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Treasury to sell its remaining stake in AIG
WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department said Monday that it would sell its remaining ownership stake in insurance giant American International Group, effectively ending one of the largest bailouts of the financial crisis and turning a profit for taxpayers....
Tags: American International Group, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Ten banks to pay $8.5 billion to settle foreclosure abuse review
WASHINGTON -- Ten of the nation's largest mortgage servicers have agreed to an $8.5-billion settlement with federal regulators to end a review of foreclosure abuses. The settlement, announced Monday, involved some of the biggest names in the financial...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Incorporated
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Cheaper gas leads to first drop in consumer prices in six months
WASHINGTON -- Cheaper gasoline led to the first drop in consumer prices in six months in November, signaling that inflation remains in check as the Federal Reserve continues its stimulus attempts. The consumer price index fell 0.3% last month from...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Prices, Consumers, Inflation and Deflation, Economy, Business and Finance
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$10-billion settlement of foreclosure abuse cases said to be near
Banks and regulators worked late Sunday to finalize a nearly $10-billion settlement that would halt a much-maligned program to review foreclosures from the height of the housing crisis, according to four people familiar with the talks. At least 14 banks...
Tags: Banking, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Finance
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AIG to sell Century City aircraft leasing firm to Chinese investors
WASHINGTON -- American International Group announced it is selling a majority stake in its Century City aircraft leasing company to Chinese investors as the insurance giant continued to shed non-essential assets to help pay off its government bailout...
Tags: American International Group, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008)
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Legal larceny by lawyers
What's the difference between a mosquito and a lawyer? One is a blood-sucking parasite. The other is an insect. I'm a lawyer, but I live out of state and haven't practiced law in recent years, so I am at this point an "inactive" member of the...
Tags: Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Antonin Scalia, Labor Legislation, Immigration
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Letters: Interest rates down, savers lose
Re "Fed to tie interest rate to job gains," Dec. 13 It's disappointing that no mention is made of the effect of the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates at rock bottom on those who have set aside a good portion of their incomes as savings...Tags: Antonin Scalia, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Money and Monetary Policy
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Fed renews stimulus efforts, ties interest rates to jobless rate
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, maintaining its aggressive efforts to stimulate a slow-growing economy burdened by high unemployment, said it would continue its large-scale bond-buying programs in the new year and, for the first time, announced...
Tags: Unemployment, Central Bank, Inflation and Deflation, Finance, Securities
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Bay Area housing market continues on a roll
The San Francisco-area housing market strengthened in November as sales and prices both increased from a year earlier. The region’s median home price of $438,000 was up 5.3% from October and 20.5% from November 2011, according to real estate firm...
Tags: Homes, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Real Estate, Freddie Mac
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Mortgage rates dip slightly, back to near record, Freddie Mac says
Fixed mortgage rates eased slightly this week, with lenders offering 30-year loans to solid borrowers at an average interest rate of 3.32%, down from 3.34% last week and near the record low, according to the latest Freddie Mac survey. The big buyer and...
Tags: Homes, Real Estate Sales, Bonds, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Andrew Brimmer dies at 86; first black member of Federal Reserve
Andrew Brimmer, the son of a Louisiana sharecropper who in 1966 became the first black member of the Federal Reserve Board, has died. He was 86. Brimmer died Oct. 7 at a Washington hospital after a lengthy illness, said his daughter, Esther Brimmer....
Tags: Politics, Michigan State University, University of Washington, Finance, U.S. Army
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China, U.S., Europe battling over a shrinking global-trade pie
World NowGlobal Focus: In polite, diplomatic language, China this week accused Eurozone leaders of piling up debts that threaten global economic stability and the Europeans countered with complaints that Beijing manipulates its currency to unfairly skew trade in...
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