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 <title><![CDATA[Some See Too Few Failures]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Are banks failing at too slow a pace? The idea that we are going to have a lot of bank failures in the next few years, so we ought to get them out of the way quickly seems to be taking root in some quarters.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Foreclosure Pressures Mount]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Congress is pressuring the mortgage industry to hold off on foreclosures pending the startup of the FHA &ldquo;Hope for Homeowners&rdquo; refinance program.]]></description>
 <category>Mortgage</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:41:42 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[HUD Settles RESPA Case]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HUD continues its crackdown on kickbacks.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:39:05 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cuomo Continues Auction-Rate Securities Campaign]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has warned the banks and securities firms that his investigation into their sale of auction-rate securities will continue.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Big Banks Tighten Standards]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The nation&rsquo;s largest banks have tightened their lending standards in all major loan categories in the past three months, the Fed reports.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:36:42 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Briefs, August 18 — 22, 2008]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<ul> <li>Old Hickory</li> <li>Regulation S</li> <li>Auction Results</li> </ul>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:35:37 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Quote of the Week, August 18 — 22, 2008]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[FOMC Caught in a Bad Spot]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The FOMC could have justified raising rates to head off inflation or lowering them to strengthen an anemic economy. In fact, it held rates steady.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cuomo, Citigroup Settle Auction Rate Securities Case]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Auction rate securities are Wall Street&rsquo;s latest troubled products. Citigroup settles a complaint about its marketing practices.]]></description>
 <category>In Court</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Problems Continue]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac reported an $821 million loss in the second quarter.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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