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• A Surge in Demands on the Government for Jobs

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 566
  by Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer Thanks to the government bailout, bankers and brokers are now self-righteously pocketing their record bonuses, reassured by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein that they are doing “ God’s work ” (The New York Times, November 17, 2009). There is no humility in these quarters. Yet ...
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• Economic Scene: A Quaking Brings No Collapse

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  In the week after Dubai World told its creditors they wouldn’t be getting all their money back, two lessons about the global economy have emerged.
  10 hours ago

• Can You Fight A Foreclosure Part 3 of 3

  
  Ethical Foreclosure Fortunes — Authority: 151
  Fighting a Foreclosure
  13 hours ago

• Bernankes Done Deal Reconfirmation May Not Be A Done Deal After All

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 753
  With everyone expecting the Chairmans reconfirmation process on Thursday to be merely a formality, Senator Bob Corker throws this wrench after he "said he wasnt sure yet whether the chairman had the votes on the Banking committee or in the Senate as a whole." The Hill reports , "I dont know where that sits," Corker ...
  14 hours ago

• It’s Unofficial! No More Fannie or Freddie!

  
  Real Estate Opinion MAG - AgentGenius — Authority: 601
  I see a pattern.  You may see it too. Notice that FHA has made a few subtle changes that will allow originating brokerage companies not to be put through the ringer to get a Mini-Eagle? They can now be VA-like sponsored by a lender that has a net worth of over $2,500,000 thereby removing small to medium sized, ...
  15 hours ago

• Goldmans call to arms: Bankers seeking gun permits ahead of bonus season

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Goldman Sachs , American International Group, INC. Goldman Sachs Group ( GS ) is at the focal point of the American publics rage against Wall Street -- and probably for good reason. The firms former chief executives have populated the highest echelons of American government, which has ...
  17 hours ago

• Here is the proof of what Bernanke though in 2007 ( 1 year before the meltdown)

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  “At this juncture …… the impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained,” Bernanke said in prepared testimony to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.Mar 28, 2007 Washington Post “We believe the effect of the troubles in the subprime ...
  22 hours ago

• Gold & Armageddon: Conclusion Part 3

  
  Ethical Foreclosure Fortunes — Authority: 151
  your mind to another point of view. And if u haven’t thought threw the other side of the gold/dollar collapse issue, then you’re probably not that conscious of your own position and most likely not as secure of your own position as you might think. How much do you know about what factors are affecting the gold ...
  22 hours ago

• Chuck Ponzi: Fiscal vs Monetary

  
  Housing Doom — Authority: 578
  Longtime blogger and Doom reader "Chuck Ponzi" was kind enough to try straightening out my confusion yesterday on the difference between fiscal and monetary issues.  That was in response to my rather fuzzy commentary on the Ethan Ilzetzki presentation in under-construction Doom transcript VI.C. His comment was ...
  23 hours ago

• Subprime Market Has Still Not Reached Bottom

  
  InvestorCentric — Authority: 133
  With 60 plus day delinquencies on the rise, it appears that the subprime market is far from reaching bottom. While the longer term outlook remains strong, the mortgage market remains far from recovery as the number of newly-troubled borrowers continues to grow. See the following article from HousingWire . I ...
  23 hours ago

• Mark Pittman, Reporter Who Challenged Fed Secrecy, Dies at 52

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 144
  Mark Pittman, the award-winning reporter whose fight to make the Federal Reserve more accountable to taxpayers led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died Nov. 25 in Yonkers, New York. He was 52.Pittman suffered from heart-related illnesses. The precise cause of death wasn’t known, said his friend ...
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• D&O Insurance: Recent Rulings Relevant to Subprime Claims

  
  The D & O Diary — Authority: 507
  In a series of recent rulings in coverage litigation arising out of the 2007 collapse of Brookstreet Securities Corporation , a California-based securities broker-dealer, Central District of California Judge Cormac Carney addressed the claims of several claimants to the proceeds of a professional liability ...
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• Housing Market – Not going anywhere

  
  Metropolitan Real Estates — Authority: 100
  House sales are still low but it shows some improvement, not according to analysts who say there are still too many new homes with not enough buyers. In areas where there used to be high home sales are suffering due to the pullout of insurance companies from their area due to the high losses they had during Katrina ...
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• Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  A must read from The Market Oracle : Run on the U.S. Dollar ….Soon Porter Stansberry writes: It’s one of those numbers that’s so unbelievable you have to actually think about it for a while… Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt. And that’s ...
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• Dubai: Subprime state

  
  The Standard — Authority: 606
  Dubai is the subprime folly writ large. In the US, they built ‘exurbs’ in the Californian high desert, two hours each way from LA; rows of McMansions bought by people who couldn’t afford them whose lifestyles were dependent on cheap petrol*. In Dubai, they built skyscrapers in the desert; golf courses, ...
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• Operation HOPE Client Testimonial: Mortgage HOPE Crisis Hotline

  
  John Hope Bryant — Authority: 139
  Monique Laguerre, who called Operation HOPE after hearing about our work on CNN. At the time she was in the middle of her third unsuccessful attempt for a loan modification. After working with one of our assigned mortgage counselors , she not only captured the attention of her previously uncooperative bank, but was ...
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• 12. Real Estate Finance and its Vulnerability to Crisis

  
  CVN Home — Authority: 139
  Financial Markets (ECON 252) Real Estate is the biggest asset class and of great importance for both individuals and institutional investors. An array of economic and psychological factors impact real estate investment decisions and the public has changing ideas of real estate as a profitable investment. People’s ...
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• Cleveland Fed Claims FHA Is Not The Next Subprime, Parallel Study Finds Ice Is Not Really Cold

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 753
  More taxpayer money well spent . Then again, the Federal Reserve discovering that the nations balance sheet is the next repository of worthless and unmanageable residential mortgages (gasp) courtesy of the Feds own actions would have been worth the price of admission.   ...
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• Report Cites Shortfall in Key A.I.G. Business

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  The report by Sanford C. Bernstein says the insurer’s property and casualty unit hasn’t been setting aside enough to pay possible claims.
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• Treasury Pushes Mortgage Firms for Loan Relief

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  The administration said Monday that it would increase the pressure on banks to help troubled homeowners permanently lower mortgage payments.
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