An invasion of their privacy? - Beacon News
Cherie Aschenbrenner says she hopes she doesn’t have to bail her mother-in-law out of jail someday for not filling out a U.S. Census form. While Aschenbrenner, an elderly services officer for the Elgin Police Department, is just joking about the

Canoe trip recreates Marquette-Jolliet journey - Detroit Free Press
Writer and poet Steven Faulkner had a brilliant idea to grow closer to his distant teenage son. Take a nine-week, 1,000-mile canoe trip. And not just any canoe trip, but one that followed the route Father Jacques Marquette and explorer Louis Jolliet

Credit-union head touts nonprofit’s many advantages - Columbus Dispatch
George Joseph’s banking philosophy reflects his personal finances: Don’t buy what you can’t afford. MIAMI — George Joseph, who leads the Dade County Federal Credit Union, views the services offered by credit unions as the best option for customers

Limited mortgage program launched by NO officials - New Orleans Times-Picayune
Low-income residents who want to buy reconstructed homes in targeted sections of New Orleans can now apply to a program offering up to $65,000 in federal money for that purpose. The money is intended to be a second mortgage that will fill the

Letters, meeting among Stilwell clues on Daniels View project - News-Press
As an investigator looks into whether Lee County Manager Don Stilwell lied to his bosses about ties to a Daniels Parkway land deal, among the clues he may find are: Three documents copied to Stilwell about the county’s potential purchase of Three

Jet boat manufacturers forced to lay off employees - Seattle Post Intelligencer
CLARKSTON, Wash. — Two companies that make jet boats in Clarkston are laying off employees because of slow sales blamed on high fuel prices and the slow economy. ThunderJet laid off about 40 employees but has already rehired 10. Renaissance Marine

Fannie, Freddie seen boosting loss estimates, again (Washington Post)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage market giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , may report further downgrades to their forecasts for credit losses in their upcoming second-quarter results, starting next week.

TierOne Corporation Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter 2008 - WELT ONLINE
Earthtimes (press release)TierOne Corporation Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter 2008WELT ONLINE, Germany - 15 hours ago… 2007 (Dollars in thousands) Amount % Amount % Real estate loans: One-to-four family residential (1) $ 334236 11.00 % $ 314623 9.41 % Second mortgage …CapitalSouth Bancorp Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results FOXBusinessLouisiana Bancorp, Inc. Announces Earnings for the Second Quarter … MarketWatchPSB Group, Inc. Announces Second-Quarter Financial Results FOXBusinessFOXBusiness - MarketWatchall 925 news articles

Chimera Investment Corporation Reports 2nd Quarter Core EPS of … - MarketWatch
Chimera Investment Corporation Reports 2nd Quarter Core EPS of …MarketWatch - Jul 31, 2008"The second quarter results for Chimera reflect the fact that conditions in the non-conforming sector of the mortgage market remain challenging. …Hatteras Financial Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial … MarketWatchall 14 news articles

IndyMac, Second-Largest Mortgage Lender, to File for Bankruptcy - Bloomberg
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Essex Announces Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Results - MarketWatch
Earthtimes (press release)Essex Announces Second Quarter 2008 Earnings ResultsMarketWatch - Jul 30, 2008Also in April 2008, Essex obtained a second mortgage loan in the amount of $17.2 million secured by Kings Road, with a fixed interest rate at 5.6% due in …Cedar Shopping Centers Announces Second Quarter Results Earthtimes (press release)Equity One Reports Second Quarter 2008 Operating Results WELT ONLINEAvalonBay Communities, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2008 … MarketWatchMarketWatch - MarketWatchall 151 news articles

Louisiana Bancorp, Inc. Announces Earnings for the Second Quarter … - MarketWatch
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MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. today reported net income of $33.0 million, or $0.20 per share of common stock, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.

Tipping Point - American Enterprise Institute
Washington PostTipping PointAmerican Enterprise Institute, DC - 53 minutes agoThese efforts continued in July with the extraordinary and heretofore unimaginable step of having the Federal Reserve open its discount window to mortgage …Hank Paulson's Fannie Gamble Wall Street JournalAmerica's Economic Free Fall AlterNetInside Congress's housing repair kit Boston GlobeEconomist - Washington Timesall 1,043 news articles

Mirvac Freezes Mortgage Funds on $227 Million Impaired Loans (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) — Mirvac Group , an Australian real estate investment trust, stopped redemptions for three mortgage funds holding more than A$243 million ($227 million), as investors seek to pull out of property assets amid the global credit crisis.