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  • Emergency fund, Roth IRA are solid savings options (Farmington Observer)

    Dear Rick: My wife and I are able to save about $300 a month. I want to use the money to pay down on our mortgage. My wife wants to invest in a Roth IRA. We have a 30-year mortgage at 5 percent. We are in our early 30s and are both funding our 401(k) accounts through work. We have no money in savings, no children and our goals are retirement. What do you recommend?
    2007-12-02 04:02:17
  • Kathleen Pender: Choosing a financial adviser (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Sheryl Garrett runs a nationwide network of financial planners catering to an underserved market: middle-income people who want to pay an hourly fee for unbiased, occasional advice on things like college, retirement and tax planning. Garrett of Shawnee...
    2007-12-02 12:48:26
  • LOOSE CHANGE

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram - This is not a beat-the-deadline action, but if you bought a house this year that required private mortgage insurance, you can deduct part of your premiums paid this year if your adjusted gross income is under $100,000 and you itemize. -- The (Colorado ...
    2007-12-02 03:10:00
  • AIG to Start Wealth Management, Mortgage Guarantees in India

    Bloomberg - AIG to Start Wealth Management, Mortgage Guarantees in India By Gautam Chakravorthy Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- American ... and runs eight businesses, including money managing, aircraft leasing, property development and life and general insurance ...
    2007-12-02 04:15:00
  • Rehabbers cash in on foreclosed houses

    Miami Herald - After the unpaid mortgage bills, the creditor warnings and finally the sheriff's sale, it's sometimes left to a handy man like Adrian Brad to clean up the mess left by the nation's home foreclosure crisis. "I'm not trying to become a millionaire ...
    2007-12-02 12:29:00
  • Regulators allege illegal title-insurance kickbacks

    Herald Tribune - If the stake is 25 percent, the realty agent or mortgage broker might get $500 out of your $2,000 title insurance premium. If the stake is half, the split might be $1,000. Buyers typically are provided a disclosure -- along with all the other ...
    2007-12-02 06:38:00
  • Stocks Higher After Citi Secures Capital

    Insurance News Net - ... vote of confidence for the nation's largest bank, which has suffered severe losses amid the ongoing crisis in the mortgage ... US Property and Casualty Insurance Agents: A View from the Trenches" by TowerGroup November 2007 Research and Markets: Title ...
    2007-12-02 01:05:00
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Company Profile - View Federal ...

    Sacramento Business Journal - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Company Profile | Company Information | Company Profile | Federal Deposit Insurance ... Appraisers pressured to inflate subprime mortgage values [NY Metro] Cuomo: Companies' collusion fueled mortgage crisis ...
    2007-12-02 05:15:00
  • Mortgage executives hash out rescue plan (Chinapost.com.tw)

    A “Lender Foreclosure Home Auction!” sign is positioned in front of a home for sale in Spring Valley, California in this Oct. 14 file photo.
    2007-12-02 06:17:55
  • Important information on Flood Insurance (WABC-TV New York)

    After a spring Nor'easter pounded the Tri-State, Seven On Your Side takes a closer look at flood insurance.
    2007-12-02 04:21:02
  • More gay men tell Idaho Statesman about sexual encounters with Sen ...

    Oregonian - And tens of thousands went to financial institutions: credit-card companies, mortgage lenders and others that were more than willing to extend credit, assess large fees for questionable transactions and, in one case, violate their own rules to sell ...
    2007-12-02 08:11:00
  • MFTF To Investigate Alleged Racial Bias

    NBC5 - The letter requested Secretary Paulson to reach an agreement with federally chartered mortgage lenders that will give all homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages a reprieve from rising mortgage rates, the release said. In Illinois, mortgage ...
    2007-12-02 01:47:00
  • Seattle Mortgage Company

    San Francisco Business Journal - Whether you're comparing mortgage programs, looking for purchase or refinancing tips or need to find a loan officer, smcloan.com can help. As trusted local lenders, Seattle Mortgage loan officers have been opening doors in the Puget Sound since 1944 ...
    2007-12-02 05:15:00
  • AP Business NewsBrief at 3:32 p.m. EST

    CNBC - Improving prospects for another interest rate cut and signs that financial companies were finding solutions to their credit problems sent buyers piling back into stocks. The results were dramatic: The Dow, which plunged 240 points on Monday, shot up ...
    2007-12-02 12:22:00
  • Japan Stocks Look To Push Higher On Rate Cut Momentum []

    RTT News - 12/2/2007 6:13:41 PM Japan stocks look Monday to build on the last week's closing gains spurred by new indications of lower U.S. interest rates. Japanese shares moved higher Friday after hopes for another U.S. interest rate reduction were raised ...
    2007-12-02 03:13:00