Private Money Lenders

Report: Iceland to discuss how to repay bank debt - Monsters and Critics
Reykjavik - Iceland, Britain and the Netherlands are due next week to discuss how Reykjavik is to repay 5.4 billion dollars to British and Dutch savers after the collapse of an Icelandic bank, public broadcaster RUV reported Thursday. The British and

Milwaukee trash collectors to catch up on Saturday - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb. 11, 2010 9:00 a.m. | The state’s largest private food bank on Thursday is to receive a major donation of “100,000 servings of protein” from Smithfield, Patrick Cudahy and to-coast tour, according to a press release, which notes that food

Private loans = better options - Raleigh News & Observer
and private lenders compete on price and service. Over time this has saved borrowers money by reducing their costs of borrowing and, therefore, their debt upon graduation. Second, in a market in which the federal government is the only lender

Finding A Cash Advance Loan - How You Can Discover Legitimate Personal - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 11, 2010 – Obtaining a payday loan online is incredibly tempting for lots of Us residents living paycheck to paycheck and require funds quickly prior to their following pay day. When searching for a payday cash

Rates on 30-year mortgages average under 5 pct - The Sun News
emergency loans to banks continue to decline Banks borrowed less from the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending program over the past week, another sign that strains on private credit on a journey that takes your money to the other side of the

The indictment hammer drops on Denny Hecker - Minnpost.com
Tom Petters trial junkies and everyone capable of reveling in shameless schadenfreude over the epic fall of epic egos can rejoice. Denny Hecker is heading toward a criminal trial. All who have watched his proceedings in bankruptcy court, with

Former auto dealer Hecker indicted on fraud charges - St. Cloud Times
Minnesota auto magnate whose face adorned billboards and buses across the Twin Cities before his empire collapsed, was indicted Wednesday on federal conspiracy, fraud and money-laundering charges in an alleged scheme to defraud lenders and

Existing home sales stable, prices slip in 2009 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At the same time, the median price of homes sold in the state last year slipped about 7.7% from 2008, to $143,000, according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association. There were 53,751 homes sold by Realtors in the state last year, up less than 1% from

Report: Iceland to discuss how to repay bank debt - Monsters and Critics
Reykjavik - Iceland, Britain and the Netherlands are due next week to discuss how Reykjavik is to repay 5.4 billion dollars to British and Dutch savers after the collapse of an Icelandic bank, public broadcaster RUV reported Thursday. The British and

Milwaukee trash collectors to catch up on Saturday - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb. 11, 2010 9:00 a.m. | The state’s largest private food bank on Thursday is to receive a major donation of “100,000 servings of protein” from Smithfield, Patrick Cudahy and to-coast tour, according to a press release, which notes that food

Private loans = better options - Raleigh News & Observer
and private lenders compete on price and service. Over time this has saved borrowers money by reducing their costs of borrowing and, therefore, their debt upon graduation. Second, in a market in which the federal government is the only lender

Finding A Cash Advance Loan - How You Can Discover Legitimate Personal - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 11, 2010 – Obtaining a payday loan online is incredibly tempting for lots of Us residents living paycheck to paycheck and require funds quickly prior to their following pay day. When searching for a payday cash

Rates on 30-year mortgages average under 5 pct - The Sun News
emergency loans to banks continue to decline Banks borrowed less from the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending program over the past week, another sign that strains on private credit on a journey that takes your money to the other side of the

The indictment hammer drops on Denny Hecker - Minnpost.com
Tom Petters trial junkies and everyone capable of reveling in shameless schadenfreude over the epic fall of epic egos can rejoice. Denny Hecker is heading toward a criminal trial. All who have watched his proceedings in bankruptcy court, with

Former auto dealer Hecker indicted on fraud charges - St. Cloud Times
Minnesota auto magnate whose face adorned billboards and buses across the Twin Cities before his empire collapsed, was indicted Wednesday on federal conspiracy, fraud and money-laundering charges in an alleged scheme to defraud lenders and

Existing home sales stable, prices slip in 2009 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At the same time, the median price of homes sold in the state last year slipped about 7.7% from 2008, to $143,000, according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association. There were 53,751 homes sold by Realtors in the state last year, up less than 1% from

