Reuters - Home foreclosure filings rose 14
percent in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly
climb, and more than doubled from the same period a
year-earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Friday.
Reuters - The U.S. government plans
to put government sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the
New York Times and Washin ... Discussion
Reuters - Citigroup could sell its
Primerica financial services unit and its First American
banking subsidiary in Texas as the bank continues to
restructure its business, ... Discussion
Reuters - The U.S. government plans to put
troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times
and Washington Post ne ... Discussion
Reuters - Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former
CEO of American International Group Inc , could face a
fine of up to $100 million to settle three-year-old civil fraud
charge ... Discussion
Investor's Business Daily - In the past year, the credit crunch has spread from mortgages to student loans and other types of debt. Home equity lines of credit have been reele ... Discussion
Reuters - Boeing Co's 27,000-strong
machinists' union declared it will strike at midnight on
Friday, as the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer
after two days ... Discussion
Reuters - An Alabama activist group
has filed a lawsuit seeking to cancel $6.6 billion in debt and
related swaps issued by Jefferson County, claiming the county
faces finan ... Discussion
AFP - Wall Street shares recovered from steep early losses and finished mostly higher Friday as the market was able to shake off a jump in unemployment that sparked renewed fe ... Discussion
Reuters - General Electric Co said on
Friday it had been notified by U.S. regulators that a civil
complaint could be filed against the company following a more
than three- ... Discussion
Reuters - Boeing Co's
machinists prepared for a strike on Friday as the plane-maker
and its largest union tried to hammer out a last-ditch deal on
their latest three-year ... Discussion
