‘Mortgage fraud schemer’ gets 2 years (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
The head of a mortgage fraud scheme that costs lenders more than $400,000 was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison.
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Trend toward contracts over full-time jobs bad for society, say experts The labour dispute at the CBC is focusing attention on the use of contract workers, a concept becoming more popular with business to the horror of organized labour and many
A veteran's welcome home: Nonprofit giving away McKeesport house to military family Renovation work continues on this house on Boyd Street in McKeesport, which will be given free to a military family.read more...
TrueCredit scores big: Sales soar at San Luis Obispo firm For an exercise that attracts miffed borrowers and leaves some walking away devastated, John Danaher is trying to do the opposite.read more...
European Commodity Stocks Rise, Led by Shell, BHP Billiton; UBS Declines European energy and mining stocks climbed amid optimism that prices for metals and oil will continue to climb and boost corporate earnings.read more...
States seek millions of dollars in fines against mortgage firm Banking regulators in several states took action Friday that could result in tens of millions of dollars in fines against a troubled Connecticut-based mortgage lender that works primarily with people
FSA's findings on mortgage advice sounds a warning (The Scotsman: Business) AN ALARMING two-thirds of mortgage firms use processes that do not meet approved standards, according to research released this week by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).read more...