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• Another brutal day on Wall Street (CNN Money)

  Stocks tumbled Thursday, extending the 2008 selloff on recession worries following comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, a big quarterly loss by Merrill Lynch and weak readings on the housing and manufacturing sectors.
  2008-01-17 03:40:15

• Five arrested in real estate scam (Newstalk 1010 CFRB)

  Toronto Police have arrested five men in an elaborate real estate scam in which parking spaces or storage lockers were sold off as 300-thousand dollar condos.
  2008-01-17 04:00:53

• Sympathy and community service order (The Courier)

  A 64-YEAR-OLD Mearns grandmother who stole £55,000 from her husband “to try and keep the family together” was yesterday told by Sheriff Richard Davidson if there had been a humanity competition between her and her husband she would have come out “substantially on top.’’
  2008-01-17 04:52:52

• Investors probe goes overseas (The Greenville News)

  A circuit judge has authorized release of evidence obtained in a state grand jury investigation of the collapse of Carolina Investors Inc. to authorities in Liechtenstein, where officials are investigating banking activity related to Ronald J. Sheppard, a disclosure order filed Wednesday said.
  2008-01-17 06:09:32

• Real estate appraiser sues WaMu (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

  Washington Mutual Inc. has been sued by a real estate appraiser who claimed her contract with the biggest U.S. savings and loan was terminated because she prepared appraisals that indicated market conditions were declining.
  2008-01-17 11:56:32

• Condo fraud nets $3.8M (Toronto Sun)

  135 charges laid in elaborate 2-year real estate scam allegedly headed by brothers
  2008-01-18 12:27:19

• Investor property problem deepens (The Columbus Dispatch)

  More out-of-towners have reported being stuck with inflated mortgages on houses in low-income Columbus neighborhoods, where they were directed by real-estate investment classes.
  2008-01-18 12:41:10

• Toronto condo fraud nets $3.8M (CNews)

  One brother is behind bars and another is in hiding, possibly in Hong Kong, after allegedly spearheading an elaborate $3.8-million real estate scheme a decade ago, duping investors into buying condo units that turned out to be parking spaces and lockers.
  2008-01-18 12:50:59

• In Any Language

  Long Island Business News - Robb Heering, a mortgage broker who helped launch Casa Latino, a real estate agency chain that targets Hispanics, said he has received death threats via phone and e-mail because he sells homes to “foreigners.” But Heering’s undeterred – and ...
  2008-01-17 10:54:00

• Kill the competition: EMI grab for Chrysalis ... Mortgage woes batter ...

  Times Online - Financials were battered after Merrill Lynch reported about $16 billion in mortgage-related write-downs. Energy shares fell ... But C&W’s rose 1.1p to close at 165.6p after its broker denied talk that its pension fund was flattering its cash flow ...
  2008-01-17 11:30:00

• Local banks feeling the strain

  News.com.au - Since the onset of the credit squeeze in August, spreads have soared from 10 to 80 basis points over the interbank swap rate, with a number of issuers, including the mortgage broker RAMS, facing difficulties rolling over issues as they mature. The ...
  2008-01-17 04:20:00

• Australian stocks plunge 2.9 per cent - Earthtimes

  Australian stocks plunge 2.9 per centEarthtimes, UK - 7 hours ago... with concerns that volumes traded will start to slow and corporate activity will also contract," Sarah Rubethon of broker house Goldman Sachs JB Were said.
  2008-01-17 04:15:02

• Bears Maul Wall Street - TheStreet.com

  Bears Maul Wall StreetTheStreet.com - 6 hours ago... which could further roil the mortgage market. The Amex Securities Broker/Dealer Index dropped 5.5%, the KBW Bank Index lost 4.7%, the Nasdaq Financial ...
  2008-01-17 05:00:57

• Cellini gives up legal battle over costly Springfield hotel - Chicago Tribune

  Cellini gives up legal battle over costly Springfield hotelChicago Tribune, United States - 6 hours agoThompson and then-Treasurer Jerome Cosentino, a Democrat, revised the terms in 1990 just before they left office, requiring mortgage payments only when the ...
  2008-01-17 05:04:43

• Pinnacle Financial Reports Record Loan Growth and Earnings of ... - WELT ONLINE

  Pinnacle Financial Reports Record Loan Growth and Earnings of ...WELT ONLINE, Germany - 6 hours agoAt fair value, based on information obtained from Pinnacle’s third party broker/dealer for non-FDIC insured financial products and services. 12. ...
  2008-01-17 05:18:02

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