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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Personal Loans</title>
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		<title>Swamped with homeowners looking for help, Bank of America shows bumps in Obama mortgage plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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Pace of mortgage help rising but still slow
PLANO, Texas — Shontaye Edwards spends her day in a gray cubicle at a Bank of America call center in this Dallas suburb. On the other end of the phone line are homeowners — tense, exasperated and looking for help.
They often call with questions about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Keegan downgrades regional bank Synovus on concerns about capital growth, credit issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Synovus downgraded on capital, regulation worries

NEW YORK — Shares of Synovus Financial Corp. tumbled to their lowest point in more than 17 years Wednesday after a Morgan Keegan analyst downgraded the regional bank, saying government pressure for banks to build capital reserves as well as ongoing credit issues will pressure the stock.
Analyst Robert Patten cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey shows 5 percent of Americans plan to buy a home in the next year, most of them young</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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5 pct. of Americans plan to buy a home next year

NEW YORK — Just one in 20 Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next year, and they&#8217;re most likely to be 34 years old or younger and living in the South or West, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Roughly a quarter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to block home mortgage foreclosures in Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Lawsuit to block foreclosures in Minn. dismissed

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed by a group of homeowners who sought to block foreclosures in Minnesota, but their attorney said the case led to significant progress anyway.
The lawsuit claimed the federal Home Affordable Modification Program, which helps struggling homeowners refinance their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HSBC Finance to sell auto loan business to Santander Consumer USA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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HSBC Finance sells auto loan business to Santander

METTAWA, Ill. — HSBC Finance Corp. said Tuesday it will sell its auto loan servicing business and $1 billion in car loan receivables for $904 million.
A cash deal has been reached with Santander Consumer USA Inc. It is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010.
HSBC said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama housing plan reaches 20 pct of eligible borrowers; permanent mods next big challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration&#8217;s mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says, but most of those borrowers are on temporary trial plans that have yet to be made final.
As of the end of October, more than 650,000 borrowers, or 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barclays reports fall in net profit over 9 months as bad debt provisions increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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Bad debt weighs on Barclays earnings
LONDON — Banking group Barclays PLC on Tuesday reported strong earnings in its investment banking unit and announced the restart of dividend payments, but also warned that the bad debts weighing on its profits have not yet peaked.

Barclays, Britain&#8217;s biggest bank and one of the few to rebuff a taxpayer-funded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joblessness at 10 percent for 2nd time since WWII; millions of unemployed feel no recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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What recovery? Unemployment shoots past 10 percent
WASHINGTON — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment rate tops 10 percent for first time since 1983; 190,000 jobs lost in October</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since &#8216;83
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fannie Mae to allow troubled borrowers to hand over deeds to homes and then rent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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Fannie Mae offers borrowers option to foreclosure

WASHINGTON — Can&#8217;t pay the mortgage? You still might be able to stay in your home. Government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae is going to give borrowers on the verge of foreclosure the option of renting their homes for a year.
The change announced Thursday could give a temporary break to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Merck acquisition of Schering-Plough complete, Fitch downgrades Merck; upgrades Schering</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Fitch lowers Merck ratings after Schering purchase

NEW YORK — A day after drugmaker Merck &#038; Co. completed its $41.1 billion purchase of rival Schering-Plough Corp., Fitch Ratings Service on Wednesday cut its ratings on Merck and upgraded Schering-Plough.
Fitch downgraded Merck&#8217;s issue default rating by one notch, to A+ from AA-, and also lowered its senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to move up enactment date of credit card law, lawmakers cite grace period abuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — The House voted on Wednesday to impose immediately tough new rules for credit card companies after voters complained of increased interest rates and steep new fees.
The bill, approved 331-92, would accelerate the enactment date of legislation passed this spring that limits when and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GMAC posts smaller loss in 3rd quarter, but home lending unit weighs on results</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gmac-posts-smaller-loss-in-3rd-quarter-but-home-lending-unit-weighs-on-results-217771/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Strumpf</dc:creator>
		
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GMAC Financial Services 3Q loss narrows
NEW YORK — GMAC, the main lender for GM and Chrysler customers and dealers, reported another quarterly loss Wednesday as bad loans continued to haunt its mortgage lending unit.

