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The U.S. dollar traded near an eight-month low against the euro on bets that the Federal Reserve will signal it is willing to buy more government debt in order to stimulate the economy.
The U.S. dollar traded at $1.3940 per euro as of 11:08 a.m. in London, Bloomberg News reported. It fell to $1.4012 earlier today and reached $1.4029 on Oct. 7, the weakest since Jan. 28.
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Attorneys general in dozens of states plan to launch a joint probe into charges that banks used bogus paperwork to evict borrowers from their homes.
The investigation will go after charges that lenders including GMAC, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) forged documents and faked social security numbers in order to foreclose on homes, The New York Post said.
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Attorneys General May Launch Foreclosure Investigation originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:35:00.
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Students who drop out of school before reaching their sophomore year cost taxpayers billions of dollars, according to new research.
Taxpayers spent more than $9 billion over five years subsidizing students who didn’t make it to the second year of four-year degree courses, according to new research from The American Institute for Research (AIR).
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College Dropouts Cost Taxpayers Billions originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:56:00.
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Lender Processing Services plays a key role in the mortgage foreclosure process as a go-between for banks and lawyers handling foreclosures. But two class actions challenge how LPS and a similar firm do business. At stake: Pote…
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The U.S. fiscal deficit is “scary” and the government should slash entitlement spending, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said.
“We’re involved in a dangerous game,” Greenspan said, according to Bloomberg News.
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Greenspan Says U.S. Deficit Is ‘Scary’ originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:06:00.
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