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Japanese Stocks Decline After U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls
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Home Prices Fall 12.5%-Plus in February
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Home Prices Expected To Fall Again
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The Myth of Homeownership
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Battered home lenders relatively unscathed by paltry housing news
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Wells Fargo Is Sanctioned For Role in Mortgage Woes
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CA: Severely Delinquent Mortgage Accounts Up 15 Percent in One Year
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California's Deficit May Swell to $20 Billion on Housing Slump
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The Myth of the Walk Aways
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Federal program has aided fewer than 2,000 homeowners
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Plan Calls for Government Loans
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More Republicans back Democrats' housing rescue
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Federal Mortgage Plan Falls Short, Critics Say
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ResCap sends GMAC into red ink
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Dallas-area home prices fall more than 4 percent
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$8M left unpaid to The Marquis contractors
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Housing foreclosures push renters out the door
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FTC Charges Mortgage Foreclosure 'Rescuers'
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Archer Daniels Defends Ethanol In Wake Of Rising Food Costs
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GM's fortunes are changing for the worse
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Axle strike: Week 10 and all is quiet
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Kerkorian motive is cash and ?
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Dodge dealership files for bankruptcy reorganization
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ACH Files Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay in Diamond Case
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Plastech set to close plant in Leamington
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UAW stance inconsistent
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Victory Hospital Down to 30 Beds
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Heath care and money troubles linked
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SEC Sues Colt Investor
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Peregrine exec gets probation
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SEC Wants Plus Money's Assets Frozen
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Student Debt:
Royal Bank of Scotland terminates some loan deals with First Marblehead
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Japan, Australia Corporate Bond Risk Rises, Default Swaps Show
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Banks will have to keep aside more capital for credit derivatives exposure
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Grupo Mexico, Asarco Go to Court
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CFA battles stay relief
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Hotel Investors at Crossroads
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Office Depot Net Drops as U.S. Sales Fall
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Delta, NW to offer employees reciprocal travel rights
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Wary workers unite to oppose Delta-Northwest merger
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Continental CEO got nearly $6 million
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Continental CEO's compensation fell in 2007
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Northwest executive paid millions
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Italy May Nationalize Alitalia
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MasterCard profit surges, outshining rival Visa
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Bailing Mom And Dad Out From Debt
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Americans unload prized belongings to make ends meet
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Meriwether's hedge fund let investors out, staff go
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Streaming Academics
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UK House Prices Posted First Annual Drop Since 1996
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More than 500 builders face bust
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Consumer borrowing increases
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NI bankrupts rise almost four times in six years
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U.K.'s Economic Slump Deepens
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Siemens profit falls 67%
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