American Capital Hires Weil Gotshal to Advise on Restructuring - BusinessWeek
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — American Capital Ltd., an investment firm with $12 billion in assets, hired law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as it tries to win support for an out-of-court restructuring or pre-packaged bankruptcy, a spokeswoman said. American

Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal
MCLEAN, Va.—When Charles E. Haldeman Jr. became Freddie Mac ’s chief executive officer in August, the ailing housing-finance giant had already consumed $51 billion of government money to stay afloat. It’s likely to need even more. Freddie’s federal

Market Mover - American Reporter
TRINIDAD, Colo. (Oct. 9, 2008, 12:51PM) — Until yesterday your choices for depositing safe money around the globe were basically Ireland, Germany or the Mafia. Developments in the United Kingdom and Italy may ease some bon and stock market pressures

On Native Ground - American Reporter
DUMMERSTON, Vt. — I have written often over the past few years about the house of cards that is the American economy, but the events of the past week should frighten everybody. First, there was the collapse of IndyMac, a California bank deeply

In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again - New York Times
From left, Douglas and Jonathan Durst, cousins in the Durst real estate family, at their offices at 1 Bryant Park in Midtown. Adam Rafael Rose, co-president of Rose Associates. Although they had spent more than five decades carving their names into

American Capital Hires Weil Gotshal to Advise on Restructuring - BusinessWeek
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — American Capital Ltd., an investment firm with $12 billion in assets, hired law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as it tries to win support for an out-of-court restructuring or pre-packaged bankruptcy, a spokeswoman said. American

Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal
MCLEAN, Va.—When Charles E. Haldeman Jr. became Freddie Mac ’s chief executive officer in August, the ailing housing-finance giant had already consumed $51 billion of government money to stay afloat. It’s likely to need even more. Freddie’s federal

Market Mover - American Reporter
TRINIDAD, Colo. (Oct. 9, 2008, 12:51PM) — Until yesterday your choices for depositing safe money around the globe were basically Ireland, Germany or the Mafia. Developments in the United Kingdom and Italy may ease some bon and stock market pressures

On Native Ground - American Reporter
DUMMERSTON, Vt. — I have written often over the past few years about the house of cards that is the American economy, but the events of the past week should frighten everybody. First, there was the collapse of IndyMac, a California bank deeply

In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again - New York Times
From left, Douglas and Jonathan Durst, cousins in the Durst real estate family, at their offices at 1 Bryant Park in Midtown. Adam Rafael Rose, co-president of Rose Associates. Although they had spent more than five decades carving their names into

EMI draws up fresh plan for cuts - Daily Telegraph
EMI Music is drawing up plans for radical cost cuts, including a further reduction in its 3,500-strong workforce, to persuade investors to stump up the £120m that private equity owner Terra Firma needs to retain control of the business. The plan

Jon Lender Government Watch - Hartford Courant
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, now a Democratic candidate for state attorney general, has politically exploited a database of citizens’ names assembled at taxpayers’ expense by her office: Her 2010 election committee has been sending

Activists Decry Bank’s Loan Approval for Uganda Dam - Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 27 (IPS) - Brushing aside concerns from environmentalists and rights groups, the World Bank said Thursday it will support the controversial Bujagali dam in Uganda with 360 million dollars in loans and guarantees. The decision was

This Crisis Won’t Stop Moving - New York Times
YOU know we’re in trouble when we’re told that the economic problems in Greece, Portugal and Spain, the most indebted countries in the euro zone, are likely to remain safely contained in those nations. As we all now know, mortgage woes were

Bill would ban up-front fees to foreclosure consultants - YourWestValley.com
PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to slam the door on what some see as fly-by-night scammers who hold themselves out as “foreclosure consultants.” Legislation making its way through the House would establish for the first time ever some

U.S. may take bigger role in Citigroup - Kansas City Star
NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc. is in talks that could see the U.S. government take a bigger stake in the beleaguered bank, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal said taxpayers could own as much as 40 percent of the ailing lender’s common stock

The Loan Fifty Million People Need. - DAILY KOS
Or twenty million or one hundred million. All the efforts and federal money disbursed to increase consumer and small business loans is bad public policy as long as tens of millions of Americans are financially, functionally illiterate. People that

Charter School Founder Faces Financial Scrutiny - New York Times
She was also given 10 percent of federal grant money that the school received for books and other needs, a stipend worth $30,000. She was paid $18,700 in lieu of vacation, and was provided with the money to buy a $74,820 2007 Mercedes GL 450.

