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Wall Street Finds Profits by Reducing Mortgages

New York Times - 11 minutes ago

As millions of Americans struggle to hold on to their homes, Wall Street has found a way to make money from the mortgage mess, The New York Times’s Louise Story writes.

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Government abandons Bush investment advice rule
Asbury Park Press - Sun Nov 22, 7:21 pm ET
WASHINGTON — The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers.
Few in the Square Mile have escaped the financial crisis, but the blow to independent stockbrokers has been ...
eFinancial News - 2 minutes ago
Few in the Square Mile have escaped the financial crisis, but the blow to independent stockbrokers has been particularly painful.
Wall Street Finds Profits By Reducing Mortgages
Free Internet Press - Sun Nov 22, 6:10 pm ET
As millions of Americans struggle to hold on to their homes, Wall Street has found a way to make money from the mortgage mess. Investment funds are buying billions of dollars’ worth of home loans, discounted from the loans’ original value.
European institutional investors have turned their backs on quantitative strategies since the financial crisis, and ...
eFinancial News - Sun Nov 22, 7:04 pm ET
European institutional investors have turned their backs on quantitative strategies since the financial crisis, and most of the largest investors in the region favour a more qualitative approach, according to research published today.
Posts published on November 22nd, 2009
New York Times - 23 minutes ago
It’s undeniable that Wall Street has a public relations problem, as Goldman Sachs and others have learned all too well since the financial crisis. The New York Times’s Graham Bowley collects some pointers from experts in the spin game.
Panel to discuss nation's financial crisis
The Palladium-Times - Sun Nov 22, 2:51 am ET
SUNY Oswego economics professors will gather for a panel discussion on campus, Wednesday, to discuss the United States’ current financial crisis.
Wall Street buckles in for a bumpy ride
CNN Money - Sun Nov 22, 12:22 pm ET
Stocks hit a bit of a snag over the past few days, and the holiday-shortened week to come won't likely help them bounce back.
Wall Street: Are Apologies Necessary?
BusinessWeek - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
What would J.P. Morgan have said about regret expressed by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein? History tells us the apology was a savvy investment
Geithner Is Stalking Horse for Rage at Wall Street: Albert Hunt
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 2:54 pm ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Let’s stipulate: Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon are enlightened, broad-gauge chief executive officers, among the finest in the world.
Fed bashing on rise in face of anger over Wall Street bailouts, high unemployment
MalaysiaNews.net - Sun Nov 22, 8:18 pm ET
WASHINGTON - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operati...
Senior leader urges to publicize experiences in tackling global financial crisis
People's Daily - 2 hours 47 minutes ago
&$ &$Li Changchun (2nd R Front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, visits the exhibition hall of the 11th China International Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 20, 2009. Li Changchun made an inspection tour in Guangdong Province on Nov. 18-22. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)&$ &$ A senior ...
Analysis: Fed bashing on rise in face of anger over Wall Street bailouts, high unemployment
Coast Reporter - 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.
Wall Street failures, wrongdoing
Westminster Community Times - Sun Nov 22, 8:04 pm ET
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” So wrote Milan Kundera in “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.”
Pullback hits Wall Street after recent run-up
Business Times (Malaysia) - Sun Nov 22, 1:24 pm ET
NEW YORK: US stocks fell last week, halting a two-week advance, as a worsening outlook for technology company earnings added to concern that the eight-month rally in equities outpaced the prospects for economic growth.
Humor: Doing God's work on Wall Street
Crosscut - Sun Nov 22, 2:34 pm ET
According to estimates, Goldman Sachs will set aside $21.9 billion for bonuses this year. In an interview with London’s Sunday Times, Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein said that the firm is “doing God’s work.” The liberal media excoriated Blankfein for this remark. Such critics have never studied scripture. This is hardly surprising since the liberal media are owned and operated by atheists. A cursory ...