For years, President Obama has been clear about his preferred tax policy: Tax the rich more and protect households that make less than $250,000 from higher taxes.
It’s not clear what he’ll say about taxes on Wednesday when he lays out his ideas for how to tackle the country’s long-term debt. If history holds, he’ll stick [...]
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TAX THE RICH! OK, BUT THEN WHAT?
April 12th, 2011 by Financial Writer
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more...BBVA Seeks Bigger Market Share
February 2nd, 2011 by Financial Writer
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria outlined plans to grab a big chunk of the Spanish banking market over the next three years as the nation’s ailing savings banks restructure.
The announcement came as Spain’s second-largest bank by assets reported a jump in fourth-quarter profit backed by robust growth in Latin America, which offset weakness in [...]
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Tata Communications Posts Net Loss
January 31st, 2011 by Financial Writer
Tata Communications posted a consolidated third-quarter net loss of 1.97 billion rupees ($ 42.9 million) as a marginal rise in revenue failed to cushion it from the impact of rising costs.
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Barclays Mulls Bonds for Bonuses
January 24th, 2011 by Financial Writer
Barclays is considering paying about 1,000 senior bankers part of their bonuses in bonds that could convert to equity in times of stress, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
The move could help deflect criticism of the bank’s bonus payouts, which are expected to total around £2.5 billion this year, since bankers [...]
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Kotlikoff: How to Fix the Mortgage Mess
January 17th, 2011 by Financial Writer
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. What cute-sounding names. They suggest adorable siblings, not twin financial disasters that may cost $1 trillion when we get the final bill.
According to Edward Pinto, Fannie Mae’s former chief credit officer, in 2008 the two government-supported mortgage finance companies, along with the Federal Housing Administration [...]
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States offer mortgage aid
January 13th, 2011 by Financial Writer
Holden Lewis is on vacation.
States such as Michigan, Arizona and Florida that have been hard hit by unemployment and foreclosures are introducing new programs to help homeowners who can’t manage their mortgage payments.
The federally funded programs offer new help to homeowners who may have been disappointed by other federal government assistance programs.
The Michigan State Housing [...]
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If The Bank Sued To Foreclose, The Mortgage To Ensure That They Meet
January 5th, 2011 by Financial Writer
One of the creative defenses to a foreclosure action in this past year has shown, that the demand for bank foreclosure of the mortgage shall demonstrate in this regard and has been home and apartment owners to sue. In the vast majority of the shares of foreclosure, banks are not the original notes, rather [...]
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Spain Pays High Yield on Bonds
December 16th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Spain’s final foray into the market for long-term bonds this year was an expensive exercise for the government Thursday, coming a day after Moody’s Investors Service Inc. warned that it might downgrade the country’s credit rating because of its mounting debt and funding needs.
Germany, meanwhile, announced plans to issue less debt next year, [...]
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China Rate Speculation Splits Analysts, Former PBOC Official
December 11th, 2010 by Financial Writer
China can’t raise interest rates because of the risk of attracting inflows of cash that would fuel inflation, said Wu Xiaoling, a former deputy governor of the central bank.
“The global low interest-rate environment prevents China’s central bank from raising interest rates,” Wu said in a speech at a hedge fund [...]
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Home loan conference recap
December 7th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Mortgage maven Christopher Cruise summarizes yesterday’s housing conference in D.C.:
My overall impression of the conference is that there will be changes and that maybe, maybe sometime in the next decade or so, Fannie and Freddie will cease to exist, or their functions will be split and half-retained in government and the other half fully privatized. [...]
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