EMI draws up fresh plan for cuts - Daily Telegraph
EMI Music is drawing up plans for radical cost cuts, including a further reduction in its 3,500-strong workforce, to persuade investors to stump up the £120m that private equity owner Terra Firma needs to retain control of the business. The plan

Jon Lender Government Watch - Hartford Courant
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, now a Democratic candidate for state attorney general, has politically exploited a database of citizens’ names assembled at taxpayers’ expense by her office: Her 2010 election committee has been sending

Activists Decry Bank’s Loan Approval for Uganda Dam - Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 27 (IPS) - Brushing aside concerns from environmentalists and rights groups, the World Bank said Thursday it will support the controversial Bujagali dam in Uganda with 360 million dollars in loans and guarantees. The decision was

This Crisis Won’t Stop Moving - New York Times
YOU know we’re in trouble when we’re told that the economic problems in Greece, Portugal and Spain, the most indebted countries in the euro zone, are likely to remain safely contained in those nations. As we all now know, mortgage woes were

Bill would ban up-front fees to foreclosure consultants - YourWestValley.com
PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to slam the door on what some see as fly-by-night scammers who hold themselves out as “foreclosure consultants.” Legislation making its way through the House would establish for the first time ever some

U.S. may take bigger role in Citigroup - Kansas City Star
NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc. is in talks that could see the U.S. government take a bigger stake in the beleaguered bank, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal said taxpayers could own as much as 40 percent of the ailing lender’s common stock

The Loan Fifty Million People Need. - DAILY KOS
Or twenty million or one hundred million. All the efforts and federal money disbursed to increase consumer and small business loans is bad public policy as long as tens of millions of Americans are financially, functionally illiterate. People that

Charter School Founder Faces Financial Scrutiny - New York Times
She was also given 10 percent of federal grant money that the school received for books and other needs, a stipend worth $30,000. She was paid $18,700 in lieu of vacation, and was provided with the money to buy a $74,820 2007 Mercedes GL 450.

Angry Americans ask: Where’s MY bailout? - Kansas City Star
Brian Carpenter bought his Woburn, Mass. home in 1980, and 29 years later, he has never missed a mortgage payment. It wasn’t always easy. With three kids, it meant driving old cars, clipping coupons, and brown-bagging it to work. Now, he sees

Angry Americans ask: Where’s MY bailout? - Kansas City Star
Brian Carpenter bought his Woburn, Mass. home in 1980, and 29 years later, he has never missed a mortgage payment. It wasn’t always easy. With three kids, it meant driving old cars, clipping coupons, and brown-bagging it to work. Now, he sees

Quantitative easing: Suspended licence - The Guardian
Roy Thomson called commercial TV “a licence to print money”, but that was swaggering rhetoric. In contrast, the Bank of England ’s licence to create money out of the electronic ether has now been a reality for months. Yet when the Old Lady announced

Cash-ins account for growing percentage of mortgage refinance plans - St. Petersburg Times
WASHINGTON — Thinking of cashing out some equity through a mortgage refinance? That’s what millions of homeowners used to do when they needed extra money. Now get ready for the post-boom, post-crash trend of “cash-in” refis. “It almost sounds un

Intrawest sells third property in three-month period - Vancouver Sun
Intrawest was bought in 2006 by New York-based private equity and hedge fund Fortress Investment Group LLC, which paid $2.8 billion US, including the assumption of debt. About half of the purchase price was paid with borrowed money, which Fortress

Quantitative easing: Suspended licence - The Guardian
Roy Thomson called commercial TV “a licence to print money”, but that was swaggering rhetoric. In contrast, the Bank of England ’s licence to create money out of the electronic ether has now been a reality for months. Yet when the Old Lady announced

