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  • Asian stocks mixed as Wall Street fails to convince; Australia ... - CNNMoney.com

    Asian stocks mixed as Wall Street fails to convince; Australia ...CNNMoney.com - 1 hour agoShares of the nation's largest mortgage lender tumbled Tuesday amid bankruptcy rumors that the company said were baseless. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) said it ...
    2008-01-09 07:21:48
  • Stocks Rise After Employment Readings - The Associated Press

    Stocks Rise After Employment ReadingsThe Associated Press - 1 hour ago... about faltering investments in mortgage debt remain undeterred. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 2.70, or 0.36 percent, to 756.25. ...
    2008-01-09 07:28:35
  • Stocks Rise After Factory Orders Report - The Associated Press

    Stocks Rise After Factory Orders ReportThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoThe weak housing market and tightness in the credit markets amid unease about faltering investments in mortgage debt remain undeterred. ...
    2008-01-09 07:29:31
  • Hiring In Region Slowed in November - Washington Post

    Hiring In Region Slowed in NovemberWashington Post, United States - 1 hour agoDespite troubles in the credit and subprime mortgage markets, jobs in credit intermediation and related services rose by about 800 jobs, to 60000. ...
    2008-01-09 07:30:10
  • CI Financial's Radlo Bets on AltaGas, Manulife for Global Fund - Bloomberg

    CI Financial's Radlo Bets on AltaGas, Manulife for Global FundBloomberg - 58 minutes agoRadlo acquired undisclosed stakes in companies such as Altagas and Keyera because of their potential for increasing earnings and dividends. ...
    2008-01-09 07:37:40
  • Family Takes Unsual Step to Avoid Foreclosure - KCRG

    Family Takes Unsual Step to Avoid ForeclosureKCRG, IA - 57 minutes ago"I think a lot of it has to do with the shoddy mortgage companies out there that went and told people false hopes and false dreams," Warren Wortman Realtor ...
    2008-01-09 07:38:47
  • Jobless Rate Hits 5 Percent, 2-Year High - The Associated Press

    Jobless Rate Hits 5 Percent, 2-Year HighThe Associated Press - 52 minutes agoThe housing and mortgage markets have melted down. Home foreclosures have soared to record highs and financial companies have wracked up billions of dollars ...
    2008-01-09 07:43:23
  • Stocks Fall After Weak Jobs Reading - The Associated Press

    Stocks Fall After Weak Jobs ReadingThe Associated Press - 52 minutes agoManufacturers, construction companies and financial services companies all cut jobs during the month amid an anemic housing market. Retailers also cut jobs. ...
    2008-01-09 07:43:44
  • Stocks Fall Sharply After Jobs Report - The Associated Press

    Stocks Fall Sharply After Jobs ReportThe Associated Press - 50 minutes agoManufacturers, construction companies and financial services companies all cut jobs during the month amid an anemic housing market. ...
    2008-01-09 07:45:51
  • S. Korea's central bank holds key interest rate steady for January - Yonhap News

    S. Korea's central bank holds key interest rate steady for JanuaryYonhap News, South Korea - 27 minutes agoThe rate freeze came as external risks such as rising oil prices and US subprime mortgage crisis threaten to cool economic growth while inflation rose at ...
    2008-01-09 08:08:50
  • Countrywide financial teeters on brink of bankruptcy - Los Angeles Times

    Countrywide financial teeters on brink of bankruptcyLos Angeles Times, CA - 25 minutes agoThe number of foreclosures more than doubled from a year earlier, to 1.44 percent of 9 billion loans the company services. Like many mortgage lenders, ...
    2008-01-09 08:10:41
  • San Francisco Bay Area Law Firms Float on Turbulent Waters - Law.com (subscription)

    San Francisco Bay Area Law Firms Float on Turbulent WatersLaw.com (subscription), CA - 25 minutes agoDespite the subprime mortgage crisis and resulting credit crunch, most of the eight Bay Area law firms that have released financial data so far showed solid ...
    2008-01-09 08:11:07
  • Jim Safka Named Ask.com CEO - InformationWeek

    Jim Safka Named Ask.com CEOInformationWeek, NY - 20 minutes ago... into separate companies later this year, including cable shopping network HSN, box office service Ticketmaster, online mortgage broker LendingTree and ...
    2008-01-09 08:15:22
  • What are the ways to profit from the diving dollar - Commodity Online

    What are the ways to profit from the diving dollarCommodity Online, India - 14 minutes agoAs we now also know, German regional banks have also been financing it by buying subprime mortgage debt. [It’s particularly good for the balance-of-payments ...
    2008-01-09 08:22:03
  • Techs Are New Year's Flop - Wall Street Journal

    Techs Are New Year's FlopWall Street Journal - 8 minutes agoBy GREGORY ZUCKERMAN and PUI-WING TAM As the housing market softened, mortgage investments soured and the economy showed signs of slowing as 2007 unfolded, ...
    2008-01-09 08:27:17