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Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest
ReutersMay 1 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday: * Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc has come under pressure from hedge fund Highfields Capital, a large investor, to aggressively...Tags: London Stock Exchange, Environmental Issues, Mining, The Wall Street Journal, United Kingdom
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U.S. judge questions fraud statute's use against Bank of America
ReutersBy Nate Raymond NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - A Manhattan judge indicated Monday he was "troubled" by how the U.S. government applied a rarely used law in a suit against Bank of America Corp over the sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie...Tags: Countrywide Financial Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Manhattan (New York City), Fannie Mae, Laws
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Freddie Mac says to sell $2.5 billion bills April 29
ReutersApril 29 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, said it will sell $2.5 billion of reference bills on Monday. Freddie Mac said it plans to sell $500 million of one-month bills due May 28, 2013, $1 billion of three-month bills due...Tags: Auction Service
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Freddie Mac sells $2.5 billion bills at mixed rates
ReutersApril 29 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, on Monday said it sold $2.5 billion of reference bills at mixed rates and mixed demand compared with the most recent sales of similar maturities and comparable amounts. Freddie Mac... -
Partying on at Stagecoach
INDIO — Just a few hours into the annual three-day country-music jamboree Stagecoach, Nashville veteran Connie Smith introduced what she described as "one of my favorite country-gospel songs." The small but attentive Friday afternoon crowd...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Concerts, Lady Antebellum (music group), Toby Keith, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Lenders venturing back into subprime market
Michele and Russell Poland's credit was shot, but they managed to buy their suburban dream home anyway. After a business bankruptcy and a home foreclosure, they turned to a rare option in this era of tightfisted banking — a subprime loan. The...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Interior Policy
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Federal refi program for underwater homeowners hits its stride
The Obama administration's Home Affordable Refinance Program is at last helping legions of American homeowners with upside-down mortgages. Nearly 1.1 million homeowners with little or no equity were able to refinance last year under HARP, which...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Financial and Business Services, Finance, Mortgages, Interior Policy
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Lifestyle is keeping budget goal out of reach
Dear Liz: My husband and I are recovering from a job loss four years ago. We used up all our savings and home equity. My husband is now employed, but we are struggling to keep ahead even with a salary of about $100,000. I was a stay-at-home mom for the...Tags: Mortgages, Interior Policy, Fannie Mae, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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U.S. government may not hit debt limit until October -analysts
ReutersBy Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - The United States might not hit the statutory limit on its debt until October, a policy research group said on Friday, giving Republican lawmakers more time to extract spending cuts from the Obama...Tags: U.S. Congress, Weather, Weather Reports, Fannie Mae, Washington, DC
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Fed balance sheet grows to record again in latest week
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet hit a new record in the latest week on increased holdings of U.S. government debt and mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed. The Fed's balance sheet - a broad...Tags: Federal Reserve, Government, Mortgages, Politics, Government Debt
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LETTER: Public Employee Bonuses Suspect
Regarding "Hartford City Council Votes To End Bonus Program" [April 23, CTNow]: No public employee should receive a bonus for doing the job expected of thim or her. Yes, I know the reason they are awarded is always for "exemplary" service, but has anybody...Tags: Government, Civil and Public Service, Politics, Fannie Mae, Public Employees
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15-year mortgages hit new all-time low of 2.61%
Sun SentinelAverage interest rates on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages tumbled to a new record low of 2.61 percent while 30-year loans also dropped for the fourth week in a row, Freddie Mac said Thursday. Average 30-year, fixed-rate loans fell to 3.4 percent this...Tags: Mortgages
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