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Alternative mortgages bad credit

For obvious reasons, many Americans are pretty unimpressed with the banking industry right now. So maybe it's a good time to look at an alternative – like moving your account to a local credit union instead. These not-for-profit co-operatives have ...

For Better Banking, Check Out a Credit Union - Wall Street Journal

Time magazine's "hot shots" breakfast Tuesday morning Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Rep. Artur Davis, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and D.A. Kamala Harris. 1) Booker and Davis are very impressive. Newsom, who seems kind of goofily egomaniacal, not so ...

Obama's Failed Fight-Back - Slate

The FHA has been turned into the mortgage industry's lender of last resort. Taxpayer price tag? Maybe $100 billion. DENVER -- When the nation's politicians take the stage here and later in St. Paul, Minn., you'll hear a lot of talk about saving the ...

Lending Over Backward - Forbes

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming : The suggestion by Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, that financial supervision be revamped to take into account the health of the entire system, is a logical response to recent market turmoil but may be a ...

Fed's Bernanke has a good but difficult idea on bank supervision - International Herald Tribune

Just off La. Highway 22 in Maurepas, Michelle and Neil Richard are putting the finishing touches on their 5,200-square-foot dream home. “It all just kind of fell into place,� Richard says. It started about four years ago when the two graduated ...

Recovery mission - Baton Rouge Business Report

Having now become explicitly government-backed entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (and their supporters in Congress) can no longer argue that they do not pose a risk to taxpayers. It is not politically feasible for the government to back private ...

Fannie and Freddie by Twilight - American Enterprise Institute

Gordon Brown and Chancellor Alistair Darling are looking at plans to get the big electricity and gas companies to stump up funds to help those hit hardest by fuel price rises. Government sources said today that the idea of a windfall tax was 'still ...

Windfall tax still on cards for energy firms - This is Money

Last Friday's letter was about the fact that it is not just Freddie and Fannie. There are other problems. The Weekend Edition and today's Wall Street Journal are filled with stories about the problems with Freddie and Fannie. The assumption in so ...

Dead Men Walking - Safe Haven

ABC News’ Ron Claiborne and Bret Hovell report: Sen. John McCain’s gaffe last week that he didn’t remember how many houses he owned with his wife Cindy became the source of much of the humor during his appearance on Jay Leno’s "The Tonight ...

McCain Jokes About House Gaffe on 'The Tonight Show' - ABC News Blogs

Late last week in Denver, the Democratic National Convention Committee was planning a video tribute to Sen. Ted Kennedy, who has served in the Senate for more than four decades. Meanwhile in Massachusetts, friends and supporters of the 76-year-old ...