Local Headlines
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FBI: Bemidji realty scam inflated property values
Apr 12, 2008 | via KARE-TV Minneapolis
An FBI affidavit accuses a real estate agent in Bemidji of participating in a conspiracy to inflate property values in through sham sales, kickbacks, and falsified loan applications.
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Cass Board looks ahead to 2008 cha...
Feb 14, 2008 | via The Pilot-Independent
Cass Board looks ahead to 2008 challenges, opportunities Gail DeBoer / Staff writer Last updated: Thursday, February 14th, 2008 08:37:57 AM The year 2008 should be an interesting one for the Cass County Board, ...
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Regional Headlines
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Internet Insite: Cheap, last-minute Minn. getaways
Monday Jul 14 | via KAAL
Do you have an interesting Web site you'd like to see featured on Internet InSITE? Email Web Manager Justin Piehowski, jpiehowski@kstp.com . Watch INTERNET InSITE each Monday at 6:30 on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS ...
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DNR must stop stalling;new study confirms MCEA shorelands concerns
Friday Jul 11 | via Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
July 11, 2008 DNR must stop stalling;new study confirms MCEA shorelands concerns After a year and a half study led by the University of Minnesota, planners have concluded Minnesota needs to better protect its ...
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MBIA Inc. Is Battered By Competition, Subprime Issues
Sunday Jul 6 | via Hartford Courant
I am very concerned about my shares of MBIA Inc. What are the prospects? - V.R. , via the Internet T he world's largest bond insurer has taken charges on billions of dollars of exposure to bonds tied to ...
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Bond insurer MBIA's losses expected to grow
Sunday Jul 6 | via The Morning Call
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 ...
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Tuesday Jul 1 | via St. Paul Pioneer Press
We break from regularly scheduled programming for this special report: Good news! Competition is improving health care in Minnesota! We refer to the latest report from MN Community Measurement, a nonprofit ...
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National Headlines
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Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices
4 min ago | via KVML
Responding to Americans anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance ...
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- Naked shorting' risky, not sexy
5 min ago | via Journal Gazette
The business world is forever tossing out colorful phrases. Today's is "naked short." Naked shorting is a particularly skeevy kind of short selling.
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Power to end crisis in hands of lenders
7 min ago | via LivingstonDaily
Mortgage companies were greedy and made mortgages that should not have been made.
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Faulty borrowers not my problem
7 min ago | via LivingstonDaily
Our legislators, along with print and broadcast media, have overlooked another aspect of the current downturn in real estate values.
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4 hrs ago | via Mason Valley News
July 10 went down as a bad day in Nevada's gaming industry. First came the announcment that state gaming revenue numbers in May dropped 15 percent when compared with the same month in 2007.
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