Headline News Archive
2008
April
03
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- Senators agree to make deal on housing. Under pressure from voters to address the nation's housing crisis, Senate Republicans agreed yesterday to work with Democrats on a compromise plan to stimulate sagging…
March
31
- Repo man? More like repo Big Brother. When the light starts to flash, you had better have the cash. That's the reality for millions of subprime borrowers whose used car purchase is…
- State cutbacks felt by most needy. In Illinois' Cook County, women in poor neighborhoods no longer have access to free mammograms from two mobile vans testing for breast cancer. In Michigan,…
- Vuelta a lo natural. Regrese a lo práctico. Limpiar su casa con bicarbonato y vinagre, por ejemplo, podrían parecerle austero, poco práctico y quizá ridículo, pero son funcionales. Sobre…
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- The year of budgeting magically. Financial counselors often tell their clients to prepare monthly budgets rather than yearly ones, on the theory that it is easier to predict expenses over…
- No sure bets in personal data security. When a Maryland dental HMO acknowledged this week that it had accidentally posted the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of 75,000 members on its…
- Long fight ahead for Treasury blueprint. Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action…
- Reforma a regulación financiera. El gobierno federal está preparando el terreno para un intenso debate luego de adelantarse que el lunes anunciará un plan para reformar a fondo sus…
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- Bush readies mortgage aid plan. The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable…
- Jumbo loans back with stiffer terms. Your tax rebate check won't arrive until May, but the economic stimulus plan's new super-size loans for buyers in high-cost housing areas have hit the…
28
- Rates on 30-year mortgages dip to 5.85%. Rates on 30-year mortgages edged down slightly this week, staying below 6%, although rates on other types of mortgages rose. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company,…
27
- Mortgage memo pushes 'cheats & tricks'. A newly surfaced memo from banking giant JPMorgan Chase provides a rare glimpse into the mentality that fueled the mortgage crisis. The memo's title says…
26
- Battered home prices keep toppling. Home prices across the USA continued their dizzying free fall, posting record drops in some of the largest metro areas in a sign that no…
25
- Houses stolen in mortgage fraud. Federal prosecutors Monday charged 19 individuals, mainly from Southern California, with defrauding homeowners in trouble partly by using "foreclosure rescue pitches" and an equity-draining technique…
- Estadounidenses ya empezaron a ahorrar. Durante meses, los estadounidenses han sido bombardeados por todo tipo de malas noticias en el frente económico: aumenta el desempleo, suben los precios de la…
- Inesperado aumento en venta de viviendas. Luego de caer durante seis meses consecutivos, la venta de viviendas en Estados Unidos registró un incremento inesperado en febrero, informó ayer una organización que…
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- Not to late to refinance home. Earlier this year, when mortgage rates dipped below 6% for the first time since 2005, homeowners rushed to refinance costlier loans. In fact, more than…
- Free ride for some pay-to-save energy users. Cheaters are pocketing millions of dollars a year from increasingly popular utility programs that pay consumers and businesses to conserve energy, industry officials say. Businesses…
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- Why we borrow till it hurts. If the subprime mortgage mess has taught us anything, it is that we are leverage addicts. Nearly all of us are - from Northern Virginia,…
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