Archive for November, 2007
« Previous EntriesLongtime GM Leader Roger Smith Dies
Friday, November 30th, 2007Roger B. Smith, who led General Motors Corp. in the 1980s, has died at age 82, the automaker said Friday.
2 NY Real Estate Attorneys Steal $200,000
Friday, November 30th, 2007Arelia Taveras, 46, Bloomington, Minnesota, and Mark Jacobs, 58, Glen Head, New York. Taveras, who is accused of stealing a total of $99,142 from four clients, is charged with three counts of third-degree grand larceny, second-degree forgery, first-deg…
Treasury Department May Broker A Deal For Subprime Borrowers
Friday, November 30th, 2007MSNBC, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal were reporting early
Friday that the United States Treasury is about to
announce a plan to help some subprime borrowers save
their homes from foreclosure.
The plan apparently involves an agreement between the Treasury and
leaders of the mortgage industry to hold rates steady on many
adjustable rate mortgages that….
Attorney Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Closing Funds
Friday, November 30th, 2007Dawn Renee Harpster, 38, Kidder, Missouri, pled guilty in federal court to defrauding a North Kansas City, Missouri bank in a series of loans. Harpster, formerly doing business as Northwest Missouri Title Co., LLC, Gallatin, Missouri, admitted that she…
OFHEO Home Price Index Down For First Time In 13 Years
Friday, November 30th, 2007It is sometimes hard to keep up with all of the housing surveys that
come from economic forecasters, trade associations, and the government
but one we always look forward to is the quarterly Office of Federal
Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) House Price
Index (HPI) study.
Gov’t Reports Drop In ID Theft Victims
Friday, November 30th, 2007The Federal Trade Commission says there are fewer victims of identity theft than four years ago.
Foreclosures Nearly Double From Year Ago
Friday, November 30th, 2007According to a mortgage research company, U.S. foreclosure filings almost doubled in October from the same month last year.
Hedge Fund Rankings
Friday, November 30th, 2007Emerging Markets Investments Were Winning Bet for Several Hedge Funds
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>> 40 minutes past the hour. let’ s take a look at the u.s. equity indexes. (…)
Home Price Quarterly Dip Worst In 13 Years
Thursday, November 29th, 2007According to government data released Thursday, U.S. home prices drop in the third quarter for the first time in 13 years.
BP Pleads Guilty To Environmental Crime
Thursday, November 29th, 2007The Alaska subsidiary of oil company BP is responsible for a 200,000 gallon wilderness oil spill.
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