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H&R Block tumbles on fears regarding mortgages

01:23:44 | 10/05/2011 - Source: KIVI

Shares of H&R Block Inc. lost nearly 8 percent Monday on renewed fears that the company will be dragged back into the subprime mortgage mess.

Bair to leave FDIC in July, ending 5-year term

23:14:10 | 09/05/2011 - Source: Cleveland.com

Bair to leave fdic in july ending 5year termSheila Bair is stepping down as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. this summer, ending a five-year term in which she helped craft the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis.

Banks Lending, Consumers Slowly Borrowing

16:59:42 | 09/05/2011 - Source: KETV-TV

Banks lending consumers slowly borrowingConsumers are slowly starting to borrow again and banks are more willing to extend them credit, according to a report from the New York Federal Reserve.

The upside of the housing bust

16:59:41 | 09/05/2011 - Source: OregonLive.com

By Robert J. Samuelson WASHINGTON -- If you're a 20-something or even younger, your economic future is at best clouded.

Why June is too soon for an RBA rate rise

12:50:00 | 09/05/2011 - Source: Stawell Times News

One little Reserve Bank monetary statement and suddenly it seems everyone is tipping that Glenn Stevens will lift interest rates next month - but the RBA shouldn't and quite possibly won't. It's easy to talk about "tighter monetary policy" restraining inflation, but few pause to think how it actually works.

Barclays takes hit as banks drop mis-selling fight

08:35:19 | 09/05/2011 - Source: WOZZ-FM Appleton

Barclays put aside 1 billion pounds to compensate people who were wrongly sold insurance and other UK banks backed down in their fight against accusations of mis-selling. The banks said on Monday they would drop a planned appeal against a court ruling which had made them liable to compensation claims over the mis-selling of payment protection ...

Bankrupt homeowners shed second mortgages

04:30:41 | 09/05/2011 - Source: Contra Costa Times

Stung by the crash of the housing market, some struggling homeowners are using a little known but increasingly popular provision of the bankruptcy code to eliminate second mortgages and avoid foreclosure.

Don't be tempted by U.S. fire sale

00:26:04 | 09/05/2011 - Source: Canada.com

Patricia Lovett-Reid knows the numbers don't add up but she decided to buy a second home in Florida anyway.

Minnesota foreclosures down 21% from 2010

20:16:38 | 08/05/2011 - Source: TwinCities.com

Is the housing bust turning around? Foreclosures in Minnesota fell 21 percent during the first quarter from a year earlier, according to a HousingLink report released Friday.

Without flood insurance, Vermonters left high and 'dry'

16:02:01 | 08/05/2011 - Source: Burlington Free Press

Without flood insurance vermonters left high and dryWithout flood insurance, Vermonters left high and 'dry' Comments Written by Ali Kenney takes cover from wind-driven high water from Lake Champlain as she places sandbags outside her parents' home on Appletree Point Road in Burlington on Monday.

Mortgage backers Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac reach historic crossroads

07:42:53 | 08/05/2011 - Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune

The days of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which back up the mortgage loans that prop up many American homes, could be coming to an end under a proposal by the federal government.

Who pays no income tax? It is the wrong question.

03:28:14 | 08/05/2011 - Source: Christian Science Monitor

Who pays no income tax it is the wrong questionWho pays no income tax? It is the wrong question. The real question is: Who benefits most from more than $1 trillion in tax preferences? The co-chairmen of the president's deficit reduction commission, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson talk to reporters outside the White House in Washington April 14, 2011, after meeting with President Obama.

Yonkers IDA may give Raceway tax break amid budget crisis

23:18:42 | 07/05/2011 - Source: The Journal News

Yonkers ida may give raceway tax break amid budget crisisAs Mayor Phil Amicone calls on school unions to make concessions to avert about 700 layoffs, he's considering giving Yonkers Raceway another tax break.

Three Kentuckians plead guilty to fraud charges involving mortgage applications

19:14:05 | 07/05/2011 - Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Three Kentucky residents pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Lexington to wire fraud charges that involved false mortgage applications, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Typical nuclear family, but one paycheque missing

15:04:30 | 07/05/2011 - Source: Canada.com

Typical nuclear family but one paycheque missingBruce and Tanis's family income has been greatly reduced since he lost his middle-management job in the fall of 2008.

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