News Archive for March 2008

Banking giants in the spotlight as confidence drains from Wall Street

private equity loans and commercial real-estate investments

Monday March 17 2008, 10:16AM

FAQ: Bear Stearns banking crisis

sub-prime home loans. It has less capital ... interest on loans. However, savers could benefit ... Credit cards Loans Lender Overall Cost for

Monday March 17 2008, 10:02AM

Akin Gump, Wachtell lead on hedge fund listing

secured bank loans and long/short corporate

Monday March 17 2008, 10:02AM

Homeowners struggling with £1bn mortgage bill

Home Mortgages Loans Insurance Savings & Invs ... their home loans switch to lenders' standard

Monday March 17 2008, 10:02AM

Martinsa Fadesa gets 9-day waiver on debt payment

call in loans and reduce their risk

Monday March 17 2008, 09:48AM

Sleepless Nights As Fixed Mortgages End

analyse home loans against the marketplace to

Monday March 17 2008, 09:19AM

Rescue for troubled Wall St bank

defaulted on loans. The subsequent freezing-up of ... chase their loans The Iraq decision The

Monday March 17 2008, 09:19AM

America was conned - who will pay?

on their loans. Doing that, however, will

Monday March 17 2008, 09:19AM

Stocks slide as U.S. bank troubles deepen

on direct loans to banks to 3

Monday March 17 2008, 06:49AM

Together we stand, divided...

He's brought a lot of loans in

Monday March 17 2008, 06:49AM

End in sight for subprime losses, says S&P

Financial Times - But it warned that banks could still face further losses on other exposures, such as leveraged loans, other areas of the US mortgage market, and securities backed by commercial ...

Friday March 14 2008, 10:08PM

Lenders pull out of mortgage deals

Financial Times - C&G, also part of Lloyds, announced yesterday morning that it was pulling a number of buy-to-let mortgage loans from brokers at the end of the day to prevent its levels of service ...

Friday March 14 2008, 10:01PM

Wickes creditors want probe of loans

probe of loans updated 5:57 p.m ... in secured loans, a debt that will ... Sun's secured loans to Wickes, some of ... Bank loans totaled $79 million when Wickes ... participation" in loans from Cerberus Capital Management ... of some loans that came to Wickes ... making secured loans to their portfolio companies ... of secured loans made by others, which

Friday March 14 2008, 10:01PM

Cash compensation for banks waiving farm loans

waiving farm loans Ads By Google Gaurav ... writing off loans under the Rs 60 ... pay off loans from local money lenders

Friday March 14 2008, 09:54PM

Editorial comment: Exit Bear, pursued by its creditors

on short-term loans secured against its portfolio ... This week those loans dried up; Bear

Friday March 14 2008, 09:40PM

Wall St chief's bridge to nowhere

the home loans industry, Cayne and other ... Credit cards Loans Lender Overall Cost for

Friday March 14 2008, 09:26PM

Eddy Groves sued over loans

sued over loans By Liam Walsh March ... Eddy Groves sued over loans 3. Wall ... Eddy Groves sued over loans Precious

Friday March 14 2008, 09:11PM

Yunus discusses huge impact of tiny loans

of tiny loans Nobel-winning microlender tells young ... making small-business loans to the poor is ... said of loans extended to people in ... the tiny loans, which average only $150 ... of tiny loans (2) Most-Commented Opinion Articles ... March 9 (23) Without payday loans

Friday March 14 2008, 08:57PM

Stripped Bear

for 28-day loans. Bear does not have

Friday March 14 2008, 05:58PM

Bush Acknowledges Weakness in US Economy

make further loans,'' the president said

Friday March 14 2008, 04:25PM

Gretna braced for player exodus

apply for loans recoverable from prize money

Wednesday March 12 2008, 10:08AM

Battered credit products: bargains for the brave

MBS, leveraged loans and munis would rise

Wednesday March 12 2008, 10:08AM

Darling's first Budget as crunch bites

risky sub-prime loans. In a bid to ... grading home loans, with the least risky

Wednesday March 12 2008, 07:23AM

Departing Grads Leave Midwest Worried

off student loans, merit-based scholarships to attract

Wednesday March 12 2008, 07:23AM

Kill the competition: Dow soars ... Spitzer defiant ... Forced leave ...

