Nearly $1 billion of Jefferson County sewer debt went to advisers … al.com, AL - 10 hours ago Nearly $1 billion of the $3.2 billion either was held in reserve for future needs, used to refinance old debt or used to pay advisers and underwriters who … Jeffco sells sizzle, but I smell smoke al.com all 2 news articles

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FirstFed posts another loss tied to home mortgage loans Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 6, 2008 FirstFed, the Los Angeles-based parent of First Federal Bank of California, provided refinance loans for borrowers with good credit who were eager to … FirstFed Grapples With Payment-Option Mortgages Wall Street Journal all 22 news articles

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Ferrovial Gains Most Since IPO on BAA Refinance, Short Sellers Bloomberg - 7 hours ago … the company's debt to below investment grade, driving away the investors BAA needs to refinance a 10 billion- pound buyout led by Ferrovial in 2006. … BAA gets backing to refinance £4.7bn debt burden backed by airport … Times Online BAA CDS tighten as refinancing plans accepted Reuters UK Ryanair spat adds to BAA woes Management Today Forbes - Bloomberg all 77 news articles

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Council approves bonds to refinance loan Watertown Daily Times, WI - Aug 6, 2008 The city is issuing the bonds to refinance a short-term loan from last year that helped pay for some of the new public works facility on South Second Street …

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Nearly $1 billion of Jefferson County sewer debt went to advisers … al.com, AL - 9 hours ago Nearly $1 billion of the $3.2 billion either was held in reserve for future needs, used to refinance old debt or used to pay advisers and underwriters who … Jeffco sells sizzle, but I smell smoke al.com all 2 news articles

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CNBC	Can't Refinance Mortgage? Here's What You Can Do CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - Aug 6, 2008 But the answer is not to put somebody into a lender who will refinance at a high rate and they'll be right back where they started from," Riemer says. …

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Peacocks Looks to Refinance Debt istockAnalyst.com, OR - Aug 6, 2008 UK-based discount clothing retailer Peacocks is in preliminary negotiations with banks to refinance its debt, reported The Independent. …

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NY1	Governor Signs Bill To Help New Yorkers Facing Foreclosure NY1, NY - 2 hours ago The law does not create a bail out package, but it does give homeowners 90 extra days to work with lenders to figure out how they can possibly refinance …

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Lawmakers Ask Mortgage Services For Foreclosure Pause RTT News, NY - 4 hours ago Mel Watt and Brad Miller, all Democrats, asked mortgage services to postpone any foreclosures and review loan documents and prepare to refinance those who …

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City running short of time to refinance debt Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 22 hours ago Unusually high insurance quotes are threatening to derail a plan to refinance $77.17 million of the city's debt to generate $3 million in savings this year, …

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Lawmakers urge foreclosure delay until October 1 Reuters - 5 hours ago The landmark legislation, signed into law last month, was expected to help at least 400000 troubled borrowers refinance out of costly, exotic mortgages into … Frank Asks Mortgage Industry to Wait for Anti-Foreclosure Program CQPolitics.com Democrats Ask Lenders To Lay Off Of Foreclosures CNNMoney.com US lawmakers urge foreclosure delay until Oct 1 Reuters all 8 news articles

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Chrysler refinancing falls short by $6bn Financial Times, UK - Aug 4, 2008 Late on Sunday, the vehicle maker revealed it had only been able to refinance $24bn of a $30bn one-year credit facility that was soon due to expire.