Although its third-quarter loss narrowed from a year ago and its auto lending division made money, the results indicate the GMAC still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After scandal over outrageous claims, British lawmakers face tighter new expense regime</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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British lawmakers face tighter new expense regime

LONDON — Drain the moat, tear down the duck house, fire the housekeeper. British lawmakers face strict new allowance rules following a scandal over their outrageous expense claims.
The rules published Wednesday will ban legislators from using expenses to fund swank second homes and outlaw the use of taxpayers&#8217; money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homebuilder Pulte Homes loses $361.4 million in 3rd-qtr following Centex acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Pulte Homes posts $361.4M loss for Q3
Pulte Homes Inc. lost $361.4 million in the third quarter, but with the acquisition of Centex Corp., the homebuilder&#8217;s new orders increased by more than a third.

Pulte completed its purchase of Centex in August, turning the Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based company into the nation&#8217;s largest builder. The deal gave Pulte [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal housing officials taking action against Hawaii-based reverse mortgage lender</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Feds taking action against reverse mortgage lender

HONOLULU — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is taking action against a reverse mortgage lender in Hawaii.
HUD&#8217;s Mortgagee Review Board wants to permanently withdraw the HUD/Federal Housing Administration approval of Financial Mortgage USA Inc.
HUD said Friday that among other things, the board alleges the company failed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September new home sales post surprise drop as benefit of first-time buyer tax credit wanes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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New home sales fall a surprising 3.6 percent

WASHINGTON — The number of buyers snapping up new homes dipped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary tax credit for first-time owners started to wear off.
The 3.6 percent drop in September&#8217;s new home sales, reported by the Commerce Department on Wednesday, was the first decline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New home sales forecast to rise for sixth-straight month in September spurred by tax credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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New home sales expected to rise 2.6 pct
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes are expected to post their sixth consecutive monthly gain as builders reap the benefits of a tax credit for first-time owners that expires at the end of next month.

A Commerce Department report on September&#8217;s new home sales, to be released Wednesday at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House panel investigating role of mortgage lenders in crisis; subpoenas Countrywide Financial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A House panel is investigating the role of mortgage lenders in the financial crisis and is seeking information from some of the biggest U.S. companies to determine if they used deceptive practices to lure borrowers into the housing boom.

Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September home sales up 9.4 percent, beating expectations as tax credit spurs sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Racing to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires, homebuyers pushed sales up last month by the largest amount in more than 26 years.

After jumping 9.4 percent in September, home resales are up nearly 24 percent from the bottom in January, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger&#8217;s special sessions at a glance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called 16 special sessions since he took office in 2003, the most of any governor in state history. Three of those are ongoing. Here is a look at the special sessions he has called each year and the results.

2003
Special sessions: Three, on balancing the budget, workers&#8217; compensation reform and repealing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITT Educational profit jumps as new students pour in, but bad-debt costs increase; shares fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARMEL, Ind. — ITT Educational Services Inc. said on Thursday that a big jump in new students helped propel net income up 50 percent in the third quarter, but shares tumbled as its bad-debt expenses grew.

The Carmel, Ind., company, which operates for-profit technology-oriented schools, said profit rose to $75.4 million, or $2 per share, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Bancorp 3Q profit rises 4.7 pct, says bad loan increase has slowed, shares rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Freed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — US Bancorp reported a 4.7 percent increase in its third-quarter profit on Wednesday and said bad loans aren&#8217;t growing as fast as they were earlier this year.

