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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Realty Trac 

  With assets of more than $800 billion, Wachovia is the nation's fourth-largest banking institution .

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Local Headlines

• Southeastern Bank Financial Corp. Declares Cash Dividend

  Thursday Jul 17 | via PrimeNewswire 

  The Board of Directors of Southeastern Bank Financial Corp. , the holding company for Georgia Bank & Trust Company of Augusta and Southern Bank & Trust, on July 16, 2008, declared a regular quarterly cash ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Augusta, GA, University of Maine System, Augusta (University of Maine System)

• Bank announces dividend

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Augusta Chronicle 

  Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:24 a.m. The board of directors of Southeastern Bank Financial Corp., the holding company for Georgia Bank & Trust Company of Augusta and Southern Bank & Trust, today announced that ...

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• Meybohm in top 1007/12/2008

  Monday Jul 14 | via Aiken Standard 

  Staff reports Meybohm Realtors, which serves real estate buyers and sellers in Augusta, North Augusta and Aiken, has placed in Realtor MagazineA A 's Top 100 listing.

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• Realtors wait tables to raise money for a Habitat for Humanity build6/25/2008

  Thursday Jun 26 | via Aiken Standard 

  By HALEY HUGHES Staff writer Aiken real estate agents tried a hand at serving lunch for a good cause Wednesday.

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• Waffle House robbed

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Augusta Chronicle 

  Aiken County investigators are looking for a man who robbed a Waffle House located off of Interstate 20 near the South Carolina Highway 19 exit this morning.

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Regional Headlines

• Norris

  Yesterday | via Traveler Watchman 

  Searching for a perfect lake home? Visit TNLakeHomes.net and have a look at the latest lake home listings in Tennessee.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, Housing, South Carolina, Foreclosures

• SCBT income up

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via The Times and Democrat 

  SCBT Financial Corporation, the holding company for South Carolina Bank and Trust, said Tuesday its net income reached a record-high level during the second quarter ending June 30.

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• Business Briefs

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Post and Courier 

  Stocks rose sharply Tuesday as oil prices fell for a second straight day, and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Foreclosures, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, South Carolina

• Mortgage situation better than most think

  Saturday Jul 5 | via Messenger 

  July 5, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST Photo "We are a community bank, and look at it from the standpoint that we live here with our customers.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, South Carolina, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• NAACP alleges mortgage discrimination

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via GreenvilleOnline.com - 

  COLUMBIA - Mortgage lenders have racially discriminated against thousands of African-Americans in South Carolina, steering them into high-cost loans, many of which are resulting in foreclosure, NAACP ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, African-American, South Carolina

National Headlines

• Paulson warns of tough months

  8 min ago | via CNN 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  10 min ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  The treasury secretary says the list of troubled banks will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages.

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• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  17 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  20 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  20 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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