks for news and articles so far.
„These are excellent primary results, that strengthen my belief in the policy we chose", thinks Ognian Mladenov, one of the founders of Dao.bg and general manager of Internet Reklama Ltd. „The orientation in the niche of IT news let us accumulate fast the necessary critical numbers of users and now we can easier plan our next steps."
The main topics of Dao.bg are connected with internet, blogs, web 2.0 projects, web design, programming, marketing and advertising in internet and search engines optimisation.
The social network Dao.bg is based on Pligg and has behind its back a solid technical expertise of authorised webmasters and SEO specialists. Partners of the project Dao.bg are the forum of Bulgarian optimizers Webmasterbg.org and the news portal Internet Reklama .
Dao.bg built a considerable popularity in the Bulgarian internet as organiser and sponsor of SEO competition for Google optimisation.
In his plans for development in the coming six months is increase of visitors by 200%, as well as growth of 100% of the base with registered subscribers. Dao.bg aims to attract over 3000 visitors every day to their sites in the coming year, where will find the most interesting and important in the field of information technologies in one spot.
November has been a nerve-wracking month for Wall Street, and investors are hoping this week’s readings on economic growth, home sales and inflation don’t meet their worst fears. via Asbury Park Press Online
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With the gift-giving season upon us, it can be very tempting to run up those bills. Here are ways to debt-proof your holiday.
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“As existing investors will continue to bear all economic risk from actual losses up to the full amount of their investment, HSBC expects no material impact to its earnings”
LONDON : HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe’s largest bank, said Monday it will consolidate two structured investment vehicles, Cullinan Finance Ltd. via International Herald Tribune
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Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin and private equity firm JC Flowers are heading a shortlist of buyers for crisis-hit mortgage lender Northern Rock.
Northern Rock’s advisers have put the duo at the top of a list of preferred rescue candidates which could be announced as early as this week, the Observer newspaper said.
But the Treasury is said to be growing impatient with the sales process and is looking for the issue to be resolved before Christmas.
It could yet decide to step in and nationalise the bank if the buyers do not agree to repay the Newcastle-based group’s debt burdens of around 23 billion under terms favourable to the taxpayer, the report adds. Read more
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“Is there anything for me, anything I could do different?””
Giving employees annual performance reviews or appraisals can be one of a small business owner’s most dreaded tasks. via The Morning Call
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“Owners will just walk away from it and leave the tenants to their own devices about how to live there. It becomes a free-for-all.”
It’s not just single-family homes being affected by subprime mortgage foreclosures. via The Ohio News Network
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Thousands of Americans may be losing their homes to foreclosure or facing hefty mortgage payment resets, but Congress appears to be in no rush to offer help. via Hattiesburg American
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“A stay will prevent the waste of judicial resources in litigating over a rule that is in the process of being revised”
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer stopped the Bush administration last month from going ahead with enforcement of regulations requiring employers to fire workers if their Social Security numbers did not match … via SF Gate
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“There is much to work with on the agenda of the talks. Now we will see what it will lead to concretely because workers are expecting concrete things”
By Francois Murphy
PARIS (Reuters) - A full service was restored on the Paris Metro and most French trains were running on Saturday after transport workers ended a crippling strike so that talks on pension reform could run their course.
The nine-day walkout over President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to end a system of special pension rights has been the biggest challenge yet of his presidency, testing his credibility in keeping an election promise of sweeping economic reforms.
Talks between employers, workers and the state over the specifics of the pension reform plan are due to last a month. Union leaders have said the negotiations must lead to concrete results and hardliners have warned strikes could resume. Read more
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“We haven’t faced a downturn like this since the Depression”
When Domenico Colombo saw that his monthly mortgage payment was about to balloon by 30 percent, he had a clear picture of how bad it could get. via Pasadena Star-News
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“We are the managers of the education system”
Alberta teachers have set the stage for what they’re calling an historic labour deal which will prevent strikes or lockouts in Alberta schools over the next five years. via CFRB
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Northwest considering direct flight from Memphis to Tokyo One person dead, one critically injured during domestic dispute Family of young boys killed in crash talks Associated Press - November 24, 2007 10:55 AM … via WMC-TV Memphis
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“Maybe the day off for Thanksgiving enabled investors to reflect that maybe the bottom isn’t falling out of the economy.”
Stocks rose as investors capped a capricious week by engaging in a bit of Black Friday bargain hunting while awaiting word of how retailers might fare during what is expected to be a tough holiday shopping … via WBT-AM Charlotte
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“I wanted to sell stocks and move to cash because I thought the market would head down. I was right”
James LaRue says he lost $150,000 when his instructions to his employer on where to invest money in his retirement plan were ignored. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether a federal pension-protection law gives LaRue the right to sue to recover his losses. Arguments in the case were scheduled for Monday.