US Bancorp continued to suffer from stress in home construction and related industries. From the end of June until the end of September, nonperforming loans rose 9.4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bernanke weighs pros, cons in Congress moving up effective date on credit-card protections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-weighs-pros-cons-in-congress-moving-up-effective-date-on-credit-card-protections-202154/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Moving up the effective date of tough new regulations to protect credit card customers from sudden interest rate increases could be a double-edged sword, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

It would benefit consumers by providing them with better safeguards sooner against abusive practices, the Fed chief said. But it could cut consumers&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhode Island woman fights for bankruptcy changes after losing her son and going broke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island woman urged senators Tuesday to ease bankruptcy rules for people devastated by medical debt, as she described the pain of losing a child and going broke from his health care bills.

The frightful experience of Kerry Burns, of Coventry, R.I., raised a crucial question of bankruptcy law: should people going broke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citigroup shuts down many MasterCards without warning consumers; letters sent 5 days later</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/citigroup-shuts-down-many-mastercards-without-warning-consumers-letters-sent-5-days-later-200307/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Aj Connelly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Shannon Burdette tried to pay with her Shell Mastercard after filling up her gas tank this weekend but found the card rejected.

Confused, she called the customer service line on the back of the card, issued by Citibank, and was told the account was closed because of something that appeared on her credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Administration unveils new effort to provide mortgage financing for state housing agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a new program to support state and local housing finance agencies. The plan will help the agencies finance mortgages for first-time homebuyers and develop rental housing.

The agencies have had a hard time raising money because of the housing crisis and credit crunch. This year, the agencies have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Administration unveils new effort to provide mortgage help for thousands of homeowners</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/administration-unveils-new-effort-to-provide-mortgage-help-for-thousands-of-homeowners-200016/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is unveiling a new program to provide support to state and local housing agencies to provide help to thousands of home buyers and renters.

The administration said the new program would help to support low mortgage rates and expand resources for low and middle income borrowers who want to buy or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALL BUSINESS: Banks&#8217; lobbying blitz threatens overhaul of financial regulations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/all-business-banks-lobbying-blitz-threatens-overhaul-of-financial-regulations-198204/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/all-business-banks-lobbying-blitz-threatens-overhaul-of-financial-regulations-198204/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Beck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Get over it, America. Wall Street bankers make too much money. The latest example: Goldman Sachs says it has set aside $16.7 billion so far this year for compensation — or about $530,000 per employee. Not bad for a company that a year ago received $10 billion in federal money as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks fall in early trading after disappointing reports from Bank of America, GE</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-fall-in-early-trading-after-disappointing-reports-from-bank-of-america-ge-198083/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Stocks fell sharply early Friday after a bigger-than-expected loss at Bank of America and a weak report from General Electric reminded investors that businesses and consumers are still struggling to pay off their debts.

Bank of America Corp. said it lost more than $2 billion after preferred dividends in the third quarter, steeper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INSIDE WASHINGTON: Bank errors hamper effort to trim mortgage payments for strapped homeowners</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-bank-errors-hamper-effort-to-trim-mortgage-payments-for-strapped-homeowners-197182/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-bank-errors-hamper-effort-to-trim-mortgage-payments-for-strapped-homeowners-197182/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Towana Gooch, a single mom who lives with her 10-year old daughter, was on the verge of losing her town house in suburban Maryland after her mortgage lender kicked her out of a government loan modification program. The problem, she says she was notified, was a 7-cent error.

Later, the lender told her the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowners stricken with Chinese drywall now face new threat of losing insurance policies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/homeowners-stricken-with-chinese-drywall-now-face-new-threat-of-losing-insurance-policies-197018/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/homeowners-stricken-with-chinese-drywall-now-face-new-threat-of-losing-insurance-policies-197018/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Skoloff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — James and Maria Ivory&#8217;s dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got worse when they asked their insurer for help — and not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures keep soaring as unemployment remains main cause of housing woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of households caught up in the foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall as a federal effort to assist struggling borrowers was overwhelmed by a flood of defaults among people who lost their jobs.

