First-time buyers should wait for a better Home Retail price - Times Online

Home Retail Group has many merits sorely lacking in its sector: a strong balance sheet, superb cash-generation and a secure dividend. But, as its name lets slip, the FTSE 100 owner of Homebase and Argos is also badly exposed to a falling housing ...

Stocks tumble on worries about earnings forecasts - Miami Herald

NEW YORK -- Wall Street tumbled again Wednesday as investors worried that the global economy is poised to weaken even as parts of the credit market slowly show signs of recovery. The major indexes fell more than 4 percent, including the Dow Jones ...

Sallie Mae Loss Narrows as Derivatives Cost Drops (Update2) - Bloomberg

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- SLM Corp. , the largest U.S. student lender, posted a narrower loss as costs from derivatives investments declined, helping compensate for an increase in provisions for delinquent loans. The third-quarter net loss was $158.5 ...

Wachovia 3Q loss paves way for Wells deal - Miami Herald

NEW YORK -- How could a $24 billion loss possibly be good news? When it comes from Wachovia as an effort to primp itself for its acquisition by Wells Fargo. Wachovia Corp.'s staggering loss for the third quarter resulted primarily because it wrote ...

Credit raters get grilled on Capitol Hill - Boston Globe

WASHINGTON— Executives and employees at the major credit ratings agencies were often aware of problems in the AAA grades awarded to thousands of mortgage-related securities whose downgrades helped plunge the nation into a financial meltdown. At the ...

UPDATE 1-ANZ H2 cash profit down 32% on higher provisions - Reuters

SYDNEY, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ.AX: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) reported a 32 percent decline in second-half cash profit on Thursday, below analysts' forecasts, due to a sharp rise in bad debt ...

Billionaires Forced to Bail Out - BusinessWeek

The same kind of "deleveraging" that crippled credit markets also is slamming billionaires, chief executives, and other well-heeled investors where it hurts. After borrowing to buy stock, an unprecedented number of executives are being forced to sell ...

News & Features Navigation - Minnesota Public Radio

The Bush administration and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have proposed a $700 billion bailout of failing U.S. financial institutions. Explore Bailout Lawmakers, White House agree on $700B bailout Frank sees bailout accord by Sunday Lenders ...

McCain's plan would buy bad homeowner mortgages - Kansas City Star

John McCain's proposal to buy up bad home mortgages would use nearly half the $700 billion from the recent Wall Street bailout package to assist Americans directly, instead of indirectly by rescuing the nation's financial markets. The Republican ...

Credit Crunch? Or Consumer Confidence Gap? - Edmunds.com

In these confusing and tumultuous times, we keep hearing the same question from consumers: "Is this a good time to buy a car?" This question seems to have two parts to it. "Can I get a good deal now?" And closely linked is the implied question ...

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