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  • Study: Securities suits up on subprime crisis - Bizjournals.com

    Study: Securities suits up on subprime crisisBizjournals.com, NC - 3 hours agoThe number of companies sued over securities fraud increased 43 percent last year, a result of the subprime mortgage crisis and volatility in the stock ...
    2008-01-03 12:43:02
  • Six plead not guilty in Provo River Bottoms mortgage fraud - Salt Lake Tribune

    Six plead not guilty in Provo River Bottoms mortgage fraudSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 3 hours agoBy Bob Mims Posted: 1:54 PM- All six defendants charged in the Provo River Bottoms mortgage fraud case entered not guilty pleas Thursday. ...
    2008-01-03 12:58:51
  • Making A Mint - Forbes

    Making A MintForbes, NY - 2 hours agoThat eliminates the risk of identity theft or fraud. I can give you complete access to my Mint account, and there's nothing you could do with it. ...
    2008-01-03 01:27:44
  • IRS May Stop Tax Preparers From Offering Refund Loans (Update5) - Bloomberg

    IRS May Stop Tax Preparers From Offering Refund Loans (Update5)Bloomberg - 2 hours agoDavid Williams, director of electronic tax administration for the IRS, said in an interview that the agency only has anecdotal evidence of fraud linked to ...
    2008-01-03 01:52:43
  • American Home Under Fire Over Loan Files - Forbes

    American Home Under Fire Over Loan FilesForbes, NY - 1 hour agoAP 01.03.08, 5:00 PM ET American Home Mortgage Investment Corp.'s plan to destroy 490000 hardcopy mortgage loan files has drawn fire from federal bankruptcy ...
    2008-01-03 02:10:02
  • Fund Manager Faces Legal Siege Over Investments - New York Times

    Fund Manager Faces Legal Siege Over InvestmentsNew York Times, United States - 1 hour ago“This is the first wave of these securities fraud suits,” said Gregory J. Hindy, a securities lawyer at McCarter & English in Newark. “There could be many, ...
    2008-01-03 02:30:05
  • 2008 Legislative Preview: Mortgage brokers, lenders face more scrutiny - Daily Record (subscription)

    2008 Legislative Preview: Mortgage brokers, lenders face more scrutinyDaily Record (subscription), MD - 1 hour agoThe report also recommended strengthening mortgage fraud laws. Lending reforms will probably follow federal reforms to avoid inconsistent regulation between ...
    2008-01-03 02:55:31
  • IRS May Stop Tax Preparers From Offering Refund Loans (Update6) - Bloomberg

    IRS May Stop Tax Preparers From Offering Refund Loans (Update6)Bloomberg - 38 minutes agoDavid Williams, director of electronic tax administration for the IRS, said in an interview that the agency only has anecdotal evidence of fraud linked to ...
    2008-01-03 03:21:55
  • Securities fraud suits spike - San Jose Mercury News

    Securities fraud suits spikeSan Jose Mercury News,  USA - 30 minutes agoBy Mark Schwanhausser The number of federal class-action lawsuits alleging securities fraud spiked 43 percent in 2007 as the subprime mortgage mess unfolded ...
    2008-01-03 03:29:21
  • Making A Mint (Forbes)

    Online bean counter Mint.com could be a Quicken-killer--assuming users are willing to share their finances with a Web start-up.
    2008-01-03 01:55:51
  • American Home Under Fire Over Loan Files (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

    American Home Mortgage Investment Corp.'s plan to destroy 490,000 hardcopy mortgage loan files has drawn fire from federal bankruptcy monitors, who say it could hurt homeowners' ability to sue the failed lender.
    2008-01-03 02:00:23
  • Coalition to Lobby for City, County (R News)

    Monroe County business, educational, non-profit and government leaders from both sides of the aisles are presenting a united front to Albany lawmakers.
    2008-01-03 02:10:45
  • Cuomo Steps In, Ends N.Y. Football Ticket Ban (WNBC)

    After initially saying they'd only sell tickets for Sunday's wild-card game between the New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Floridians, Ticketmaster and the Buccaneers backpedalled Thursday following a call from New York state's top lawyer.
    2008-01-03 02:13:24
  • Union Was Unaware of RPD Chief Plan (R News)

    The president of Rochester's police union is skeptical of Police Chief David Moore's ambitious goal to cut homicides in half this year. Ron Evangelista said the union and officers had no idea Chief Moore had that expectation for 2008.
    2008-01-03 02:25:46
  • 2008 Legislative Preview: Mortgage brokers, lenders face more scrutiny (The Daily Record)

    Rising foreclosures in Maryland have become a prime concern for lawmakers on the eve of the 2008 session. In addressing the issue, the General Assembly is expected to look to the source for mortgage lending: the people who originate loans in the state.
    2008-01-03 02:48:18