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Regulators Ease Restrictions on Lenders
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight reduced the requirement from 30 percent to 20 percent, having imposed the restriction after accounting errors and a lack of risk-management controls were discovered several years ago, The Wall ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Regulators_Ease_Restrictions_on_-5225-3-17200.htm
Job Losses Worry Observers; Some Analysts See Economic Illness Spreading to New Sectors
Ominous signs: The unemployment report, coupled with the economic blows from the housing and credit crises, raised concerns that the country is toppling into a recession. Copyright 2008, Journal Sentinel ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Job_Losses_Worry_Observers_Some-5225-3-15687.htm
Indymac Bancorp Weathers First Annual Loss
" "The fourth quarter of 2007 marked the eighth quarter of the current housing downturn (as measured by housing's contribution to GDP), making it already the fourth worst housing downturn in modern times," he said ... In his letter to ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Indymac_Bancorp_Weathers_First_A-5225-3-12149.htm
Recession May Be Here, Fed Chairman Says
By 2009, growth should return to or above a "sustainable pace," buttressed by a stabilization of housing activity, Bernanke said ... The chief economist of government-sponsored enterprise Freddie Mac, Frank Nothaft, said last week that he didn't ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Recession_May_Be_Here_Fed_Chair-5225-1-19206.htm
The Economist Endorses Obama-Biden
The Economist Endorses Obama-Biden The Economist Endorses Obama-Biden The Economist Endorses Obama-Biden The Economist Endorses Obama-Biden The presidential election It's time Oct 30th 2008 From The Economist print... ...
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Katrina Aid Diverted
Katrina Aid Diverted Katrina Aid Diverted Katrina Aid Diverted Katrina Aid Diverted Katrina, hurricane, stranded, tragedy, homeless, home, homes, constuction, re-build, disaster, natuaral disaster Katrina, hurricane, stranded, tragedy, homeless, home,... ...
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Existing Home Supply Fell in February
housing market, the National Association of Realtors said Monday ... The national median price for all housing types was $195,900 in February, down ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Existing_Home_Supply_Fell_in_Feb-5225-1-17943.htm
Wachovia Ousts Chief Executive After Billions in Credit Losses
Business News IN BRIEF *Wachovia, the fourth-largest bank in the United States, has ousted Ken Thompson as chief executive in the wake of growing legal troubles and loan losses tied to the purchase of a big mortgage lender just before the US ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Wachovia_Ousts_Chief_Executive_A-5225-3-27513.htm
Sales of Existing Homes Edge Higher Overall National Housing Picture Still in Bad Shape
By Jeannine Aversa WASHINGTON -- Sales of previously owned homes nudged up in November, but that didn't improve the broader picture of a feeble housing market racked by record-high foreclosures and harder-to-get credit ... To be sure, sales ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Sales_of_Existing_Homes_Edge_Hig-5225-3-6114.htm
Bernanke Talk Recession-- Economy: Growth Not Likely in First 6 Months
Whether the economy already has fallen into its first recession since 2001 -- and many economists believe it has -- the housing debacle and other economic woes are a major concern for homeowners, job losers and investors ... Bernanke said ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Bernanke_Talk_Recession_Econom-5225-3-19334.htm
Mortgage Worries Keep Markets Churning
"A number of sectors like retail and housing stocks have done better since the Fed acted, and they are leading the market again today," said Steve Goldman, chief market strategist at Weeden & Co. "These stocks are called early bellwethers and they ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Mortgage_Worries_Keep_Markets_Ch-5225-3-12050.htm
Fed's Modest Rate Cut Sends Stocks Down
As Wall Street greeted the central bank's quarter-point interest rate cut as too weak and timid, the chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two financially troubled government-sponsored companies that are key players in the financing of ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Feds_Modest_Rate_Cut_Sends_Stoc-5225-3-3880.htm
Flakey Cables-- Not FLakey CIA OPS-- Cutting Middle East Internet Access?
Flakey Cables-- Not FLakey CIA OPS-- Cutting Middle East Internet Access? Flakey Cables-- Not FLakey CIA OPS-- Cutting Middle East Internet Access? Flakey Cables-- Not FLakey CIA OPS-- Cutting Middle East Internet Access? Flakey Cables-- Not FLakey CIA... ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Flakey_Cables_Not_FLakey_CIA_O-5031-2-10835.htm
Stocks Mixed As Investors Hold Ground
By JOE BEL BRUNO By Joe Bel Bruno The Associated Press NEW YORK Wall Street paused after a two-session rally Tuesday but closed mostly higher, holding on to almost all its gains even after disappointing reports on consumer sentiment ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Stocks_Mixed_As_Investors_Hold_G-5225-3-18191.htm
AZ Moderate is Moderately Conservative On this Issue (Comments)
Uh, LArs, the Iraqi Fubar conservative exercise in privitization has no value The cost, however is estimated at about $3tril, including all costs projected, up to this point The longer we continue in this retarded policy, the higher the costs AZ ...
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