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Wall Street turns cautious ahead of Friday's employment report; Dow industrials tumble 216
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended Thursday as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety ahead of the government's November employment report. The major indexes each slid more than 2.5...Tags: Target Corporation, Metal and Mineral, Economy, Employment, Unemployment
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S&P lowers Sears credit rating
Tribune staff reporterStandard & Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday lowered its corporate credit rating for retailer Sears Holdings Corp. to "BB minus" from "BB," citing the "continued deterioration" in the company's operating performance, as evidenced in the third-quarter...Tags: Hoffman Estates, Ratings, Credit and Debt
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Mortgage rates drop to lowest since January amid new government effort to aid mortgage lending
AP Real Estate WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Rates on 30-year mortgages plunged this week to the lowest level since January after the government launched a sweeping new effort to aid the U.S. housing market. Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that average...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Consumers, Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Money and Monetary Policy
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Home mortgage rates fall, but worries remain about corporate bonds and commercial real estate
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Rates may be falling for residential mortgages and the securities backed by them, but there hasn't been a similar loosening in other strained areas of the credit markets. Rising rates on corporate bonds and commercial mortgage-...Tags: Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Wages and Pensions
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You can take steps to repair credit
Tough economic times might push even more desperate consumers into the hands of unscrupulous credit repair firms. That worries Maryland regulators, who are stepping up oversight of credit repair groups. "We have to stay ahead of the problems," says...Tags: Consumers, Credit and Debt, Bankruptcy
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Pound slumps after grim British economic news as markets price in big Bank of England rate cut
AP Business WriterLONDON (AP) — The pound slumped Thursday to a historic low against the euro and to its lowest level against the dollar in over six and a half years after further grim economic news fueled expectations that the Bank of England will slash interest...Tags: BNP Paribas, Interest Rate, Sales, Mortgages, Money and Monetary Policy
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AP Executive Morning Briefing
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008: Automakers back to try to sell Congress on rescue WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. automakers are returning to Congress for high-stakes hearings they hope will...Tags: Commodity Markets, Government, Health and Safety at Work, Economy, Toy Industry
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SEC adopts new rules for credit-rating firms
Federal regulators yesterday adopted new rules designed to stem conflicts of interest and provide more transparency for Wall Street's credit-rating industry, widely faulted for its role in the subprime mortgage debacle and the ensuing credit crisis....Tags: Moody's Corporation, Mortgages, Investment Service, Housing and Urban Planning, Financial Markets
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Euro falls slightly against dollar as investors anticipate interest rate cuts
BERLIN (AP) — The 15-nation euro fell slightly against the U.S. dollar as markets anticipated rate cuts from both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England later Thursday. In morning European trading the common currency bought $1.2620, down...Tags: Market and Exchange, Business, Foreign Exchange Market, Money and Monetary Policy
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SEC adopts new rules aimed at stemming conflicts in credit-rating industry
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal regulators on Wednesday adopted new rules designed to stem conflicts of interest and provide more transparency for Wall Street's credit-rating industry, widely faulted for its role in the subprime mortgage debacle and ensuing...Tags: European Union, Moody's Corporation, Mortgages, Investment Service, Housing and Urban Planning
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Civil suit claims ratings agencies hurt U.S. minority homeowners
In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings agencies, charging that their inflated ratings on...Tags: Government, Consumers, Federal Reserve, Moody's Corporation, Mortgages
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Restoring the flow of credit to entrepreneurs
The credit crunch looks like an espresso machine. At least it does to Michael McDonald, who is trying to open a coffee shop near UC Santa Barbara next month but just heard that his funding had evaporated for an equipment leasing deal. McDonald needs...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Consumers, Federal Reserve, Business, Credit and Debt
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