Cash-ins account for growing percentage of mortgage refinance plans - St. Petersburg Times
WASHINGTON — Thinking of cashing out some equity through a mortgage refinance? That’s what millions of homeowners used to do when they needed extra money. Now get ready for the post-boom, post-crash trend of “cash-in” refis. “It almost sounds un

Intrawest sells third property in three-month period - Vancouver Sun
Intrawest was bought in 2006 by New York-based private equity and hedge fund Fortress Investment Group LLC, which paid $2.8 billion US, including the assumption of debt. About half of the purchase price was paid with borrowed money, which Fortress

PennyMac Loses Auction/Money in 1Q10 - Structured Finance News
It’s still slow going for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust . The real estate investment trust, run by veterans of Countrywide Financial Corp. , said this week that it lost money during its first full quarter of operations — and an auction for a

PennyMac Loses Auction/Money in 1Q10 - Structured Finance News
It’s still slow going for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust . The real estate investment trust, run by veterans of Countrywide Financial Corp. , said this week that it lost money during its first full quarter of operations — and an auction for a

International Merchant Advisors Retains Corporate Strategies for - MSN Money
KINGWOOD, Texas, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — International Merchant Advisors, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IMAI) www.imaiinc.com announced today that the Company has retained Corporate Strategies, Inc. to formulate a strategic plan of acquisitions to

Avram Grant’s wife defends her Pompey boss husband over brothel visit - Daily Mail
The wife of Portsmouth manager Avram Grant has hit back at allegations her husband was caught in a ‘Thai’ brothel by claiming: ‘He can do whatever he likes with his body.’ Former Chelsea boss Grant, 54, whose Pompey side crashed to a 1-0 defeat at

Micro Lenders are Making Financial Services Viable for the Poor - Wall Street Journal
India’s push to promote financial inclusion is a financial opportunity according to a panel on the financial services sector at Thursday’s APEX ’10 Private Equity and Venture Capital Summit in Mumbai. During the one-hour discussion, India’s

RBI may not increase policy rates in April policy: Kamath - Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank today said that the Reserve Bank may further tighten money supply to tame inflation by asking banks to keep more cash with it, rather than raising policy rates in its annual policy in

Movie Gallery, Spheris, Neenah, Chrysler: Bankruptcy (Update1) - BusinessWeek
(This report contains a variety of items about companies in bankruptcy and some not in bankruptcy. Adds Air America in Other New Filings; TLC Vision in Updates; Bernie’s in Briefly Noted.) By Bill Rochelle Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Movie Gallery Inc

Debt Law Help in Charlotte, NC reports Movie Gallery files bankruptcy - PRLog (free press release)
Movie Gallery Inc., which operates the Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video and Game Crazy stores, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to immediately close 760 of its nearly 2,700 stores. According to the company’s Web site, none of its St. Louis

Recent Comments by chime - The Business Insider
I enjoyed it thoroughly. I disagree with his dismissal of the “do-gooders” contributing to the buildup of the bubble, but he is certainly not wrong in his general explanations of the role deregulation played. I also disagree with his endorsement of

Avram Grant’s defends husband over brothel visit: ‘He can do whatever - Daily Mail
business.’ Hong Kong money lender Balram Chainrai dramatically seized control of the ailing south coast club today. Chainrai has taken over Ali Al Faraj’s 90 per cent stake after the Premier League bottom side missed deadlines to repay loans of

International Merchant Advisors Retains Corporate Strategies for - MSN Money
KINGWOOD, Texas, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — International Merchant Advisors, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IMAI) www.imaiinc.com announced today that the Company has retained Corporate Strategies, Inc. to formulate a strategic plan of acquisitions to

Avram Grant’s wife defends her Pompey boss husband over brothel visit - Daily Mail
The wife of Portsmouth manager Avram Grant has hit back at allegations her husband was caught in a ‘Thai’ brothel by claiming: ‘He can do whatever he likes with his body.’ Former Chelsea boss Grant, 54, whose Pompey side crashed to a 1-0 defeat at

Micro Lenders are Making Financial Services Viable for the Poor - Wall Street Journal
India’s push to promote financial inclusion is a financial opportunity according to a panel on the financial services sector at Thursday’s APEX ’10 Private Equity and Venture Capital Summit in Mumbai. During the one-hour discussion, India’s

