Why small is beautiful as town fights credit crunch
Clactonan Gazette - 1 minute ago
“This is why we are asking firms to complete our online credit crunch survey. We want to find out how they anticipate the next year and the problems they ...

Rugby can emerge with credit – Turner
South Wales Argus, UK - 2 minutes ago
“We are in an era where there are 50000 crowds in England and 80000 in France (for club games) and in this credit crunch situation we have got a duty to ...

2009 Economy: Temporary Upheaval or Paradigm Shift?
MarketWatch (press release) - 3 minutes ago
Housing expert and former chief economist at Fannie Mae, Mr. David W. Berson - Senior Vice President, Chief Economist and Strategist, The PMI Group, ...

Obama awaits US Senate vote on $350bn in bail-out funds
guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 minutes ago
Critics charge the money went disproportionately to big financial institutions to the detriment of small banks and homeowners facing foreclosure on their ...

More employment gloom in Wales
WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 3 minutes ago
Meanwhile union leaders met with bosses at car giant Jaguar Land Rover to discuss the “urgent need” to reduce costs in the light of the credit crunch and ...

Media Advisory - Innovative new home in Red Deer celebrates ...
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 4 minutes ago
15 /CNW/ - The Laebon Canadian Housing Energy Sustainable Solutions (CHESS) team, one of 12 national winners in the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ...

State takes over nursing home in Evansville
DL-Online, MN - 4 minutes ago
Potvin said he and the foundation’s sole remaining board member, Dr. Stephen Zuckerman, discussed the possibilities of bankruptcy and foreclosure before ...

Job cuts at W.Va. hospitals reflect market ills
Daily Mail - Charleston, WV - 5 minutes ago
... the possible loss of jobs and benefits defer treatment. And some patients are opting to pay their mortgage over their hospital bills. AP News Headlines.

Federer Says Australian Open Should Be Delayed Two Weeks
SportsBusiness Daily (subscription), NC - 5 minutes ago
... WTA Tour German Open has been cancelled for this year, but a tour spokesperson said the cancelation "has nothing to do with the global credit crunch. ...

Do you agree with this letter?
FanIQ, CA - 5 minutes ago
You can then plead with the government to pay for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't my problem any more. ...

Eagle Bancorp Announces Quarterly Earnings and Declares Quarterly ...
Stockhouse, Canada - 4 minutes ago
Excluding the losses in market value stemming from our ownership of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock, our performance on an operational basis ...

Americans happy 'failed marriage' with Bush is ending
CNN - 4 minutes ago
"It's sad to say, but we really went nowhere for almost 10 years after you extract the boost provided by the housing and mortgage boom,'' Mark Zandi, ...

‘More Than an Empty Suit?‘
American Daily, OH - 5 minutes ago
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still guaranteeing high-risk mortgages for poorly-qualified buyers, applauded by Barney Frank and the hard-left Democrats. ...

Holidays and the credit crunch
BBC News, UK - 5 minutes ago
Less city breaks but just as much sun: Monarch Air MD Tim Jeans talks to Working Lunch about the impact of the downturn on holiday habits. ...

Steel, gas row slams Ukraine '08 growth, worse seen ahead
Reuters India, India - 5 minutes ago
... distracts from the export crisis, rising unemployment, a weakened currency and a credit crunch that leaves the budget with few sources of income. ...

JPMorgan profit slumps on writedowns
Reuters India, India - 5 minutes ago
... 76 percent as it wrote down bad loans, signaling that even the bank that has avoided the worst of the credit crunch is struggling with the recession. ...

US mortgage rates drop 11th week to new low
Reuters India, India - 5 minutes ago
The program also entails buying up to $100 billion of debt issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks. "Interest rates for 30-year ...

Bank, Credit Union Success in Mortgage Industry Defies Trends ...
MarketWatch (press release) - 5 minutes ago
Mortgagebot -- the leader in consumer-direct online and enterprise-wide point-of-sale solutions for automating the mortgage-application process -- brought ...

Home owners struggling with mortgages promised help to avoid ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 minutes ago
Home owners in properties worth up to £400000 who fall behind with their mortgage repayments will be given help to avoid repossession, the Government will ...

DATABASE: Foreclosures up despite steps to put them on hold
The Virginian-Pilot, VA - 5 minutes ago
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently announced that they would extend the moratorium to the end of this month, but that may make little difference when it ...