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11 hrs ago | www.businessweek.com | mortgagenews

Should Financial Advisers Be Fiduciaries?

The already-hot debate about the fiduciary responsibility of financial advisers is scorching.

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Related Topix: Legg Mason, Financial Services, Investment Services

11 hrs ago | www.businessweek.com | mortgagenews

Banks Turn the Screws on California - BusinessWeek

Banks are refusing to cash IOUs issued by the state of California after July 10, putting pressure on the Golden State to resolve its budget crisis Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators are slugging it out over how to fix California's $26.3 billion budget gap.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tax, Financial Markets, Wells Fargo , Banking, Financial Services

Yesterday | mortgagedfuture.com | mortgagenews

Making Home (Very) Affordable| Mortgaged Future

Loan modification programs have been seen as the answer to preventing foreclosures and allowing the housing market to stabilize. The programs have become progressively more aggressive as foreclosures continue to mount and housing prices continue to slide. The current government program, Making Home Affordable, has a dual approach whereby a ...

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

Yesterday | www.bloomberg.com | mortgagenews

AIG Probably Has `Zero' Value For Private Holders

American International Group Inc. , the insurer bailed out four times by the government, fell the most in nine months after Citigroup Inc.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Insurance, American International Group

Thu Jul 09, 2009

www.smartmoney.com | mortgagenews

Nothing Always Works, but Here Are 3 Market Truths

From " Don't Fight the Fed " to the January Effect , markets are littered with a long list of "surefire" tips that don't always turn out.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets

www.smartmoney.com | mortgagenews

Secret Stimulus Savings

President Obama unveiled his $787 billion stimulus package, some of the benefits are still hiding in the fine print.

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www.forbes.com | mortgagenews

Benefit From Behavioral Finance

There is more going into your investment decisions than you think. Behavioral finance can help you know your unconscious brain.

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www.forbes.com | mortgagenews

Look Before You Leap To A New Job

This may not be the best time to accept an alluring offer. You're one of the lucky ones if you've held onto your job in this recession and gotten an offer of another job too.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

online.wsj.com | mortgagenews

Empty Mall Stores Trigger Rent Cuts

Retail chains are using the fine print in their leases to demand rent reductions, eking out critical savings and pressuring mall owners already struggling with vacancies.

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Related Topix: Household Products, Retail, WilliamsSonoma, Apparel, Ann Taylor Stores

online.wsj.com | mortgagenews

Job Market Is Flashing Many Warning Signs

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www.nytimes.com | mortgagenews

A Staggering Budget Gap and a Reluctance to Fill It

No one argues that the staggering deficits run up by the American government in a bid to rescue the economy are desirable, healthy or even sustainable - not if the national debt continues to swell at its current pace.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Business News

KCBY-TV Coos Bay

Toxic asset program may be too late to help banks

A government plan designed to rid banks' books of the troubled assets that exacerbated the financial crisis will do little to address a fundamental weakness of the industry or the broader economy, analysts say.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

WDAF

Massachusetts, 1st gay marriage state, challenges federal ...

Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Healthcare Law, Law, Tax, Social Security

Hampshire Chronicle

Darling unveils credit crunch plan

Financial products could come with "health warnings" saying how risky they are, under proposals due to be unveiled by the Treasury.

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Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

New York Daily News

Study: Social Security numbers can be predicted using public information

A study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University revealed that Social Security numbers can be predicted fairly accurately using public information.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Carnegie Mellon University

Tue Jul 07, 2009

The Straits Times

AIG loses big round in suit

AMERICAN International Group Inc lost a big round on Tuesday in its court battle against former CEO Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg.

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Related Topix: Insurance, American International Group, Home, Mortgage, Retirement

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: 07/07 G8 Meeting Should Focus on Trade

07/07/09 Given the weight of the recession on economies around the world, trade should be the focus as the eight largest economies meet, experts say.

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Related Topix: Video

Mon Jul 06, 2009

www.businessweek.com | mortgagenews

Can You Afford to Retire? - BusinessWeek

The expensive approach to retirement is to pile up so much money that you'll be safe no matter how long you live or what goes wrong with your health or the markets.

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Related Topix: Retirement

money.cnn.com | mortgagenews

A major life crisis can destroy your personal finances

My family has learned the hard way why you can't ignore finances while dealing with the emotions that surround a life-changing event like job loss or the death of a loved one.

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www.forbes.com | mortgagenews

How To Raise A Rich Daughter

The short answer: Teach her to love math. Forbes Woman is a new section for professional and executive women.

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Related Topix: Barnard College

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