RBI may not increase policy rates in April policy: Kamath - Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank today said that the Reserve Bank may further tighten money supply to tame inflation by asking banks to keep more cash with it, rather than raising policy rates in its annual policy in

Movie Gallery, Spheris, Neenah, Chrysler: Bankruptcy (Update1) - BusinessWeek
(This report contains a variety of items about companies in bankruptcy and some not in bankruptcy. Adds Air America in Other New Filings; TLC Vision in Updates; Bernie’s in Briefly Noted.) By Bill Rochelle Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Movie Gallery Inc

Debt Law Help in Charlotte, NC reports Movie Gallery files bankruptcy - PRLog (free press release)
Movie Gallery Inc., which operates the Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video and Game Crazy stores, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to immediately close 760 of its nearly 2,700 stores. According to the company’s Web site, none of its St. Louis

Recent Comments by chime - The Business Insider
I enjoyed it thoroughly. I disagree with his dismissal of the “do-gooders” contributing to the buildup of the bubble, but he is certainly not wrong in his general explanations of the role deregulation played. I also disagree with his endorsement of

Avram Grant’s defends husband over brothel visit: ‘He can do whatever - Daily Mail
business.’ Hong Kong money lender Balram Chainrai dramatically seized control of the ailing south coast club today. Chainrai has taken over Ali Al Faraj’s 90 per cent stake after the Premier League bottom side missed deadlines to repay loans of

DealZone Daily - Ethiopian Review
Business tycoon Hugh Osmond raises 420 million pounds with the IPO of his acquisition vehicle Horizon Chinese sovereign wealth fund CIC has finalised a $956 million investment deal with British private equity group Apax Partners [APAX.

Big Banks Are Feeding Like Parasites on the Govt.’s Money - AlterNet
* a right to change contract terms after the fact. These dependencies are entrenched, and, despite loud protests to the contrary, the removal of government from the financial sector is not really on the agenda. The issue up for debate is not the

Capitol Federal Financial Reports First Quarter 2010 Results - MSN Money
The $4.7 million decrease in interest expense on deposits was due to a decrease in the rate on the entire deposit portfolio, primarily the certificate of deposit and money market portfolios one of the largest residential lenders in the State of

‘RBI may not increase policy rates in April policy’ - Press Trust of India
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) The country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank today said that the Reserve Bank may further tighten money supply to tame inflation by asking banks to keep more cash with it, rather than raising policy rates in its

Developer Del Nordby files bankruptcy - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Wendell “Del” Nordby III filed personal bankruptcy Monday, attempting to reorganize $52.5 million in debts and liabilities while retaining $1.6 million in assets. The 46-year-old Sebastopol developer is chief executive of Nordby Construction, one

Upgraded Real Estate Investor Websites Released - PR.com
A real estate investing and website company, RealEstateInvestorsWebsites.net has released an upgraded real estate investor website available immediately to real estate investors. The websites feature numerous customizable designs, advanced property

Intrawest sells third property in three-month period - The Vancouver Sun
Intrawest was bought in 2006 by New York-based private was paid with borrowed money, which Fortress has had trouble repaying. In December, after a two-month extension, the fund defaulted on its final payment, leading lenders to announce that they

DealZone Daily - Ethiopian Review
Business tycoon Hugh Osmond raises 420 million pounds with the IPO of his acquisition vehicle Horizon Chinese sovereign wealth fund CIC has finalised a $956 million investment deal with British private equity group Apax Partners [APAX.

Big Banks Are Feeding Like Parasites on the Govt.’s Money - AlterNet
* a right to change contract terms after the fact. These dependencies are entrenched, and, despite loud protests to the contrary, the removal of government from the financial sector is not really on the agenda. The issue up for debate is not the

Capitol Federal Financial Reports First Quarter 2010 Results - MSN Money
The $4.7 million decrease in interest expense on deposits was due to a decrease in the rate on the entire deposit portfolio, primarily the certificate of deposit and money market portfolios one of the largest residential lenders in the State of

‘RBI may not increase policy rates in April policy’ - Press Trust of India
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) The country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank today said that the Reserve Bank may further tighten money supply to tame inflation by asking banks to keep more cash with it, rather than raising policy rates in its

