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Marion Sandler dies at 81; World Savings Bank executive
As one of the first women to hold a position of power on Wall Street, Marion O. Sandler was notable even before she and her husband, Herbert, spent 43 years building Oakland's World Savings Bank into such a major — and ultimately controversial...Tags: Migraine, Saturday Night Live (tv program), 60 Minutes (tv program), New York University, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Chase branch expansion continues as BofA scales back
Money & CompanyJPMorgan Chase & Co. is pressing ahead with an expansion of its California branch network even as Bank of America Corp. plans to close some less profitable offices. The Chase Bank parent is saying that it intends to open about...... -
SEC files fraud lawsuit against three former IndyMac executives [Updated]
Money & CompanyTargeting executives of the housing boom's biggest stated-income lender, the Securities and Exchange Commission has accused former IndyMac Bancorp Chief Executive Michael W. Perry and two former chief financial officers of defrauding investors at the... -
Report: Chase worst by far at finalizing loan modifications
Money & CompanyIn an eye-catching report Wednesday, the nonprofit news outfit ProPublica said 97,000 homeowners have been stuck in trial loan modifications for more than six months under the government's anti-foreclosure program, which was supposed to generate permanent... -
Lenders offer help to avoid foreclosure
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmid mounting foreclosures, a group of major lenders Tuesday said they would offer seriously delinquent borrowers a grace period of up to 30 days to establish possible workout plans before finalizing steps to take away their homes. The initiative,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Alphonso Jackson, Foreclosures, Henry Paulson
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Lenders band together to reach out to delinquent customers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStruggling to connect with their delinquent customers, a group of six major mortgage lenders are teaming with nonprofit groups to serve as go-betweens. As part of the program, borrowers who fall behind on their payments will receive notice from a...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Foreclosures, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co.
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Tote-bag firm Gigi Hill is thinking bigger
Special to The TimesIt started with a $10 tote. Soccer moms Monica Hillman and Gabrielle DeSantis-Cummings, passing the time on the sidelines at their kids' games, had been brainstorming ideas for a business they could run from home. The conversation turned to Hillman's...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Public Relations, Homes, Business
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HUD's Dollar Homes falls short of mission
Jerry and Carol Ptacek bounced from one cramped apartment to another most of their adult lives, so they could hardly believe their luck when they were able to buy a San Bernardino house for the bargain price of $63,000.
Nine years later, they are renters...Tags: Politics, DVDs and Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, Metal and Mineral, Jerry Springer
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3 WaMu execs agree to settle FDIC suit for up to $64 million
LOS ANGELES TIMESThree executives who led high-risk home lender Washington Mutual Bank as it skidded toward the biggest bank failure in U.S. history have agreed to settle a government lawsuit for as much as $64 million — far from the $900 million the Federal Deposit...Tags: Carl Levin, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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GM Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Fox59.comGeneral Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday as part of the Obama administration's plan to shrink the automaker to a sustainable size and give a majority ownership stake to the federal government. GM's bankruptcy filing is the fourth-...Tags: Carl Levin, Management Change, Barack Obama, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Downers Grove: A makeover in progress
Special to the Chicago TribuneAfter losing out on several Lincoln Park condominiums to higher bidders in 1993, Matt and Janet Fosket started looking in the western suburbs for an affordable place that would be close to his job in Northlake and along a commuter train line so she...Tags: Real Estate, Northlake, Travel, Downers Grove, Homes
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