LaRue, who used to work at a management consulting firm, is among the 42 million workers who contributed to a 401(k) retirement plan, one of 250,000 across the country. At issue in LaRue’s case are the limits to lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. It regulates private-sector retirement plans holding over $5.5 trillion in assets, including $2 trillion in 401(k) plans. Read more
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H&R Block Inc , the largest U.S. tax preparer, on Friday said the subprime lending unit it is trying to sell has obtained $350 million of new funding capacity from a unit of Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc . via BNET
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“We especially want Countrywide to look back at the loans that they made and to fix loans for those (borrowers) that could have received better loans”
Consumer advocates, minority groups and homeowners, some chanting “Save our homes, fix our loans,” staged a demonstration outside Countrywide Financial Corp. via BusinessWeek
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The Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association has reached a $15.5 million settlement with Qwest Communications International stemming from the company’s accounting scandal.
PERA had opted out of a $400 million class-action settlement reached in 2005. Greg Smith, the retirement fund’s general counsel, said PERA’s share of that settlement would have been about $400,000.
In an October filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Qwest said it had agreed to pay a total of $411 million to shareholder groups that had opted out of the class-action settlement. Read more
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Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index rose 0.3 percent in a pre-holiday session as the U.S. dollar rebounded against the yen from a 2 1/2-year low hit overnight.
But concern over the exposure of insurance companies to the problems in the U.S. mortgage market dragged down the broader Topix index of all the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section issues.
The Topix fell 1.34 points, or 0.09 percent, to 1,437.38. The index now has declined 20.9 percent from its 2007 high of 1,816.97 on Feb. 26, indicating that the broader gauge of equity prices in the world’s second-largest economy might be entering a bear market. Read more
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Companies try to sell new stock to investors when market conditions are favorable so they can raise the most cash. via Daily Breeze
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“All that bad news has a cumulative effect. It feeds and festers”
Americans enter the holiday season in a dark mood, with economic worries, security fears and a lack of confidence in government fueling growing pessimism, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on … via CHANNEL 955
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Savers poured 1.8 billion into Nationwide Building Society during September as they looked for a safe haven following the crisis at Northern Rock, the group has said.
The UK’s biggest building society saw net deposits nearly double during the six months to the end of September, with savings levels increasing by 4.1 billion - 96% more than during the same period of 2006.
The huge increase left the group with 5.8 billion of deposits and a 15% share of the savings market, making it the country’s second biggest savings provider. Read more
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PARIS : Shares in French bank Natixis soared 17 percent Thursday after its main shareholders announced they would inject US$1.5 billion into the company’s bond insurance unit. via International Herald Tribune
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“According to initial returns from the general assemblies, it should be heading towards a return to work”
French commuters faced another day of transport delays on Thursday, but an end to a rail strike now in its ninth day appeared to be in sight as many local union committees voted to return to work. via Eircom.net News
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“I surrounded myself with competent and lively teams”
Alleged wrongdoing in Jacques Chirac’s past came back Wednesday to trouble his retirement, when a judge took the unprecedented step of filing preliminary embezzlement charges against the former two-term … via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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U.S. finance company GMAC said on Wednesday it is exploring the sale of parts of its troubled mortgage-lending arm, Residential Capital LLC, and the purchase of a non-U.S. mortgage lender, which sources said … via Reuters UK
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Effective communication skills training can make all the difference to your career. iOpener Ltd is a UK-based management training consultancy with a lot of experience in training managers in effective communication skills. Below are a few tips iOpener offer on communicating effectively in situations where negotiation is key.
Experienced vs. inexperienced negotiators
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Tough negotiations
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Many men want to know how to attract women, as if there is some trick to it. They tend to think of attractive women as some sort of commodity. They don’t even feel like men unless they have a gorgeous woman at their beck and call. Most of these guys suffer from terribly low self-esteem. Their entire sense of self-worth is based on dating attractive women, and generally they are single. Therefore, they think of themselves as nothing, or even less than nothing.
The best way to start dating beautiful women is to realize that there is no secret. Don’t try to figure out how to attract women, just try to figure out how to be yourself. People with low self-esteem tend to be plagued by problems and insecurities in almost every aspect of their life. They will wonder how to attract women, how to get a good job, how to succeed in life and love, and yet never managed to do any of these things. The secret is not pheromones to attract women, psychological tricks, or any of that nonsense. The secret is simply to have faith in yourself.
I used to not even know how to approach women. They were like the Holy Grail to me. Sure, now and then I would end up on drunken hookups, or go on dates with friends of friends, but in general my self-esteem was terrible, and so was my track record. I tried every trick in the book, but still had no idea how to attract women. I was starting to give in to despair, and believed that I would never find happiness or love.