Developer Del Nordby files bankruptcy - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Wendell “Del” Nordby III filed personal bankruptcy Monday, attempting to reorganize $52.5 million in debts and liabilities while retaining $1.6 million in assets. The 46-year-old Sebastopol developer is chief executive of Nordby Construction, one

Upgraded Real Estate Investor Websites Released - PR.com
A real estate investing and website company, RealEstateInvestorsWebsites.net has released an upgraded real estate investor website available immediately to real estate investors. The websites feature numerous customizable designs, advanced property

Intrawest sells third property in three-month period - The Vancouver Sun
Intrawest was bought in 2006 by New York-based private was paid with borrowed money, which Fortress has had trouble repaying. In December, after a two-month extension, the fund defaulted on its final payment, leading lenders to announce that they

Mortgage Demand Picks Up Ahead of Expected Rise in Rates - MortgageNewsDaily.com
Mortgage rates held steady yesterday near what might turn out to be the most aggressive levels of 2010. Mortgage backed securities prices did not move too high or too low without quickly correcting, not much progress was made in any direction

U.S. Stocks Retreat as Service Industries Trail Forecasts - BusinessWeek
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks fell, following the biggest two-day rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since October, as service industries expanded less than forecast and Pfizer Inc.’s profit trailed estimates. Home Depot Inc. and

Investigation widens into computer school closure - Burlington County Times
The state attorney general and Department of Education are investigating the sudden closing of four private computer training schools, including one in Bensalem, that charged students $13,500 or more for a six-month Microsoft Networking certification

REITs A Thing to Avoid - HoweStreet.com
Tom from Tampa used this research to make $35,000 in 10 days Mitchell from Austin, TX made $45,000! See why Fri. Feb. 5 is so important, and claim your FOUR FREE MONTHS right here . Eric Fry, reporting from Laguna Beach, California Occasionally

Intrawest sells another resort asset at former Olympic venue at Lake - Macleans
Intrawest ULC has sold all of its real estate holdings at the Squaw Valley ski resort in California, the most recent in a string of asset sales before the financially-troubled resort giant goes on the auction block later this month. The transaction

Barber: To ‘free lunch,’ add ‘free college’ - SDNN: San Diego News Network
“Nobody,” said President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address, “should have to go broke because they chose to go to college.” Nobody, that is, except federal taxpayers and graduates who work in the private sector. Under Obama’s

Spheris files for bankruptcy, plans US asset sale - CNN Money
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Spheris Inc, a provider of document services for hospitals, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday and plans to sell its U.S. business to MedQuist Inc, its largest competitor, for $75.25 million, according to court documents. As

U.S. Eases Terms on Aid to Community Lenders - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department will provide more-favorable terms on government aid to small banks and credit unions serving low-income areas, as part of a broader push to encourage lending. Administration officials said Wednesday that the aid

Haiti Could Use a New Deal - DAILY KOS
immediate humanitarian aid by NGOs and other private organizations, without the heavy hand of the IMF imposing austerity in an already beyond-austere land. Combine a vibrant, grant-funded civic service corps with debt relief and Haiti could

UDPATE 1-Spheris files for bankruptcy, plans US asset sale - CNN Money
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Spheris Inc, a provider of document services for hospitals, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday and plans to sell its U.S. business to MedQuist Inc, its largest competitor, according to court documents. As part of the sale

Mortgage Demand Picks Up Ahead of Expected Rise in Rates - MortgageNewsDaily.com
Mortgage rates held steady yesterday near what might turn out to be the most aggressive levels of 2010. Mortgage backed securities prices did not move too high or too low without quickly correcting, not much progress was made in any direction

U.S. Stocks Retreat as Service Industries Trail Forecasts - BusinessWeek
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks fell, following the biggest two-day rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since October, as service industries expanded less than forecast and Pfizer Inc.’s profit trailed estimates. Home Depot Inc. and

Investigation widens into computer school closure - Burlington County Times
The state attorney general and Department of Education are investigating the sudden closing of four private computer training schools, including one in Bensalem, that charged students $13,500 or more for a six-month Microsoft Networking certification

