Mortgage Broker Gets 43 Years For Friend’s Murder (WMTW Auburn)
A Portland mortgage broker who claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a friend is sentenced to 43 years in prison.
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Royal dumps U.S. mortgages The Royal Bank of Canada continued its financial turnaround in its second quarter, but stepped back from a controversial U.S. expansion yesterday by selling the bulk of its money-losing mortgage
Marilyn Monroe Estate Takes a Hit Bad news for Ms. Monroe's estate: She was a New Yorker when she died in 1962, a federal court has found. That means her estate will no longer be able
High-risk, low-doc mortgage market smaller (The Age) The true size of the controversial low-doc mortgage market has finally been revealed, and it is much smaller than previous estimates of between $28 billion and $50 billion.read more...
Lawmaker denies wrongdoing in home sale Representative Randy ''Duke" Cunningham said yesterday he showed poor judgment in selling his house to a defense contractor who later took a big loss on it.via
Cash points BRITISH holiday-makers made 64 million trips abroad in 2004 and spent 30bn - paying millions in transaction costs when they used their "plastic" cards, according to research by leading financial
Scott Burns: Social upheaval has factored into economic expansion (Reg Req'd) One of his first memories is recorded in a scrapbook picture. The boy, nearly 7, is barely tall enough for his chin to touch the bar.read more...