Local Headlines
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Borrowers are still borrowing for now
3 hrs ago | via HeraldTribune.com
Just an interesting story to tell to show some insight on another type of home-forclosure "victim": Couple bought two nice shiny new cars.
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Bright spot in a bleak condo market
20 hrs ago | via HeraldTribune.com
The Sarasota condominium market, like practically every other condo market in the state, looks pretty bleak right now.
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Saturday Oct 4 | via HeraldTribune.com
Monday is the last day to register to vote for the Nov. 4 election, and the elections office in Sarasota County will remain open until midnight Monday to accommodate latecomers.
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Friday Oct 3 | via HeraldTribune.com
Published: Friday, October 3, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. There is no longer much doubt that a financial bailout is necessary.
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How Wall Street intersects your street
Tuesday Sep 30 | via HeraldTribune.com
Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 12:51 a.m. Like an office flu that starts at the coffee machine and spreads around the cubicles, the credit crunch ...
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Regional Headlines
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Countrywide Financial deal gives relief to Florida h...
3 hrs ago | via Bradenton Herald
Countrywide Financial will compensate Florida homeowners with up to $1 billion in mortgage relief under a settlement reached with the state's attorney general over alleged abusive lending practices.
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4 hrs ago | via WJHG-TV Panama City
In July, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed suit alleging the lender gave out loans it should not have.
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4 hrs ago | via WMBB
Bank of America is agreeing to modify tens of thousands of loans to keep people in 11 states, including Florida, from losing their homes.
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7 hrs ago | via HeraldTribune.com
Published: Monday, October 6, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 6, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. Keller Williams agent Kathy Marlowe used a great phrase recently to describe the environment during the ...
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Florida settles suit with insurance giant
8 hrs ago | via WDBO-AM Orlando
Florida has settled a lawsuit with one of the country's largest mortgage lenders, and the plan is expected to help thousands of homeowners avoid foreclosure.
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National Headlines
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Unions and politicians have called on the retail ban...
2 min ago | via Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Unions and politicians have called on the retail banks to pass on the reduction in full.
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31 min ago | via The Asheville Citizen-Times
No one wants to talk about who is most to blame for the financial crisis that now threatens the U.S. economy, though there is plenty of blame to go around.
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Global markets jolted by spreading financial crisis
21 hrs ago | via Reno Gazette-Journal
LONDON - The devastating financial flu that has sent the American economy reeling is contagious, making the rest of the world look sick too.
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Monday Sep 15 | via Detroit Free Press
An official says the administration has decided to pick a key Treasury Department official to be the interim head of its $700-billion rescue effort for financial institutions.
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Treasury publishes info on TARP authorities
7 min ago | via NAFCU
Oct. 7, 2008 - Treasury on Monday published information that lays the groundwork for the selection of asset managers in the Troubled Assets Relief Program and set an Oct.
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