REITs A Thing to Avoid - HoweStreet.com
Tom from Tampa used this research to make $35,000 in 10 days Mitchell from Austin, TX made $45,000! See why Fri. Feb. 5 is so important, and claim your FOUR FREE MONTHS right here . Eric Fry, reporting from Laguna Beach, California Occasionally

Intrawest sells another resort asset at former Olympic venue at Lake - Macleans
Intrawest ULC has sold all of its real estate holdings at the Squaw Valley ski resort in California, the most recent in a string of asset sales before the financially-troubled resort giant goes on the auction block later this month. The transaction

Barber: To ‘free lunch,’ add ‘free college’ - SDNN: San Diego News Network
“Nobody,” said President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address, “should have to go broke because they chose to go to college.” Nobody, that is, except federal taxpayers and graduates who work in the private sector. Under Obama’s

Spheris files for bankruptcy, plans US asset sale - CNN Money
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Spheris Inc, a provider of document services for hospitals, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday and plans to sell its U.S. business to MedQuist Inc, its largest competitor, for $75.25 million, according to court documents. As

U.S. Eases Terms on Aid to Community Lenders - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department will provide more-favorable terms on government aid to small banks and credit unions serving low-income areas, as part of a broader push to encourage lending. Administration officials said Wednesday that the aid

Haiti Could Use a New Deal - DAILY KOS
immediate humanitarian aid by NGOs and other private organizations, without the heavy hand of the IMF imposing austerity in an already beyond-austere land. Combine a vibrant, grant-funded civic service corps with debt relief and Haiti could

UDPATE 1-Spheris files for bankruptcy, plans US asset sale - CNN Money
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Spheris Inc, a provider of document services for hospitals, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday and plans to sell its U.S. business to MedQuist Inc, its largest competitor, according to court documents. As part of the sale

Source: NJ gov, lawmakers to review sports, gaming - The Sun News
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday plans to order a seven-member commission to review the way gaming, sports and entertainment are overseen in New Jersey. Christie is seeking recommendations on what to do with the New Jersey Sports and

Western Union Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results - Yahoo Finance
Western Union President and Chief Executive Officer Christina A. Gold said, “Given the challenging global economic environment, we were pleased with our performance in 2009. We delivered on our outlook, maintained strong margins, gained market

Education Dodges Obama’s ‘Freeze’ Pledge - Education Week
Despite a pledge to hold down spending on most domestic programs, President Barack Obama called for greater investment in public schools in his State of the Union address as part of a push to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The

Movie Gallery files bankruptcy, to shut 805 stores - MSN Money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie Gallery Inc, the operator of the Hollywood Video rental chain, plans to close 805 poorly performing U.S. stores after falling sales and mounting losses led to its second bankruptcy in three years. The closings affect one

Confronting the Debt Threat - Council on Foreign Relations
U.S. President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget aims to tame the budget deficit while stimulating economic growth. But his proposals–which include cutting 120 government programs and creating tax incentives to boost employment–have been criticized by

Source: NJ gov, lawmakers to review sports, gaming - The Sun News
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday plans to order a seven-member commission to review the way gaming, sports and entertainment are overseen in New Jersey. Christie is seeking recommendations on what to do with the New Jersey Sports and

Western Union Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results - Yahoo Finance
Western Union President and Chief Executive Officer Christina A. Gold said, “Given the challenging global economic environment, we were pleased with our performance in 2009. We delivered on our outlook, maintained strong margins, gained market

Education Dodges Obama’s ‘Freeze’ Pledge - Education Week
Despite a pledge to hold down spending on most domestic programs, President Barack Obama called for greater investment in public schools in his State of the Union address as part of a push to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The

Movie Gallery files bankruptcy, to shut 805 stores - MSN Money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie Gallery Inc, the operator of the Hollywood Video rental chain, plans to close 805 poorly performing U.S. stores after falling sales and mounting losses led to its second bankruptcy in three years. The closings affect one

Confronting the Debt Threat - Council on Foreign Relations
U.S. President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget aims to tame the budget deficit while stimulating economic growth. But his proposals–which include cutting 120 government programs and creating tax incentives to boost employment–have been criticized by