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NEW YORK (Fortune) — The credit crisis is far from over, star analyst Meredith Whitney tells Fortune magazine in its upcoming issue. Whitney, who audaciously - and correctly - predicted last October that Citigroup ( C , Fortune 500 ) would have to Read More

Prosecutors have filed securities fraud and theft charges against Laurence Anthone, a South Seattle construction company owner accused of defrauding investors out of about $600,000. Anthone stands accused of selling space in prospective projects to Read More

Until Malcolm Glazer launched his bid for Manchester United in 2004, most readers of the financial pages would have presumed a PIK was a misspelling of something one might find down a mine. Some Manchester United fans objected to the club’s new Read More

By day, Giju John is an electrical engineer working for Intel. By night, he is king of the Hindi salsa. Or, if he happens to be visiting India, rather than Silicon Valley, vice versa. Sepia Mutiny tips us off to the full story in the San Jose Mercury Read More

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Good news for Mosler Lofts sellers Seattle Post Intelligencer - 20 hours ago Owners of Mosler Lofts condominiums can sell or refinance despite legal wrangling between the developer and general contractor. I wrote earlier this month …

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The Truth About the Mortgage Market Eastside Business Journal, Washington - 9 hours ago This means that, for any Americans looking to buy, sell, or refinance a home, they are confronting a very different market from the one that existed just …

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Hundreds of couples are facing the prospect of starting married life without their gifts after a company calling itself the “ultimate wedding list service” admitted that it was in financial difficulties and negotiating with its backers to avoid going Read More

WASHINGTON : U.S. homeowners struggling to make their house payments could get government mortgage relief under a rescue plan that seeks to revive the chaotic housing market and help reverse the economic downturn. The Senate is expected Saturday to Read More

The Senate cleared the last hurdle Friday to passing a housing rescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 80-13 test vote showed broad support Read More

WASHINGTON - The Senate cleared the last hurdle yesterday to passing a housing rescue bill aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . The 80-13 test vote Read More

WASHINGTON — The Senate cleared the last hurdle Friday to passing a housing rescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 80-13 test vote showed Read More

Norilsk Nickel raises $1,5bn to refinance loan Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly, South Africa - 22 hours ago The facility was used to refinance a $2,5-billion short-term facility provided by BNP Paribas and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, in 2007, …

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UPDATE 1-POSCO says to sell $463 mln bonds to refinance debt Reuters - Jul 18, 2008 KS: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's No.4 steelmaker, said on Friday it would issue 468.8 billion won ($463.2 million) in overseas debt to refinance …

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Bond commission approves Cenla projects Alexandria Town Talk, LA - 5 hours ago … City of Alexandria for capital improvements. u$10 million in bonds for the Rapides Parish School Board, Pineville School District to refinance debt, … Leonville granted $5.5 million in water system bonds Opelousas Daily World all 2 news articles

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Nabard to provide more liquidity to co-op banks Business Standard, India - 1 hour ago This is in addition to the refinance target of Rs 32000 crore for the fiscal. "The demand for liquidity support from the state cooperative banks would … NABARD sees loans grow 33.33 pct in FY09 Reuters India all 3 news articles

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Norilsk Nickel raises $1,5bn to refinance loan Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly, South Africa - 22 hours ago The facility was used to refinance a $2,5-billion short-term facility provided by BNP Paribas and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, in 2007, …

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Syntax-Brillian, one of several smaller LCD TV makers to use club store sales to do an end-run around the category’s traditional leaders, has filed for bankruptcy. The Tempe, Ariz.-based Olevia television and Vivitar digital camera maker, filed for Read More

WASHINGTON — With a foreclosure rescue bill facing an uncertain fate in Congress, federal regulators said today they were preparing to adopt new rules designed to curb irresponsible mortgage lending and help some struggling homeowners refinance into Read More

Mortgage application volume rose 3.6 percent during the week ended June 27, according to the trade group Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly application survey. The MBA’s application index rose to 477.7 during the week, bouncing back from a year-to Read More

July 3 (Bloomberg) — Defaults on leveraged-buyout loans may rise as firms struggle to refinance about $500 billion of debt used to fund the takeovers, the Bank for International Settlements said. Companies bought by private-equity firms worldwide Read More

Early voting begins Saturday for voters in three northwest Louisiana parishes considering tax renewals or a special election July 19. Proposition 1: An annual service charge of $50 per year on residential and commercial buildings for fire protection Read More