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  • The financial meltdown accelerates as the banks move aggressively to seize assets of hedge funds and private equity ... (India Daily)

    The hedge funds and private equity funds are defaulting on their loans from banks and other financial institutions. The investment funds took aggressive positions without hedge in leverage buyouts, real estate, and subprime mortgages. Now they have started defaulting and the banks are worried.
    2008-03-01 09:57:48

  • INSTANT VIEW 4-Japan CPI near decade high but BOJ seen on hold

    Guardian Unlimited - The Bank of Japan is expected to sit tight or even cut interest rates from the current 0.5 percent this year on fears of a U.S. recession and growing pessimism over Japan's economic outlook.
    2008-02-27 03:53:00

  • Risks seen for growing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (KBCI Boise)

    Loosening the regulatory reins around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gives them the freedom to play a bigger role in trying to stabilize a worsening housing market.
    2008-03-01 09:58:24

  • In fight against foreclosures, ornery activists tackle Countrywide, nation's biggest lender (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

    CLEVELAND - Folks on Humphrey Hill Drive were still waking up on the icy Saturday morning the shark hunters came to town.
    2008-03-01 09:58:39

  • Inflation concerns to keep rates high

    New Zealand Herald - He predicted the current rate would hold until December. "We're the masters of our own misfortune because we like to borrow a lot and we are prepared to pay interest rates to borrow money that people overseas would not touch with a barge pole," he said
    2008-03-01 08:19:00

  • Fed Officials Diverge on Economic Risks, Interest-Rate Response

    Bloomberg - ... of the Atlanta Fed, said in a panel discussion in Atlanta on subprime mortgages. ``Resolution of the current financial market problems requires some stabilization of U.S. housing markets.'' Lockhart also said lower interest rates should ...
    2008-03-01 08:47:00

  • Buffett faults housing crisis amid profit (Interactive Investor)

    Business Finance and city news online from Interactive Investor (www.iii.co.uk). Plus financial and currency market news and information 24/7. Stock prices, share prices, currency markets news and business finance headlines. Also news from AFX and Reuters.
    2008-03-01 06:55:23

  • Jeffco Debt Grows (FOX 6 News Birmingham)

    Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its underlying rating (SPUR) on Jefferson County, Ala.'s sewer revenue debt six notches to 'B' from 'BBB' due to increased uncertainty that the county sewer system will be able to meet its debt obligations.
    2008-03-01 07:48:40

  • Recession - Yes Please! (The Motley Fool)

    We need a recession, according to Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, to sort out the airline industry. But it'll be bad news for his company's profits...
    2008-03-01 08:31:24

  • Inflation concerns to keep rates high (The New Zealand Herald)

    Homeowners appear unlikely to get relief from high interest rates this week, with a leading economist predicting the risk of inflation will need to be "unconscious on the mat" before the rate will come down.
    2008-03-01 08:59:23

  • Fed Officials Diverge on Economic Risks, Interest-Rate Response (Bloomberg.com)

    March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers diverged on their assessments of interest rates and economic risks, with some highlighting dangers of a deeper slowdown and others stressing the need to maintain credibility on inflation.
    2008-03-01 09:06:35

  • 3 firms jack up fuel by 50 cents (Sun Star)

    A 5O-CENTAVO increase in the prices of fuel shows that an oil tariff cut is “a useless mechanism” and will fail to protect consumers from abuse, an alliance of militant groups said.
    2008-03-01 09:46:50

  • Steer Clear Of Stock Market Storms: Part Two (The Motley Fool)

    If you're risk-averse investing in shares is probably the last thing you would do. Could corporate bonds be a better choice for you?
    2008-03-01 09:50:44

  • Buffett has profitable year, faults housing excess (Muzi)

    Warren Buffett concluded a highly profitable year for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) with an admonition for lenders who fueled the housing crisis and words of caution that Berkshire's own results might be less stellar than in 2007.
    2008-03-01 09:57:06

  • UPDATE 1-Title insurer First American suffers Q4 loss

    Forbes - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating whether First American colluded with Washington Mutual Inc (nyse: WM - news - people ) , a big mortgage lender, to inflate home values in appraisals.
    2008-02-28 06:48:00

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