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Racial Gap in Loans Is High in State  A racial disparity in mortgage lending rates appears to be sharper in Los Angeles and other California metropolitan areas than the rest of the country, according to an analysis of


WSJ: Bear CEO expected to step down   Bear Stearns Chief Executive James Cayne is resigning under pressure from shareholders upset over the firm's losses amid a slew of problems sparked by the collapse of mortgage markets,


Heating Bills to Rise In Wake of Hurricane  Katrina is pushing up prices of natural gas, electricity and heating oil.read more...


Stocks again on home sales watch  The wait for another set of housing sales numbers will keep investors on edge ahead of Thursday's U.S. stock open.read more...


Is It Time to Feel Upbeat About The Trampled-Down Mortgage Giants? (Washington Post)  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant mortgage-finance companies, came through last week battered and bloodied -- just as investors in their stocks may be feeling right now. But, as


Indebted rushing to beat new law  Financially strapped Colorado residents are stampeding to U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Denver in record numbers this week, trying to avoid tough new rules in a bankruptcy law that takes effect

October 25th, 2005

TennCare tragedies carry hard, cold numbers

A reader – unconvinced of the need for a special legislative session on TennCare – wrote that my columns on people suffering and dying because of the governor’s cuts are short on financial specifics.

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