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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

• Celebrating a milestone - Grads crossing stages to challenging futures

  May 30, 2008 | via Bluefield Daily Telegraph 

  Standing on the doorway leading to adult roles and responsibilities, graduation is always a time of excitement tinged with apprehension.

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• Former assessor Nancy Sartor to seek position again

  Feb 8, 2008 | via Register-herald.com 

  Nancy Sartor announced she will seek election as assessor of Greenbrier County. In 2001, Sartor was elected as county assessor.

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Regional Headlines

• Helping companies - absolutely right'

  Yesterday | via Register-herald.com 

  Tossing a life-saving raft out to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, struggling to stay afloat in a sea of red ink, is an idea backed by some members of West Virginia's congressional delegation.

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, West Virginia, West Virginia Government

• State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Huntington News 

  July 12, 2008 State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

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• Housing authority celebrates its 50 years

  Saturday Jul 12 | via The Times West Virginian 

  For 50 years, the Fairmont Housing Authority has been providing decent, affordable homes and financing for low- to moderate-income individuals in two cities and four counties across the region.

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• Court Strips West Va. Bank Executive of Punitive Damages Award

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Insurance Journal West 

  A West Virginia man who says his association with the failed First National Bank of Keystone cost him his banking career should be stripped of a $2.4 million damage award, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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• Thumbs - Saturday, June 28, 2008

  Friday Jun 27 | via Register-herald.com 

  Thumbs up ... to William "Sarge" McGhee, whose talents are exhibited across Mullens in the numerous murals depicting life in the once-bustling railroad town.

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National Headlines

• Economy needs stability before regulation

  4 min ago | via The Herald 

  Economy needs stability before regulation By David Ignatius WASHINGTON -- Henry Paulson was in shirt sleeves Thursday afternoon in his office at the Treasury Department, tie loose at the collar, feet propped up ...

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• Freddie Mac files with Us Sec, first step to capital

  6 min ago | via ABS-CBN News 

  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Freddie Mac won approval from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage finance company may seek $10 billion.

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• Earnings Outlook: Bank of America heads parade firms aiming to show turnaround

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Is it turnaround time for banks? Bank of America Corp. BAC , , ) tops the list of major U.S. financial firms reporting earnings next week, and investors will be looking to see if the nation's second-largest ...

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• Rental market not benefitting from mortgage turmoil in Valley

  3 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal 

  Record numbers of Valley families may be losing their homes to foreclosure, but they apparently are not moving into vacant apartments.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Merced County, CA, Foreclosures, Stanislaus County, CA, San Joaquin County, CA

• Welcoming foreclosure

  7 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  Ralph Stover has good credit and a steady job. But he took out a risky interest-only first mortgage and a second mortgage to buy a new 1,900-square-foot condominium in 2003 with no money down.

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