In Mo, Biden denounces McCain’s mortgage plan (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden denounces John McCain’s mortgage bailout plan as a reward to banks for their greedy behavior.
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Developer gets six-year prison term for scamming sewer district (Reg Req'd) A real estate developer who talked a tiny sewer district into selling $20 million in municipal bonds for a commercial center that was never built has been sentenced to nearly
Ameriquest to Pay Missouri Consumers $3.2 Million Jefferson City, Mo. - infoZine - More than 10,000 Missouri consumers who borrowed money through Ameriquest Mortgage Co., the nation's largest sub-prime lender, will be eligible for restitution payments totaling
End of a 51-year, colorful career (Reg Req'd) The Larsons of South St. Paul want to dispel a common misconception about why they are quitting their business.read more...
How Shantytowns Become Real Cities Come with me to Kibera: the largest shantytown in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 500,000 people live in this vast illegal section of Nairobi, in mud huts on mud streets, with
Mortgage lending up in October (Reuters.co.uk) LONDON (Reuters) - Mortgage lending rose in October by its largest amount in three years and approvals for new loans also stood at their highest since late 2003, official figures
Remade With a Studied Eye Stephen Yeonas Jr. sent a bunch of college students shopping without a budget -- and he doesn't regret it. read more...