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  • Merrill crashes to a loss on credit crunch

    Daily Telegraph - ... 5bn (£2.75bn) as a result of the global credit crisis triggered by the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market. The credit crisis in ... But Mr O'Neal admitted he was surprised by the bad news: "Despite underlying performances in most of our ...
    2007-10-05 07:28:00
  • M&A, Stock Sales Climb as Credit Markets Calm (Update1)

    Bloomberg - ... said Roberto Dopudi, who helps oversee the equivalent of $140 billion at Caam Sgr in Milan. ``Most of the bad news is behind us and we're likely to see positive surprises.'' Record subprime mortgage defaults in the U.S. roiled credit ...
    2007-10-05 07:14:00
  • Merrill to write down $5.5 billion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

    Merrill Lynch & Co said on Friday it would write down $5.5 billion for bad bets on subprime mortgages and leveraged loans, taking the worst hit yet among major Wall Street brokerages from turmoil in the credit markets.
    2007-10-05 07:54:04
  • Merrill crashes to a loss on credit crunch (Daily Telegraph)

    Investment bank Merrill Lynch is to write off almost $5.5bn (£2.75bn) as a result of the global credit crisis resulting from the US sub-prime mortgage meltdown.
    2007-10-05 08:00:47
  • M&A, Stock Sales Climb as Credit Markets Calm (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

    Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The deals are back. Less than a month after the subprime mortgage collapse brought credit markets to a standstill, initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions are picking up from the first half's record-setting pace.
    2007-10-05 07:19:34
  • TCF is not Shopping itself!

    American Banker Online - Your search did not return any results. Please check that all terms are spelled correctly, try a different key word ... NetBank Goes Under in Biggest Failure Since '93 The 2007 Honorees Goldman, Fannie Seen Bidding for C-Bass Unit In Reverse Mortgages, a ...
    2007-10-03 07:48:00
  • THE FED

    Marketwatch - With recent favorable inflation news, Kohn said he believes the Fed could reverse the recent rate cut if it turned out to be ... The housing market is likely to remain depressed given the difficulty in obtaining mortgages and expectations among buyers ...
    2007-10-05 07:28:00
  • House prices shift into reverse gear

    IC Wales - ... refused to bow to pressure and kept interest rates at 5.75% – despite signs the house prices are going into reverse. The ... Louise Cuming, head of mortgages at moneysupermarket.com, said, “It does show that whatever the Bank of England does really ...
    2007-10-05 12:26:00
  • Know the facts about reverse mortgages

    Hattiesburg American - Reverse mortgages are being offered as a solution for older homeowners who are exploring ways to tap into the equity built up in their homes. These mortgages provide money to homeowners with no repayment of funds and interest required until the loan ...
    2007-10-05 03:39:00
  • No property slump say Bexhill agents (Bexhill Today)

    Estate agents locally believe national reports of a property market price crash of between 10 and 30 per cent are 'scaremongering." (05/10/2007 07:37:13)
    2007-10-04 11:47:59
  • Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn (Federal Reserve Board)

    The economic picture has evolved rapidly over the past few months, and on September 18, the Federal Reserve eased monetary policy, cutting its target for the federal funds rate 1/2 percentage point.
    2007-10-05 06:12:11
  • Half-point cut may be enough: Kohn (Market Watch)

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve's half-point rate cut on Sept. 18 may be enough to keep the economy from sinking from the financial market turmoil, said Donald Kohn, the vice-chairman of the Fed Board on Friday.
    2007-10-05 06:41:06
  • Half-point interest-rate cut may be enough, Fed's Kohn says (Market Watch)

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve's Sept. 18 interest-rate cut of half a percentage point may be enough to keep the U.S. economy from sinking as a result of the financial markets' recent turmoil, Fed vice-chairman Donald Kohn said Friday.
    2007-10-05 06:25:40
  • House prices shift into reverse gear (icWales)

    THE Bank of England yesterday refused to bow to pressure and kept interest rates at 5.75% – despite signs the house prices are going into reverse.
    2007-10-05 12:52:20
  • Reverse mortgages can help seniors with retirement (Baltimore Examiner)

    A lengthy retirement should be relatively stress-free, but as Americans live longer, the biggest worry today is whether they will outlive their money.
    2007-10-04 05:29:30