The foreclosure crisis affected nearly 938,000 properties in the July-September quarter, compared with about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers want date for credit card regulations moved up, but that may not offer much relief</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/consumers-want-date-for-credit-card-regulations-moved-up-but-that-may-not-offer-much-relief-196434/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/consumers-want-date-for-credit-card-regulations-moved-up-but-that-may-not-offer-much-relief-196434/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Aj Connelly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Fed up with rising fees, interest rate hikes, limit cuts and other harsh changes to their credit cards, most consumers want the date for major reforms moved up.

But some observers say those impending reforms have prompted banks to issue even more of the changes at a time when credit card holders are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial misery prompts states to pass new protections against aggressive debt collectors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/financial-misery-prompts-states-to-pass-new-protections-against-aggressive-debt-collectors-196122/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emery P. Dalesio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — With many Americans in dire financial straits, states are cracking down to make sure aggressive debt collectors target only people who legitimately owe them money.

National consumer credit laws already prohibit collection agencies from harassing, deceptive, or unfair practices like telling neighbors or family about what is owed, or calling before 8 a.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Bankers Assn. sees foreclosures, unemployment peaking in 2010, home sales up 11 pct</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mortgage-bankers-assn-sees-foreclosures-unemployment-peaking-in-2010-home-sales-up-11-pct-195147/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Veiga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO — Foreclosures will peak by the end of next year and unemployment will climb above 10 percent as the housing market and U.S. economy grapple with the aftermath of the recession, the Mortgage Bankers Association&#8217;s chief economist said Tuesday.

Jay Brinkmann&#8217;s forecast, released at the trade association&#8217;s annual convention and expo in San Diego, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census director: Foreclosures will add challenges, costs to next year&#8217;s decennial census</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/census-director-foreclosures-will-add-challenges-costs-to-next-years-decennial-census-194914/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Taxin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Foreclosures will make it tougher and more expensive to get an accurate census count next year as families move in with relatives or are left homeless, the Census Bureau&#8217;s director said Tuesday.

Director Robert Groves said he expects some of the census questionnaires mailed out in 2010 will land at empty homes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numbers tell story of last fall&#8217;s financial meltdown, Great Recession</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/numbers-tell-story-of-last-falls-financial-meltdown-great-recession-192725/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 points, or 22 percent, and stood at 8,451.

One year later, the Dow is at 9,865. It&#8217;s up 51 percent from a 12-year low of 6,547 on March 9 — when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson learned from home price collapse: Gimme shelter, not a short-term investment</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lesson-learned-from-home-price-collapse-gimme-shelter-not-a-short-term-investment-191939/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Carpenter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — For all the doom and gloom about the housing market, it still generally pays to own a home.

That might be a tough case to make right now to the 16 million homeowners who owe more on their mortgage than their house is worth. But history suggests the American Dream is a pretty safe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watchdog warns that loan relief needs improvements while Treasury says plan hits goal early</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/watchdog-warns-that-loan-relief-needs-improvements-while-treasury-says-plan-hits-goal-early-191249/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Kuhnhenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration&#8217;s effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers and may simply delay mortgage defaults for many, a government watchdog group says.

The Congressional Oversight Panel, charged with making regular assessments of the $700 billion financial rescue fund enacted last year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meltdown 101: What is a short sale, and how does it help lenders _ and struggling homeowners?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/meltdown-101-what-is-a-short-sale-and-how-does-it-help-lenders-_-and-struggling-homeowners-190959/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.w Elphinstone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — For a homeowner who needs to sell but has a mortgage balance higher than the property value, one option is something called a &#8220;short sale.&#8221;

