Late breaking news

December 11, 2007 |

Do You Know Your Credit Score? - Sponsored Link

Ad - The average U.S. credit score is up to 692. See yours instantly for $0

MX and TSX: Better together than apart

commercial paper sold by companies other than banks has slipped into a financial black hole. Meanwhile, the U.S. mortgage market is in such awful shape that the White House wants to step in to try to slow down a wave of defaults and foreclosures. Banks

S&L giant closing some offices, cutting jobs

smaller. Washington Mutual says it is closing offices and laying off workers in response to problems in the mortgage and credit markets. The Seattle-based company says it’s closing 190 of 336 home loan centers and sales offices. Washington Mutual is

Swiss bank receives $11B lifeline

bank warned it would have to take billions more in charges to cover its exposure to the subprime mortgage industry. At a time when many investors are fleeing bank stocks, scared off by escalating writedowns and analyst downgrades, cash-rich sovereign

Business Minute: Stocks rally….Oil settles lower…Harvard beefs up aid

savings and loan, Washington Mutual, is closing offices and laying off workers in response to problems in the mortgage and credit markets. It plans to cut 2,600 home loan positions as well as another 550 corporate and other support positions, while

Darwin wife charged with deception

The first figure relates to a life insurance pay-out while the second covers a policy to settle her mortgage in the event of her husband’s ‘death’.John Darwin’s solicitor, John Nixon, told reporters the former teacher hoped he could be with his wife for

Relax: You Don’t Really Need a Perfect Credit Score

of credit. That includes revolving debt, such as credit cards, and installment debt, such as a car or mortgage loan. Credit-card issuers are authorized to raise your credit limit every few months. So another tactic — used regularly by Cantrelle — is to

Darwin wife due in court

The first figure relates to a life insurance pay-out while the second covers a policy to settle her mortgage in the event of her husband’s ‘death’. He is charged with making an untrue statement to procure a passport and obtaining a money transfer by

Rand is slightly firmer this morning

Federal Reserve interest-rate cut today added to the positive mood, with shares of rate- sensitive companies like banks, mortgage lenders and home builders among the session’s standouts. A report showing an unexpected rise in October pending existing

WaMu wields axe in wake of credit crisis

company, Monday said it would slash its dividend, cut jobs and raise $2.5bn to contend with the subprime mortgage crisis.The lender will also write down the value of its home lending unit by $1.6bn in the fourth quarter, for which it expects to report a


Comments

Name (required)

Email (required)

Website

Speak your mind