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Woman facing foreclosure steals from job
Thursday Oct 9 | via The Mercury
Faced with a pending mortgage foreclosure and rising credit card bills, a woman embezzled more than $300,000 from the Plymouth medical supply company where she worked.
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Wednesday Oct 8 | via Philadelphia Business Journal
RAIT Investment Trust has acquired Pinnacle Capital Group , a Philadelphia real estate finance company that's been instrumental in nearly a half-billion-dollars in deals in recent years.
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SEI Investments finds itself in the eye of the hurri...
Monday Oct 6 | via Philadelphia Business Journal
Investment firm SEI Investments Co. finds itself right in the thick of the financial crisis because its clients include roughly half of the top 300 U.S. banks and nine of the top 20.
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A brighter spot in the financial gloom
Monday Sep 22 | via Philly.com News
Almost like an electrical jolt that restarts a failing heart, the drop in interest rates resulting from the government's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has sparked life back into the flagging local real ...
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Sunday Sep 21 | via PhillyBurbs.com
Now that the teachers have returned to classes, how do you divvy up the nearly $96 million that makes up Souderton Area School District's budget for 2008-09? The teachers union wants the school district to ...
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Regional Headlines
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Saturday | via Baby Center
Just curious as to who we are as individuals. I've listed a few categories for everyone to share.
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Our homes, sweet homes, rock steady
23 hrs ago | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Don't look at us. We didn't do it. Pittsburghers, by and large, haven't aided and abetted the financial crisis.
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Saturday | via Free Republic
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Uniontown in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District for the first and only scheduled debate between Congressman John Murtha, a Democrat; and retired Army ...
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New computer, mortgage help & furniture warning
Friday Oct 10 | via 6 ABC
This is potentially great news more than 10-thousand Pennsylvanians at risk of foreclosure may have some relief coming their way.
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Settlement over Mortgages Near
Friday Oct 10 | via WHTM-TV Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office says ongoing negotiations over Countrywide Financial's subprime mortgages could lead to cash payments or other relief for thousands of customers in the state.
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National Headlines
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9 min ago | via News.com.au
THE battered Australian share market rallied today, rising more than 5 per cent as investors gained confidence from the government's emergency plan to protect the nation's banking system from a global financial ...
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US House debate covers economy, business issues
12 min ago | via Montana's News Station
U.S. House candidates Cynthia Lummis and Gary Trauner debated the causes of the ongoing economic crisis and the concerns of small businesses at a forum held at the Wyoming Hospitality and Tourism Fall Summit.
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Emmetsburg, IA Woman Arrested After Home Mortgage In...
19 min ago | via KTIV-TV Sioux City
55-year-old Jon Singelstad was taken into custody Thursday on an outstanding warrant charging him with two counts of commercial bribery.
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China's Communists Approve Key Land Reforms
20 min ago | via China Digital Times
AFP reports on proposed economic reforms that would allow farmers to trade and mortgage the rights to their land: The package was approved at an annual meeting here chaired by President Hu Jintao of up to 500 ...
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21 min ago | via Drumwaster's Rants
Let's get one thing straight Something else occurs to me Something occurs to me Let's make it a contest The Final Steps In The Failure of The United States Financial System Not commenting, not explaining The ...
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