San Diego :: CA :: USA
| 1 day ago
The Federal Reserve Board announced plans Tuesday to create a $200 billion lending facility aimed at unfreezing secondary markets for Small Business Administration loans and consumer loans. Under the program, loans will be made to holders of asset-backed...
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Waukegan :: IL :: USA
| 3 days ago
Yahoo Inc. shares rallied Friday after billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed that he had increased his stake in the struggling Internet company. The stock price rose almost 9 percent after Icahn, a Yahoo board member who has been pushing for a strategy...
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Seattle :: WA :: USA
| 3 days ago
Average rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 5.97 percent, down from 6.33 percent the week before, according to Bankrate.com ...Borrowers with a $200,000 loan, for example, would save about $63 a month if their interest rate dropped to 5.5 percent...
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Washington :: DC :: USA
| 4 days ago
Curbs on predatory credit card lending could be part of the deal for banks accepting low-rate U.S...Treasury Henry Paulson Jr. announced this week that the government and the Federal Reserve plan to offer such loans to banks to help shore up their shaky...
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Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil
| 4 days ago
Brazil Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras took out a loan worth $860 million from a state bank last month, officials have revealed. The loan was given by the Caixa Economica Federal to Petroleo Brasileiro SA at the height of the financial turmoil...
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Washington :: DC :: USA
| 6 days ago
But for those hoping to use plastic more freely this holiday season, they likely will have to wait. The Fed's $200 billion plan immediately sparked a drop in the average rate for a prime 30-year fixed-rate loan, from 5.8 percent on Monday to 5.5 percent...
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Washington :: DC :: USA
| 6 days ago
After pumping more than $1.5 trillion into the US financial system, the Federal Reserve will now commit another $800 billion to revive struggling mortgage, housing, and consumer credit markets and moderate a deepening economic downturn. The Fed said yesterday...
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Laguna Niguel :: CA :: USA
| 6 days ago
Mortgage rates plummeted in Orange County today, after the Federal Reserve announced a plan to inject $600 billion into the mortgage market and $200 billion into the market for consumer and small business loans. The best rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage...
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London :: United Kingdom
| 6 days ago
Lending rates on three-month dollar loans between banks rose for the third day running Tuesday amid ongoing concerns about the state of the U.S. banking system after the bailout of Citigroup Inc., but the equivalent rates for euros and pounds continued...
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Washington :: DC :: USA
| 7 days ago
Federal Reserve Board said Tuesday it would create a new program to help investors purchase student, auto and credit card loan backed securities. Federal Reserve Bank of New York will lend up to $200 billion to investors...Treasury will also contribute...
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