by Carol Matlack First came the U.S. housing bust. Now comes the overseas aftershock. As the global financial system reels from the credit crunch, skyscraper projects have stalled in London, Tokyo developers have gone belly-up, and Indian office ...
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Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. will stop selling interest-rate swaps to government borrowers in the $2.6 trillion U.S. municipal bond market roiled by an antitrust probe and the near-bankruptcy of Alabama's most-populous county. At least ...
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BATTEN down the hatches. Australia could be heading for recession and that means tough times ahead. The Reserve Bank (RBA) is forecasting 100,000 jobs to vanish in Australia in the next 12 months, taking unemployment to more than five per cent. New ...
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Like all mothers, Laurel Kunkel wants the best for her two daughters, Celeste and Claire. The girls, 13 and 10, are involved in their school band and the Canton Ballet. Those activities can cost a lot — especially ballet with $182 a month in ...
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At least seven former JPMorgan bankers are under scrutiny in a Justice Department criminal investigation of whether banks conspired to overcharge local governments on swaps and other derivatives. JPMorgan also led a group of banks that charged $120 ...
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Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee speaks at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minn. He spoke in defense of Sen. John McCain's vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, who has revealed that her unmarried 17-year-old ...
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Macklowe Properties Chairman Billy Macklowe. Hot damn! The Real Deal is reporting that Deutsche Bank is suing Macklowe Properties "to foreclose on $482 million in principal loaned to develop the Drake Hotel site at Park Avenue and 56th Street ...
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