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Judge revives Dexia's mortgage lawsuit vs. JPMorgan
Reuters(Reuters) - A federal judge has revived a closely watched lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of misleading Belgian-French bank Dexia SA into buying more than $1.6 billion of troubled mortgage debt. Citing a recent federal appeals court decision...Tags: Litigation, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, American International Group
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First Mariner's Hale retires
Edwin F. Hale Sr., the Baltimore trucking magnate and developer, said Friday that he has retired as chief executive and chairman of First Mariner Bancorp — the banking company he built, only to scramble in the housing market collapse and recession...Tags: Corporate Officers, Glen Burnie, Finance, Ed Hale, Loans
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Geithner said to consider departure from Treasury
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he's considering leaving the administration after President Barack Obama reaches an agreement with Congress to raise the federal debt limit, according to three people...Tags: White House, Credit Ratings, Finance, Henry Kissinger, Labor Markets
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First Mariner, Hale face future without each other
Edwin F. Hale Sr. has always run headfirst into challenges. Walking away is not his style.
But after years of trying to turn around the company he founded, that's what the First Mariner Bancorp chairman and chief executive agreed to do last week —...Tags: Corporate Officers, Justice System, Finance, Ed Hale, Lawyers
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Bernanke, 'bold,' offered anew for Fed
The SwampBy Christi Parsons and Mark Silva OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- President Barack Obama, praising Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for resolute handling of the worst economic crisis in decades, said today that he will nominate the appointee of his Republican.....Tags: White House, Money and Monetary Policy, Insurance, Heads of State, Timothy Geithner
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Obama nominating Bernanke: New term
The Swampby Jim Puzzanghera and Christi Parsons Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, a scholar of the Great Depression who moved boldly last fall to prevent another economic catastrophe, will be nominated by President Obama to a second four-year term as......Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Justice System, Heads of State, 60 Minutes (tv program), Timothy Geithner
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- October wholesale inventories -- Earnings: Analogic Corp.; Source Interlink Cos.; Verint Systems Inc. Tuesday: -- Federal Reserve meeting -- October trade balance -- Earnings: ABM Industries Inc.; ADC Telecommunications Inc.; Best Buy Co.; CHC...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation, ABM Industries Inc., Pier 1 Imports Incorporated, Consumer Confidence
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Citigroup loses nearly $10 billion
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe sub-prime mortgage crisis hit Wall Street with full fury Tuesday as Citigroup Inc. reported a nearly $10-billion fourth-quarter loss, and both Citigroup and Merrill Lynch & Co. got cash infusions to shore up their financial stability. Citigroup...Tags: Finance, Loans, Earnings Forecasts, Personal Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Sub-prime subplots
BY NOW, MOST OF US know that sub-prime mortgages are hurting many homeowners. But economists have warned that they could have repercussions for the broader economy too. Those warnings came to life this month when two hedge funds run by the Wall Street...Tags: Bonds, Money and Monetary Policy, Real Estate Agents, Homes, Mortgages
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Mortgage relief plan advances
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersSenate Democratic and Republican leaders reached agreement Wednesday on a multibillion-dollar package to address rampant foreclosures and other problems stemming from what may be the worst housing slump since the Great Depression. The compromise measure,...Tags: White House, Justice System, Judges, Finance, Foreclosures
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