For me, success only came when I gave up worrying about how to attract women. Instead, I worried about how to be happy with myself. I dedicated myself to the principle that happiness comes not from outside, but from inside. I examined all of the factors in my life, all of the things that I cared about and the things that made me happy. I deepened and enriched my friendships, pursued my creative hobbies, and got in to see a therapist to tackle my low self-esteem. It worked wonders. Now I do not have to worry about how to attract women. I have a beautiful girlfriend who loves me very much. Once I thought of myself as attractive, women began to feel the same way about me. The rest is history.
My stand-up comedy debut was still five days away, and already I was envisioning “bombing,” as they say in the business.
When I’d signed up for a comedy class a few months earlier to learn how to be funny, I wasn’t trying to land my own sitcom or an appearance on David Letterman’s show. I was more interested in answering the question many people bring to a course like this: If I can make my friends and family laugh, does that really make me funny?
Actually, there are plenty of other reasons to take an adult-ed course in stand-up – to learn how to tell jokes well, to write with more zip, or even to be a better public speaker.
But that’s not enough to make the class appealing to everyone. Tell people you are trying stand-up comedy and they say things like, “I could never do that,” “It sounds like torture,” and my personal favorite: “I would rather bungee jump.”
That didn’t keep me and my 12 classmates from exploring the world of comedy each week with a funnyman named Steve Calechman. He’s been doing stand-up in the Boston area for a decade, more recently teaching his craft to wannabes who’ve decided to see if they have what it takes.
What he knows, we learned: It takes a lot of work to make what comedians do look spontaneous. Thus started my quest to learn to be funny and witty.
Throughout the six-week class, we were guided by an observation he made early on about the difference between an amateur and a professional: One makes you think, “Yeah, that’s right”; the other, “Hey, I never thought of it that way.”
“A small group of people are holding the country hostage. It’s lamentable”
By Francois Murphy
PARIS (Reuters) - French teachers, postal workers and other civil servants began a one-day strike on Tuesday, joining forces with protesting transport workers to challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to reform the economy.
The nationwide protests over issues ranging from pension reform to the cost of living disrupted schools, trains, postal services and airports. They are the biggest threat to Sarkozy’s planned reforms since he was elected president in May.
Asked if the week-old transport strike could hurt the economy, Public Accounts Minister Eric Woerth said: “Not over several days. But if it lasted longer, it could obviously have consequences.” Read more
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“We know that we employ sound underwriting practices and we’re closely monitoring the portfolio”
Rising delinquency rates on car and truck loans have some industry analysts concerned that subprime mortgage troubles could spill into the automotive finance business.
In a note to investors Monday, Lehman Brothers analyst Brian Johnson said his analysis of auto loan-backed securities sold by Ford Motor Credit Co. and GMAC Financial Services showed some higher delinquency rates for October and September compared with recent years.
‘As unemployment remains low, this deterioration in the auto ABS credit conditions may be evidence of a likely spill over of the mortgage woes onto the auto credit world,’ Johnson wrote. Read more
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A judge in Texas on Monday ordered a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe to stop selling memberships to immigrants with the false promise that they would become U.S. citizens.
State District Judge Noe Gonzalez ruled that Malcolm Webber and his Wichita-based Kaweah Indian Nation admitted the allegations by default by failing to respond to a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
The lawsuit, filed in August, alleges that the tribe violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by selling memberships for up to $400 per person to immigrants by saying that members could get a Social Security number. Read more
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - People seeking to renew an Ohio driver’s license are no longer required to produce a Social Security card, a move that should reduce wait times at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, officials said … via Palladium-Item
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“For housing to come back, the overall economy has to perform pretty well and for that to happen, it will take a couple more rate cuts by the Fed”
Construction of single-family homes in October skidded to the lowest level in 16 years although the slide was cushioned somewhat by a rebound in apartment building. via Daily News
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“We hold that the public does in fact have a right to such information to the extent necessary to justify all guaranteed disbursements from the fund”
The state retirement system must disclose the salaries of Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno and the school’s top administrators, the state Supreme Court ruled today. via Blairsville Dispatch
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“The lack of leadership at this point in Citigroup’s storied history could not have come at a worse time.”
Goldman Sachs & Co has downgraded Citigroup to ’sell’ from ‘neutral,’ and said the largest US bank may have to write off $15 billion over the next two quarters as mortgage losses reduce earnings. via RTE.ie
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“I am not going to start running away from things when things get difficult”
Britain’s Treasury chief tried to reassure millions their personal details were safe Wednesday after the one of the biggest security breaches in the country’s history _ the loss of two computer disks containing details about nearly half the population.
Experts said the loss left millions of people exposed to identity theft and bank fraud.
‘I can well understand people’s anxiety and anger that this has happened. It should never have happened, and I apologize unreservedly for that,’ Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling told GMTV television. Read more
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