Citigroup, Inc. - Seekingalpha.com
Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to Citi s second quarter 2008 earnings review featuring Citi Chief Financial Officer Gary Crittenden. Today s call will be hosted by Scott Freidenrich, Director of Investor Relations. We ask that you

Welcoming foreclosure - Columbus Dispatch
Ralph Stover has good credit and a steady job. But he took out a risky interest-only first mortgage and a second mortgage to buy a new 1,900-square-foot condominium in 2003 with no money down.

Record number of Americans deeper in debt - Times-Argus
The collection agencies call at least 20 times a day. For a little quiet, Diane McLeod stashes her phone in the dishwasher. But right up until she hit the wall financially, McLeod was a dream customer for lenders. She juggled not one but two

Novato the mortage meltdown epicenter of Marin - Marin Independent Journal
Special to the IJ/Douglas Zimmerman Jim Stafford (left) of Provident Real Estate shows a real estate-owned property to Steven Leonard last week at Novato s Parkhaven complex. Five of eight Parkhaven sales this year were distressed properties. KIDS

Healing through art, artist’s paintings help families cope with loss - Carroll County Times
“Let’s go see the boys,” Westerville, Ohio, artist Anita Miller says as she heads down the unfinished wooden stairs to her studio. There are “the boys”: Eight life-size oil paintings, images she hopes capture the spirit and personalities of Lima