Headline News Archive

2009

February

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  • Tips for navigating new tax rules. If you thought it was daunting to file a federal tax return last year, this year's filing season will give you the willies. Congress passed
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  • Experian will no longer offer FICO scores. Borrowers have less than 10 days to see their FICO credit scores calculated by Experian Group Ltd., one of the three biggest personal credit-rating bureaus. Experian
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  • Créditos a víctimas del estado. El contralor del estado, John Chiang, anunció un acuerdo con varias instituciones financieras para proporcionar líneas de crédito a los californianos impactados con
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  • Alerta: fraude hipotecario. Prometen, cobran y desaparecen. Así de rápido, usted puede perder miles de dólares si confía en compañías que ofrecen ayuda hipotecaria
  • A band-aid on the foreclosure problem?. Many homeowners who have been given a break on their troubled mortgages quickly end up in trouble again, a growing problem that is bedeviling efforts
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January

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  • New credit-rating model is coming. Fair Isaac Corp. said Thursday that TransUnion LLC, one of the three major credit bureaus, will offer the credit-rating company's new model for evaluating borrowers'
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  • U.S. aid now goes to credit unions. The federal government yesterday expanded its bailout to another vulnerable sector, saying it will inject $1 billion into a nonprofit company that provides banking services to
  • Bailout oversight panel calls for regulation. A congressional panel overseeing the government's financial bailout has concluded that the economic crisis could have been prevented with better regulation and called for a
  • Cámara aprobó plan de estímulo. La Cámara de Representantes aprobó este miércoles un paquete de estímulo económico por $819 mil millones crucial para el plan del presidente
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  • Fannie Mae to seek funds from Treasury. Fannie Mae said yesterday that it expects to request up to $16 billion from the Treasury Department, marking the first time the federally run mortgage giant
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  • Riding out the recession. "Riding out the Recession" is a special feature of the Baltimore Sun, containing stories about money management, budgeting and getting the most for your money.
  • New doubts about annuities. Retirement investors have long viewed annuities as an effective way to protect their nest egg. But the recent financial crisis has highlighted an inherent paradox:
  • ¿Está tu casa bien asegurada?. Muchas empresas van más allá del costo de reemplazo y ofrecen lo que se conoce en inglés como el extended replacement cost o
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  • Homebuyer tax credit worth its name. Should you give the $7,500 home-buyer tax credit a second look? Now that Congress might be on the verge of transforming it into a true tax
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