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Dow plummets record 777 as financial rescue fails - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- The failure of the bailout package in Congress literally dropped jaws on Wall Street and triggered a historic selloff - including a terrifying decline of nearly 500 points in mere minutes as the vote took place, the closest thing to ...
2008-09-29 07:12:00 -
Take steps to avoid foreclosure - St. Petersburg Times
Story Tools • Stay in your home as long as possible. "Until you get kicked out," says Stephanie Porta, head organizer for the Orlando branch of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. If you move out and the home is vandalized ...
2008-09-29 11:12:00 -
Asia stocks swoon after House votes down bailout - Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) -- The historic carnage on Wall Street spread to Asia Tuesday, with stocks across the region plunging after Congress rejected a rescue plan that investors had hoped would bolster volatile financial markets. All major stock markets in the ...
2008-09-29 07:41:00 -
Mortgage lending reaches record low - Guardian Unlimited
Mortgage lending collapsed during August, plummeting by 95% during the month to hit a record low, figures have shown. Net lending was only £143 million in August, a fraction of July's sum of just under £3 billion, the Bank of England said. The ...
2008-09-29 06:00:00 -
Saving a thought for Bingley staff - BBC Business
A short road runs from a car park behind Bradford & Bingley's former headquarters in its home town. It is called Thrift Way. The irony is not lost on many of Bingley's residents who fear jobs could go because of the excesses of modern mortgage ...
2008-09-29 03:30:00 -
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incorporated results obtained between September 19-21. Those results would have taken in some flavour of the public mood after the rescue takeover of biggest mortgage lender HBOS by rival Lloyds TSB.
2008-09-29 07:57:18 -
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to me to be clutching at straws. You needed to take decisive action. That's what we've done," said Chancellor Alistair Darling.
2008-09-29 07:57:28 -
Foreclosure rescue scams continue to flourish (Everett Herald)
It's the antithesis of nice guys finish last. It's right up there with kicking someone when he or she is down.
2008-09-29 08:01:17 -
US bailout failure sends markets reeling (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
HONG KONG -- Panic gripped markets after US lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a $700-billion bailout plan for the financial industry, with Asian stocks opening sharply lower after Wall Street's biggest fall since the crash of 1987.
2008-09-29 08:21:05 -
Foreclosures (The Lakeland Ledger)
Mortgage foreclosures filed with the civil division of the Circuit Court for January 2008. Names in bold are the subject of, or have an interest in, the foreclosure action. Lighter names filed the foreclosure action.
2008-09-29 08:33:49 -
Asian markets fall on U.S. bailout failure (CNN)
Asian and Pacific stock markets sank in early trade on Tuesday after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to adopt a financial bailout plan, which triggered the largest point drop in U.S. market history.
2008-09-29 08:35:41 -
Fannie, Freddie disclose subpoenas, investigations (Abilene Reporter-News)
A federal grand jury is investigating accounting and disclosure issues at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance companies said Monday.
2008-09-29 08:42:00 -
News - Digital Media - CNET News
Wal-Mart's decision to stop supporting DRM reminds me of this parable: A father and son are herding cows one day. While climbing a narrow mountain pass, the herd comes to a place where the path is washed out. In a single file line, each of the cows ...
2008-09-29 03:44:00 -
US crisis could deliver 'upward pressure' on rates - Swan - News.com.au
THE share market has lost more than 5 per cent of its value after a horror session on Wall St overnight that looks to have killed hopes of a rate cut here. The market fell sharply right from the start. At 10.27am, the All Ords had lost 252 points to ...
2008-09-29 05:32:00 -
Program for First-time Home Buyers Raises Interest Rates - WBAY Green Bay
The housing market continues to reel as a result of the fluctuating economy, and that's having an impact on a popular Wisconsin mortgage lending program. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) has one of the best-known ...
2008-09-29 02:40:00