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  • Fitch expects banks to put up strong profit show in '08 (The Economic Times)

    Strong growth in loans and fee-based income will help Indian banks maintain profitability in 2008 despite credit losses, according to a report by Fitch Ratings.
    2008-02-01 05:57:49

  • Employment falls for the first time in more than 4 years, a fresh sign of possible recession (IndeOnline.com)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In a shower of pink slips, U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet that the economy is grinding to a halt if it hasn’t already toppled into recession.
    2008-02-01 05:58:57

  • Q4 2007 BancorpSouth, Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Final

    Insurance News Net - ... Midsouth geographic footprint includes sound local economies that have grown at attractive rates ... And circling back to Brian's question, I think you talked about this in the beginning, mortgage origination volume this quarter, how does that compare ...
    2008-02-01 03:27:00

  • Oshkosh Truck Corporation Reports First Quarter EPS of $0.50

    MSN MoneyCentral - These results compare with EPS of $0.55 on sales of $1.0 billion and net income of $41.2 million for last year's first ... for the level of concrete placement activity, housing starts, non-residential construction spending and mortgage rates; the ...
    2008-02-01 03:24:00

  • Paperless finances a reality, virtually

    Times Online - ... done on one of the many price comparison websites, such as uswitch.com or fool.co.uk , but be aware that they only compare rates ... have been around for a while, but Yorkshire Building Society has laid claim to the first completely paperless mortgage ...
    2008-02-01 04:10:00

  • Keizer area weathers foreclosure storm - Keizertimes

    Keizer area weathers foreclosure stormKeizertimes, OR - 7 hours agoAnd as rough as the sub-prime mortgage crisis has been on the real estate market, Sharga said that's not the only factor driving foreclosures in many of the ...
    2008-02-01 09:05:19

  • Franklin Bank Corp. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha

    Franklin Bank Corp. Q4 2007 Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha, NY - 1 hour agoWe expect single-family mortgage portfolio to also decline. There are likely no acquisitions in our near future. With the drop in rates, there will be some ...
    2008-02-01 03:37:24

  • Oshkosh Truck Corporation Reports First Quarter EPS of $0.50 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

    OSHKOSH, Wis.----Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE: OSK ], a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, today reported that, for its first quarter of fiscal 2008, earnings per share was $0.50, on sales of $1.5 billion and net income of $37.3 million.
    2008-02-01 03:30:00

  • Namibia: Why is Our Own Money More Expensive? (AllAfrica.com)

    We are so used to the fact that our economy mirrors the South African economy albeit on a much smaller scale, that we fail to see two very significant factors that have come to the fore over the last year.
    2008-02-01 01:31:23

  • Fitch considers $139B in MBS downgrades

    CNBC - With home prices sinking, many borrowers who normally would take out a second mortgage on their home to pay off their first mortgage have lost that option, Fitch said. Some lenders grew careless in 2006, reverting to sloppy underwriting standards and ...
    2008-02-01 01:32:00

  • Stocks Cap Strong Week With Gains

    Forbes - Home Business Tech Markets Entrepreneurs Leadership Personal Finance ForbesLife Lists Opinions Video Blogs E-mail Newsletters People ... The mix of economic news reminded investors of the continuing fallout from the housing and mortgage crisis and made for ...
    2008-02-01 02:15:00

  • Bank Of America's Deal For Countrywide Face Hurdles

    CNN Money - Analysts estimate that if the deal does go through, Bank of America will eventually oversee or originate close 25% of all home mortgages. Close to 90% of the mortgage business is now in the hands of the top 25 lenders, making an acquisition on the ...
    2008-02-01 03:48:00

  • Beazer Homes exiting mortgage business and some home markets

    Times and Democrat - ATLANTA - Homebuilder Beazer Homes USA Inc. said Friday it will no longer originate mortgages and will offer its buyers mortgage services through Countrywide Financial Corp. The Atlanta-based company also released preliminary first quarter operating ...
    2008-02-01 02:44:00

  • Blackstone Is Hired by Microsoft, Boosting M&A Unit (Update1)

    Bloomberg - A growing advisory business may help Blackstone weather a slump in the private-equity industry, where deal-making dried up amid a lack of credit spurred by record subprime-mortgage defaults. Revenue in the firm's financial-advisory division increased ...
    2008-02-01 03:20:00

  • Dinallo's Rescue Plan Focuses on Ambac, People Say (Update4)

    Bloomberg - Ambac is projected to lose $11.6 billion on guarantees of mortgage-linked debt and other securities, according to William Ackman, managing partner at hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP. The losses were calculated using a ...
    2008-02-01 03:27:00

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