And don&#8217;t let the name fool you. This type of sale is complicated and can drag on for months.
So what exactly is a short sale? Here are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie Mac: Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages stay below 5 percent for 2nd-straight week</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/freddie-mac-rates-on-30-year-fixed-mortgages-stay-below-5-percent-for-2nd-straight-week-190733/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[McLEAN, Va. — Average rates for 30-year home loans stayed below 5 percent for the second-straight week, kick-starting refinancing activity, Freddie Mac said Thursday.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 4.87 percent, down from 4.94 percent last week, Freddie Mac said. The last time rates for 30-year home loans were lower was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t loan modification plan hits goal of helping 500,000 borrowers nearly 1 month early</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/govt-loan-modification-plan-hits-goal-of-helping-500000-borrowers-nearly-1-month-early-190651/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday that its mortgage relief effort has helped 500,000 homeowners, and officials maintain the program is on track despite its disappointing launch.

The $50 billion program, started in March, is designed to reduce foreclosures by lowering borrowers&#8217; monthly payments to more affordable levels. The government still forecasts the program will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowners rush to refinance mortgages after interest rates fall below 5 percent again</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/homeowners-rush-to-refinance-mortgages-after-interest-rates-fall-below-5-percent-again-189751/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.w. Elphinstone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every dollar counts in this economy.

Homeowners hustled last week to refinance their mortgages after interest rates fell below 5 percent for the first time since May.
Refinance applications climbed 18 percent from the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday, as rates on 30-year home loans dropped to their lowest level in four months to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers reduce their outstanding debt by $12 billion in August, 7th straight drop</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/consumers-reduce-their-outstanding-debt-by-12-billion-in-august-7th-straight-drop-189685/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher S. Rugaber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Consumers reduced their borrowing for the seventh straight month in August, as households worked to pay off debt and banks reduced credit card limits.

Americans are saving more and borrowing less as widespread job losses, stagnant wages and dwindling home values have spurred a move to greater frugality. While that&#8217;s a positive trend in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Younger Americans find vast opportunities in recession, while older generations struggle</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/younger-americans-find-vast-opportunities-in-recession-while-older-generations-struggle-187519/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Cutter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The Great Recession has turned into the best of times for young investor Daniel Lee.

Early this year, the 30-year-old salesman in Scottsdale, Ariz., shelved expensive meals and vacation plans and threw &#8220;every spare dollar&#8221; into the stock market. The value of his portfolio has more than tripled as the market has rallied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delinquencies on home equity loans, bank cards hit record highs in 2nd quarter</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/delinquencies-on-home-equity-loans-bank-cards-hit-record-highs-in-2nd-quarter-184154/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Delinquency rates for three key consumer loan categories hit record highs in the second quarter, according to data released Thursday by the American Bankers Association.

Rising unemployment and falling incomes were the main culprits for the higher delinquency rates for bank cards, home equity loans and home equity lines of credit, the ABA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve report says 1 in 3 loan applications denied in 2008; lenders raised standards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-reserve-report-says-1-in-3-loan-applications-denied-in-2008-lenders-raised-standards-182951/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Nearly one in three borrowers who applied for a mortgage last year was denied as lenders kept their standards tight as the mortgage crisis accelerated, the government reported Wednesday.

In its annual look at mortgage practices among lending institutions, Federal Reserve said the denial rate for all home loans was about 32 percent last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AirTran Airways bolsters cash position, extends credit card processing agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry R. Weber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — The parent of discount carrier AirTran Airways said Wednesday it has reached deals to extend its credit card processing agreement with its largest card processor and to give itself more financial flexibility.

The Orlando, Fla.-based company said the card processing agreement has been extended to Dec. 31, 2010.
AirTran said it was not subject to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed moves ahead on Congress&#8217; plan to better protect Americans from credit card abuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve proposed rules Tuesday to better protect Americans from sudden hikes in interest rates on credit cards.

The proposal would generally bar rate increases during the first year after an account is opened.
It also would ban — with a few exceptions— increasing the rate on existing credit card balances. For instance, if [...]]]></description>
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