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New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods jumped a surprising 1.3 percent in July as businesses ramped up spending plans and demand for a wide array of items rose, a government report showed Wednesday. CNBC.com Strong demand for ...

Durable Goods Orders Take Surprising 1.3% Jump - CNBC

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The crisis of confidence that sent Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt costs to record highs above U.S. Treasuries is also providing the mortgage-finance companies with the biggest profits on new investments since at least 1998 ...

Fannie, Freddie Post Biggest Profits on Mortgages Since 1998 - Bloomberg

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. may set up a company funded by outside investors to buy some of its mortgage assets, aiming to dispel concern the firm faces crippling losses, people familiar with the discussions said. Investors ...

Lehman Said to Weigh Forming New Company to Buy Mortgage Assets - Bloomberg

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mortgage application volume rose less than 1% during the week ended Aug. 22, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application survey. The trade group's application index rose to 421.6 during the week, from 419.3 a ...

Mortgage volume rises - CNN Money

Doubts still exist about the future of mortgage lender Thornburg Mortgage , but the company said its turnaround is under way. A new accounting rule didn't hurt its efforts either. The beleaguered mortgage lender jumped to 9 cents from 40 during ...

Thornburg Fights To Stay Afloat - Forbes

The Federal Housing Administration, a U.S. agency that is rapidly shouldering more of the risk on home loans, raised the premiums it charges for insuring that mortgages will be repaid. In a posting on its Web site Tuesday, the FHA said the upfront ...

FHA Raises Its Premiums to Insure Repayment of Mortgages - Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON U.S. banking industry profits plunged by 86 percent in the second quarter and the number of troubled banks jumped to the highest level in about five years, as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued. Federal Deposit Insurance ...

FDIC says bank profits have fallen by 86 percent - Miami Herald

The Federal Housing Administration, a U.S. agency that is rapidly shouldering more of the risk on home loans, raised the premiums it charges for insuring that mortgages will be repaid. In a posting on its Web site late Tuesday, the FHA said the up ...

FHA Raises Premiums for Home Loans - Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae shook up its executive ranks Wednesday, after shares in it and sibling company Freddie Mac rose for a third straight day as investors appeared less certain a government bailout of the two troubled ...

Mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae shakes up executive ranks as shares ... - Los Angeles Times

Fannie Mae, the largest buyer and backer of U.S. home mortgages, said its chief financial officer and two other top executives are leaving the company.