its bank loans. Its ejection from the

Wednesday March 12 2008, 06:40AM

Countrywide in US sub-prime probe

how sub-prime loans were made and valued ... Sub-prime loans are those offered to people ... packaged the loans together and sold them

Monday March 10 2008, 12:41PM

FSA Admits Staff Problems Over Bank

£25bn of loans to keep it afloat

Monday March 10 2008, 11:43AM

Clueless generation need to do the maths

four different loans but 76 per cent ... their student loans while they were still ... of student loans and spiralling housing costs ... any more loans. She had, she said

Monday March 10 2008, 10:10AM

Gretna to opt for administration

apply for loans recoverable from prize money

Monday March 10 2008, 09:34AM

Will debt crisis push Euro to breaking point?

collateral for loans at the Frankfurt window ... BEST BUYS Mortgages Loans Credit Cards Savings

Monday March 10 2008, 07:33AM

FBI checks out the truth of Countrywide's statements on quality of ...

quality of loans Suzy Jagger and Patrick ... of these loans. We're dealing with the ... risks, making loans to people with weaker ... quality of loans Your guide to beating

Sunday March 09 2008, 09:53PM

Darling in'cheaper mortgages plan'

grade home loans according to risk are ... The loans also tend to be more ... risky home loans given a "gold standard ... of the loans they are taking on

Sunday March 09 2008, 08:27PM

In the grip of implacable subprime forces

Financial Times - Mr Bernanke is not yet proposing that banks should be compelled to write down loans, and Mr Paulson notes that voluntary writedowns are among the options his “Hope Now ...

Sunday March 09 2008, 08:20PM

GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD-Hold on tight, more credit bumps appear

and construction loans. After the first two

Sunday March 09 2008, 06:54PM

Credit crisis shakes Kazakh banks

cheap foreign loans to finance a consumer

Sunday March 09 2008, 05:42PM

Crunch Hurts Buy-To-Let Landlords

variety of loans available. Problems obtaining finance ... about offering loans, demand for rental property

Saturday March 08 2008, 02:34AM

Credit crunch fails to stop buy-to-let growth

in such loans. Yet the evidence is ... number of loans to buy-to-let landlords has ... of such loans was 171,800. In ... outstanding buy-to-let loans topped a million for

Friday March 07 2008, 11:57PM

Unhappy new year as shop sales fall

as personal loans and overdrafts, rose by

Friday March 07 2008, 11:57PM

Competition works both way

Loans are being called in; credit terms ... quality of loans Investors asked to fund

Friday March 07 2008, 10:10PM

US Fed releases $200bn as credit crisis hits new depths

calls on loans and drastically raising interest ... for fresh loans. As the fear spread ... recover their loans. The dire forecast came ... Dollars in loans. Ironically, bad residential mortgage ... commercial building loans or the sovereign debt

Friday March 07 2008, 10:02PM

Town's Healy hopes dashed by Hodgson

to have loans, but we will not

Friday March 07 2008, 09:45AM

Bank of China aviation unit targets leaseback deals

million in loans and cash that it

Friday March 07 2008, 09:31AM

Rookie Congressman to Fill Hastert Seat

he made loans to his campaign -

Friday March 07 2008, 09:09AM

Alea liabilities fall a fifth

outstanding bank loans Reinsurer Alea has said ... its outstanding loans, while trimming its staff

Friday March 07 2008, 08:55AM

S.Korea KAMCO to raise $1 bln for US bad debt

distressed mortgage-linked loans held by U.S ... institutions, and non-performing loans at financial services ... of failing loans swelled across most mortgages ... bad loans could come down further. "The ... in non-performing loans, saying that distressed Chinese ... purchasing bad loans from China's Orient Asset

