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2 firms selected for mortgage securities program
(AP) AP - The Treasury Department has picked two financial institutions to manage a program it unveiled last month to provide support for beleaguered mortgage-backed securities. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Rating Firms Seem Near Legal Deal on Reforms Under fire for the high ratings they awarded to subprime mortgage securities, three large credit rating firms are close to announcing a broad deal with the New York attorney general. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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3 Firms Are Asked for Data on Auction-Rate Shares The three firms subpoenaed by the top securities regulator in Massachussets are Merrill Lynch, UBS Securities and Banc of America Investment Services. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Two Fed Bank Presidents Warn About Lending to Securities Firms Two Federal Reserve Bank presidents warned in separate speeches on Thursday that the central bank’s decision in March to lend to securities firms might sow the seeds of further financial crises. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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US mortgage firms' shares slump Shares in US mortgage firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fall as much as 50% in volatile trade amid concerns for their future. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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US mortgage firms' shares slump Shares in US mortgage firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fall as much as 50% in volatile trade amid concerns for their future. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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FBI probing 14 firms for mortgage fraud Complaints about potential mortgage fraud are up during the subprime mortgage crisis, and the FBI has opened criminal investigations of 14 companies related to sub-prime mortgage loans, the agency said Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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A plan to jumpstart the mortgage market A group representing the buyers and sellers of mortgage backed securities unveiled a plan on Wednesday to recharge the moribund mortgage market. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Treasury mulls plan to lower mortgage rates to 4.5% Lobbyists are pushing the Treasury Department to consider a plan to purchase mortgage-backed securities in the hopes of driving mortgage rates to as low as 4.5%, an industry source said. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Hedgie's careful prescription for profiting in the mortgage mess In a time when closures or panicked liquidations of name-brand hedge funds have become commonplace, the opening of a $1 billion fund trading mortgage-backed securities and other types of credit should attract more than a few raised eyebrows. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Study Finds Flawed Practices at Ratings Firms A blistering report issued by the S.E.C. found that major rating firms flouted conflict of interests guidelines and considered their own profits when ratings securities. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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J.P. Morgan To Halt Foreclosures As It Expands Mortgage Modification Program (AHN) (AHN) - JP Morgan & Chase Co said it will not put any homes into foreclosure over the next 90 days while it expands it mortgage modification program to 400,000 homeowners. - Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:23:29 GMT Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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UBS Drops After Warning Of More Mortgage Losses (AHN) (AHN) - UBS AG declined in Swiss trading on Monday after the firm indicated that it faces more losses from mortgage securities. - Mon, 26 May 2008 13:15:02 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Ex-Bear managers charged, crackdown on mortgage fraud
(Reuters) Reuters - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were indicted on securities fraud charges and prosecutors said a separate mortgage fraud probe has led to charges against more than 400 people as the Bush administration cracked down on abuses that deepened the credit crisis. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Two Largest Mortgage Lenders Admit Being Under SEC, DOJ Probe (AHN) (AHN) - The two largest mortgage lenders seized by the United States federal government are now admitting they are under investigation by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. - Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:08:04 GMT Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Investment firms don't draw emergency loans
(AP) AP - In a sign of some improvement in the credit crisis, Wall Street firms for the first time didn't borrow from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program and commercial banks also scaled back. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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US takes over key mortgage firms President Bush says the US is taking over two mortgage giants because they posed "an unacceptable risk" to the economy. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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US takes over key mortgage firms President Bush says the US is taking over two mortgage giants because they posed "an unacceptable risk" to the economy. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Credit Card, Loan Firms Eyed for Bailout Program Treasury secretary wants to expand program, part of effort to ensure that households, businesses have access to array of borrowing options. Home > Rss Directory > General > WashingtonPost |
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Bull market for Bear traders Last month's near collapse of Bear Stearns hasn't reduced demand for the firm's top traders and salesmen in the mortgage-backed-securities business they once dominated. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |