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  • Is DeVry Inc. Poised to Finally Break Out? Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 6:58PMThe article takes a look at the for-profit education sector, which has largely outperformed the rest of the market...( Read More )
  • Nomis Solutions Announces Pricing and Profitability Management Suite for Retail Banks Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 1:00PM Retail Banking Suite Leverages Strategic Pricing to Optimize the Customer Acquisition and Portfolio Management Process for Consumer Lending and Deposits
  • Selling Source Creates New Consumer Acquisition Group; Taps Gary Fisher for Executive Vice President Position Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 10:55AM Chief Executive Officer Derek LaFavor announced today that Selling Source, LLC has created a new Consumer Acquisition Group headed by Gary Fisher, a highly regarded senior marketing executive who recently joined the company.
  • Struggling families given six-month reprieve as RBS delays repossessions Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 10:57PMBorrowers who fail to keep up with their mortgage repayments will be given a six-month breathing space under a plan due to be announced today by Royal Bank of Scotland.
  • Reverse mortgages a lifeline for seniors Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 2:06PMSeniors traditionally have used reverse mortgages to maintain their standard of living in retirement by tapping into their home equity, but older homeowners increasingly are using the loans to avoid sliding into foreclosure.
  • Many want pay based more on performance Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 11:11AM In 2007, as their companies started to falter, many executives were getting increases to compensation packages that already paid more in a day than most Americans make all year. Photo by istockphoto.com
  • Graduates’ burden: Student-loan payments Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 10:08AM“Why would they give some kid $60,000? What gave me the privileges to take out loans like that?”
  • Foreclosure: Nevadans hit hard in national crisis Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 9:42AMShelly Griese hates to move. But in the last four months, the 47-year-old Reno resident found herself doing exactly that. Twice.
  • Opening the tap on home equity Saturday, November 29, 2008 @ 6:12PMBorrow before credit line is frozen, some suggest. Many homeowners who have taken out home equity lines of credit have learned in recent months that these loans are not as useful as they initially seemed.
  • Over-indebted to credit Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 11:17AMMatt Sauer, a young, single mortgage broker, planned to get rich quick after graduating from college. By age 28, he owned properties in Pacific Beach, Las Vegas and Florida. Matt Sauer, a young, single mortgage broker, planned to get rich quick after graduating from college. By age 28, he owned properties in Pacific Beach, Las Vegas and Florida.
  • ShareChat News: Kiwibank puts out 6.99% rate Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 10:45PMKiwibank has today moved to match Bank of New Zealand’s home loan cuts. This morning it has dropped its one-year rate 30 basis points, with its top offer being 6.99%.
  • Staying afloat in a grim economic scenario Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 6:08PMHow is global economic turbulence affecting India? Is it trying to stay afloat in a grim scenario? The official perception is that even if there is a slowdown in the current year, India remains on the growth path and there is no recession.
  • Radical Solutions For A Crazy Crisis Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 3:15PMThe fight against deflation has to be unorthodox.
  • Good buys in home loans Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 8:41AMU.S. move cuts mortgages to lowest rate since February Home loan borrowers with good credit could be in for some of the best mortgage rates in months, analysts said yesterday, a day after the Federal Reserve announced intervention designed to make financing less costly and more readily available.
  • Business briefs Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 5:46AMNursing homes earn state Gold Seal Award
  • Mortgage rates fall, but many borrowers will have trouble qualifying Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 5:28AMLow seasonal demand and high borrowing standards make a rush of new loans unlikely. The biggest savings for shoppers this holiday season may be in home mortgages, thanks to a decline in interest rates spurred at least in part by the latest federal financial rescue effort.
  • Mortgage rate drop sparks surge in consumer interest Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 2:00AMU.S. action this week sent mortgage interest levels to their lowest point since May. Silicon Valley loan brokers and big banks report a big increase in calls in the past couple of days.
  • Pandit Speaks on the Bailout Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 2:27PM“We thought that this was an issue about confidence in Citi, not about capital, not about — not about our earnings. And somehow, we needed to make sure that we got control of the situation.”
  • U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop Most in Seven Years on Fed Debt Plan Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 1:18PMNov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. mortgage rates dropped by the most in at least seven years as a Federal Reserve pledge to buy $600 billion of debt succeeded where seven cuts in the central bank’s benchmark rate had failed.
  • Conns, Inc. Reports Results for the Quarter Ended October 31, 2008 Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 12:00PM BEAUMONT, Texas----Conn’s, Inc. , a specialty retailer of home appliances, consumer electronics, computers, lawn and garden products, furniture and mattresses, today announced its operating results for the quarter and nine months ended October 31, 2008.
  • Wall Street Mixed After Credit Moves Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 11:13AMOn Tuesday, Wall Street completed a feat it has not accomplished in more than two months: it went three consecutive days without a loss, The New York Times’s Jack Healy and Michael M. Grynbaum reported.
  • Brown’s ‘Churchill’ Moment Masks Failure of Regulator He Built Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 9:22AMNov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Gordon Brown isn’t known for making quick decisions. He agonized for months over whether to call early elections after becoming U.K. prime minister in June 2007, before deciding against it.
  • Golar LNG Q3 2008 Results Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 8:11AM Highlights
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-26 07:33 Nikkei slips 1.3 percent as fear and optimism war Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 8:03AMBy Elaine Lies
  • Fleetwood Reports Results for Second Quarter and First Six Months of Fiscal 2009 Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 12:30PM Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. announced today its results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2009 ended October 26, 2008, along with additional details on its major restructuring program intended to stem losses and reduce annualized fixed costs by at least $40 million.
  • BMO Financial Group Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $560 Million Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 12:29PM For the fourth quarter ended October 31, 2008, BMO Financial Group reported a 24% year-over-year increase in net income, earning $560 million. Earnings per share were $1.06, up $0.19 or 22%.
  • Allied Healthcare International Inc. Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 12:15PM NEW YORK----Allied Healthcare International Inc. : Fourth Quarter Twelve Months Revenues $75.0 $298.6 Gross Profit $22.9 $90.4 Gross Margin % 30.6% 30.3% Operating Income $4.3 $12.7 Diluted EPS, Continuing operations $0.06 $0.19
  • Towards a future Wall Street Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 11:00AMThe financial services industry as we have known it since the early 1990s has effectively collapsed. Its flaws of over-optimistic risk management, aggressive rent extraction and excessive leverage have proved fatal, as was eventually inevitable.
  • Interest rates may soften further: FM Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 9:36AMWith inflation declining to single digit level, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said interest rates may soften further and also made a case for revisiting reforms to make the economy more competitive.
  • GREENCORE GROUP PLC Preliminary Statement of Results for the Year Ended September 26, 2008 Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 9:06AM -
  • ShareChat News: BNZ takes rate war to six-month term Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 9:18AMCompetition in the home loan market has shifted back to the fixed rate terms with the Bank of New Zealand making major cuts to its fixed rates. Its biggest cuts are to six-month rates for its Standard and Global Plus loans.
  • Students take on more debt Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 6:57AMHigher college costs and steep losses in college savings plans are forcing students and their parents to borrow more to earn bachelor’s degrees.
  • The Bailout Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 6:06AMFifty billion dollars. That’s really how much Detroit would like to borrow with Federal loan guarantees — and that would be in addition to the $25 billion Congress has already committed to help the American auto industry bring more fuel-efficient new vehicles to market (including the cost of retooling their factories for production).
  • International Forecaster November 2008 (#7) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 7:30PMThe following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster. For the full 31 page issue, please see subscription information below.
  • Leverage Is an 8 Letter Word Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 6:14PMLeverage is an eight-letter word, which the markets now regard as twice as bad as the two four-letter words debt and pain (or fill in your own four-letter words). This week I try to give some insight into what is happening in the credit markets, some of it below the radar screen of most analysts.
  • Cardholders Getting Unexpected News Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 4:38AMCecil Bello has stumbled into a new corner of the credit squeeze. The 32-year-old management consultant has had the limits reduced on three of her credit cards.
  • Seeking a jumbo conforming home loan? Act fast Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 2:21AMSome mortgage borrowers are about to get squeezed by the shrinking of something called the jumbo conforming limit.
  • Expert: Don Taylor, Ph.D., CFA, CFP Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:53AMDear Dr. Don, My husband and I are considering refinancing our 30-year mortgage. We also have a 10-year-fixed home equity line of credit. If we decide to refinance, can I combine our 30-year mortgage and our HELOC into one loan?
  • Do math before merging HELOC, mortgage Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:00AM In some situations, it makes sense to combine a mortgage loan with a home equity line of credit.
  • U.S. stocks fall steeply as financial sector weighs Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 5:45PM U.S. stocks fall after the biggest-ever drop in consumer prices and another gloomy housing report offers little cheer to investors already fretting about the fate of the Big Three automakers.
  • MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Falling Amid Downbeat Economic Data Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:16PMU.S. stocks see-sawed up and down Wednesday, with key indexes significantly down by late morning, after the biggest-ever drop in consumer prices and another gloomy housing report offered little cheer to investors already fretting about the fate of the Big Three automakers.
  • MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Down In Early Action Amid Downbeat Economic Data Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:16PMU.S. stocks declined at the open Wednesday, playing off the biggest-ever drop in consumer prices as well as another gloomy housing report that offered little cheer to investors already fretting about the fate of the Big Three automakers.
  • U.S. stocks down in early action amid downbeat economic data Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:00PM U.S. stocks open lower, playing off the biggest-ever drop in consumer prices as well as another gloomy housing report that offered little cheer to investors already fretting about the fate of the Big Three automakers.
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  • Can Central Bankers Prevent the Great Depression? Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:39PMAmid the worst financial crisis and market meltdowns since the 1930’s, the world’s top-20 central bankers and finance ministers are busy at work, inflating the world’s money supply, slashing lending rates, and crafting stimulus packages, in order to prevent a normal recession from morphing into a Great Depression.
  • A Sure Thing? Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 8:14PMCan Central Bankers Prevent the Great Depression?
  • Suthers cracks down on mortgage fraud Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:37PMColorado Attorney General John Suthers today said he has reached settlements with three mortgage companies as part of a crackdown on false advertising that he launched about two years ago.
  • As the economy falters, be prepared for a layoff Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:18PMThe numbers are grim enough to make anyone wince. Last month the unemployment rate in the United States reached 6.5 percent, its highest level in 14 years. Even worse, many economists are predicting that the jobless rate will climb all the way to 8 percent in 2009.
  • Suthers cracks down on mortgage ads Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:31PMThree Colorado mortgage brokers have reached settlements with state Attorney General John Suthers to end what Suthers called the “deceptive use of teaser rates in mortgage-loan advertisements” in Denver newspapers.
  • Affordable Homes Available At Market Rate Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 8:53PMFALMOUTH- With prices at their lowest in recent years, now may be the perfect time to buy a home, according to one local real estate agent. But fewer people are doing so, not only in Falmouth, but Capewide.