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U.S. thrifts lost $5.4 billion in the second quarter and set aside a record amount to cover losses from bad mortgages and other loans. Data from the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision released Wednesday show federally-insured savings and loan ...
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US thrifts 2Q loss of $5.4B is second largest ever - BusinessWeek
U.S. thrifts lost $5.4 billion in the second quarter and set aside a record amount to cover losses from bad mortgages and other loans. Data from the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision released Wednesday show federally-insured savings and loan ...
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U.S. thrifts 2Q loss of $5.4 billion is second largest ever - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. thrifts lost $5.4 billion in the second quarter and set aside a record amount to cover losses from bad mortgages and other loans. Data from the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision released Wednesday show federally-insured savings and loan ...
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US thrifts' lost $5.4B in 2Q, second largest ever - BusinessWeek
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - The number of troubled U.S. banks leaped to the highest level in about five years and bank profits plunged by 86 percent in the second quarter, as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued. Federal Deposit ...
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FDIC: 117 troubled banks, highest level since 2003 - CNN Money
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 Corp. data ...
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FDIC: bank profits fell by 86 percent in 2Q - San Francisco Gate
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.
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Fannie Mae shakes up management team - San Francisco Gate
The credit crunch is entering a second, “post-subprime” phase where banks’ loan books deteriorate more rapidly and capital-raising efforts might become harder, says Scott Bugie, credit analyst at Standard & Poor’s. ”Loan book deterioration ...
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View of the day: The second phase - Financial Times
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans felt better about the economy in August, as a barometer of sentiment posted the biggest boost in two years amid falling gas prices. Two reports suggested that a bottom could be nearing for the housing market, but ...
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Business Highlights - Daily Journal
Aug 27th, 2008 | WASHINGTON -- U.S. thrifts lost $5.4 billion in the second quarter and set aside a record amount to cover losses from bad mortgages and other loans. Data from the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision released Wednesday show federally ...
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US thrifts $5.4B lost in 2Q, second largest ever - Salon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc (nyse: MBI - news - people ), the largest U.S. bond insurer, said it agreed to reinsure $184 billion of municipal bond risk from its wobbly competitor FGIC Corp, in a transaction that regulators said would strengthen ...
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