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    Regulators Worldwide Scrutinize Bankers’ Pay
    Updated about 17 years ago
    LONDON — Some of the world’s most powerful central bankers and financial regulators are proposing that the Securities and Exchange Commission and its counterparts in...
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    Improvement in Lending
    Updated over 17 years ago
    There have been good movements over the last week in lending; portfolio lenders have lowered rates significantly on jumbos. If you have good credit and decent equity...
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    US Is Rushing to Get More Control Of Financial Giants
    Updated over 17 years ago
    The White House and Congress are rushing to write legislation that allows the federal government to take over and unwind the businesses of a large financial...
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    No pay over $250k for all TARP recipient bank employees!
    Updated over 17 years ago
    Started this on another thread but it was not showing up for some reason. Anyways, I was mistaken earlier, it had not passed as of this morning, but just passed now. ...
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    Williamsburg
    Updated over 17 years ago
    Little boxes on the toxic waste dump, Little boxes made of glassy-tacky, Little boxes, little boxes, Little boxes, all the same. There's a glass one and a glass...
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    Getting better?
    Updated over 17 years ago
    There has been some suggestion that we may be hitting bottom for the national economy, or at least, that the bottom is near. I've been rather bearish - but I'm...
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    FHA Loans for Condos in NYC
    Updated over 17 years ago
    Hey does anyone know if its common to get an FHA approved loan for a condo in NYC? I know that there is a limited list of approved condos currently but I heard of...
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