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Fed to curb shady home-lending practices
AP Economics WriterThe Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke of...Tags: Government, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, National Government, Federal Reserve, Mortgages
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SEC finds credit raters had conflicts of interest
AP Business WriterThe three main credit-rating agencies failed to rein in conflicts of interest in giving high ratings to risky securities backed by subprime mortgages that later collapsed, federal regulators said Tuesday. The results of the yearlong review by the...Tags: Credit Ratings, Mortgages, Business Enterprises, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy
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ALL BUSINESS: Wall Street CEOs should return pay
AP Business WriterIf Wall Street CEOs really want to revive their credibility, they should return the bloated bonuses they got when they made what eventually turned into wrongheaded bets on the mortgage market. We all know how that outsized risk-taking ultimately...Tags: Credit Ratings, Banking, Mortgages, Investments, CEO Pay
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Investor brain trust to reunite
Sun reporterAfter a New York company acquired Alex. Brown Inc. in 1997, divisions of the venerable Baltimore investment firm - which helped finance companies ranging from the B&O Railroad to Starbucks - began to go their separate ways. And for almost that long, ever...Tags: Royal Bank of Canada, Deutsche Bank AG, Fells Point, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance
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Fed to curb shady home-lending practices
From the Associated PressThe Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke of...Tags: Government, National Government, Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Central Bank
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Fed plans new rules to protect future homebuyers
Daily PressThe Federal Reserve, trying to stabilize a shaky U.S. financial system, may give squeezed Wall Street firms more time to tap the central bank's emergency loan program, chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. And, in an effort to prevent a repeat of the...Tags: Government, National Government, Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Central Bank
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Kimco downgraded as shopping center prospects dim
james.bernstein@newsday.comKimco Realty Corp. of New Hyde Park, one of the nations' largest owners of community shopping centers, was downgraded Tuesday morning by a major Wall Street investment firm, which said it expects the company's gains to "moderate" in coming years....Tags: Hyde Park, Kimco Realty, Long Island
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Bond insurer MBIA sorts through subprime mess
Tribune Media ServicesQuestion: I am very concerned about my shares of MBIA Inc. What are the prospects? -- V.R., via the Internet Answer: The world's largest bond insurer has taken charges on billions of dollars of exposure to bonds tied to subprime mortgages and...Tags: Bonds, Credit Ratings, Mortgages, Insurance, Automotive Equipment
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MBIA Inc. Is Battered By Competition, Subprime Issues
I am very concerned about my shares of MBIA Inc. What are the prospects? — V.R., via the Internet The world's largest bond insurer has taken charges on billions of dollars of exposure to bonds tied to subprime mortgages and derivatives. It...Tags: Donaldson Company Incorporated, Bonds, Mortgages, Insurance, Mutual Funds
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MBIA is paying for its errors
Q: I am very concerned about my shares of MBIA Inc. What are the prospects? V.R., via the Internet A: The world's largest bond insurer has taken charges on billions of dollars of exposure to bonds tied to subprime mortgages and derivatives. It also...Tags: MBIA Incorporated, Bonds, Credit Ratings, Mortgages, Stock Broking
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