Friday March 07 2008, 07:15AM

The man watching at the back

000 as loans instead of share capital

Friday March 07 2008, 07:01AM

India's benchmark stock index drops 3 percent in early trading

write off loans to small farmers. Rate

Friday March 07 2008, 05:42AM

Steve Irwin's widow is sued by zoo creditors and taxman

sought unsecured loans for working capital from

Wednesday March 05 2008, 03:45PM

The Federal Reserve's rescue has failed

Defending scaremongers 'Ninja' loans explode on ... conjuring long-term loans at Alan Greenspan's giveaway ... on teaser loans. The UK hedge fund ... home equity loans, car loans, credit cards ... student loans. We have not even begun ... up for loans they either cannot understand ... to make loans for overpriced homes, while ... to make loans for overpriced homes, while ... really about loans to unreliable home buyers ... when mortgage loans are securitized and sold ... aid or loans that will never be ... really about loans to unreliable home buyers ... The ARM loans structured over the last ... to get loans in the first place ... there're no loans available, then maybe I'll ... 5% mortgage loans and European style unemployment ... Sub-prime & loans with "teaser rates" are ... making risky loans to people with no ... bigger bad loans. Posted by Smitty on ... Loans were given on the basis of ... to give loans to people who were ... handing out loans to people who as ... recipient of loans they had no hope ... low interst loans to buy government sanctioned ... made these loans cannot pay them back ... give out loans. When you cut interest ... THE ABSURD LOANS BEING OFFERED! NO, NOT ... BEST BUYS Mortgages Loans Credit Cards Savings

Wednesday March 05 2008, 09:55AM

Report Details Black Women's Challenges

on subprime loans, which are a main ... of these loans in 2006 than white

Wednesday March 05 2008, 09:05AM

Darling to push ‘gold standard’ mortgages

only those loans that meet higher standards ... raises riskier loans rates - Feb-26 UK ... 100%-plus home loans - Feb-23 New homebuyers

Tuesday March 04 2008, 10:06PM

High street bank rejects bring a boost to Provident Financial

have taken loans with interest rates of ... Provident Financial, which sells small loans door ... to get loans or credit cards from ... on their loans, but Provident does not

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:59PM

Pacific Lumber unit seeks $51M in loans

$51M in loans DJIA Leaders & Laggards: ... $51M in loans updated 4:58 p.m ... in bankruptcy loans, saying it urgently needs ... on the loans from lender Bank of ... of America loans. In February, it said

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:59PM

Cut size of outstanding loans, Ben Bernanke urges

of outstanding loans, Ben Bernanke urges Tom ... outstanding home loans. Mr Bernanke said that ... size of loans would be a more ... of outstanding loans, Ben Bernanke urges Also

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:30PM

Citigroup at 9-year low on capital, write-down worries

estate and loans to fund leveraged buyouts ... in soured loans tied to credit cards

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:30PM

Fed Chief: Mortgage Crisis to Continue

of their loans. ``This situation calls for ... on subprime loans given to borrowers with ... 5 million loans - representing more than

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:23PM

Blaming banks for client pollution'preposterous'

But they deny that their loans to

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:16PM

Citi shares at lowest level since 1998

Financial Times - Mr Moszkowski expects the company to take a $15bn write-down on its $37bn of subprime loans and collaterised debt obligations (CDO) and a further $3bn on its leveraged loans and ...

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:16PM

Old fashioned banking is not the answer: James Saft

to the loans they made, they "originated ... Banks made loans, for mortgages or leveraged ... to buy loans or deals that best ... As we've seen, many foolish loans were ... very few loans indeed are coming through ... of the loans they write, though by ... more expensive loans and less economic growth

Tuesday March 04 2008, 07:57PM

Iran loans Iraq $1 billion

Politics Iran loans Iraq $1 billion Font ... save Iran loans Iraq $1 billion to ... Ahmadinejad Iran loans Iraq $1 billion

Tuesday March 04 2008, 02:57PM

RBS urged to reveal global credit status

sub-prime mortgage loans. RBS also is a ... exposure in loans to private equity companies

Sunday March 02 2008, 08:54AM

A new home loans crisis is emerging

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Sunday March 02 2008, 08:25AM

Glenn got £1.1m to hit the Roed

million for loans under the contract signed

Sunday March 02 2008, 07:57AM