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Executive Profile: Leaders share news from companies and careers, and their outlook on the economy
We checked in with executives profiled in the Tribune in the past year to learn their news, their insights about the coming year, and how they're feeling about the economy. Curt Bailey, president, Related Midwest Related has been running on all...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Chicago Mayor, Conservation, Travel, World Ventures Incorporated
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Quiksilver is riding a wave of red ink
Surf apparel company Quiksilver Inc. hasn't given investors much to be stoked about in recent years. The Huntington Beach company owns some of the biggest brands in action sports: Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and others. Yet it has lost money each of the last...
Tags: Fashion Trends, Finance, Quiksilver Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Volcom Incorporated
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Stronger economy causes mortgage rate increase
If you're in the market to buy a home, you may not want to drag your feet. Those record low fixed mortgage rates aren't so low anymore. The federal reserve bought billions of dollars in bonds and securities to boost the housing market, which allowed...
Tags: Finance, Freddie Mac, Economy, Business and Finance, Services and Shopping, Mortgages
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S.F. tenants win a battle over rental conversions
— They are two of the faces of this city's housing crisis. Cindy Zhao, 48, works two jobs to keep her dream of home ownership afloat. Like thousands here, she bought a flat in a tenancy-in-common — a share of a four-unit building that has...Tags: Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Rental Service, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jay Neal: Insurance regulators helping Florida consumers
Recently, the Board of Citizens Property Insurance approved a controversial deal allowing Heritage Insurnace to offer homeowners coverage to 60,000 Citizens policy holders. Whatever you think about the deal, the final judgment has likely yet to be...Tags: Insurance, Finance, Bankruptcy, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Consumers
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Currencies subdued as key event risk looms
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was steady against major currencies on Wednesday, with markets in a holding pattern ahead of a Federal Reserve policy announcement and news conference that could shed light on the direction of U.S. monetary policy over...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Exports, Emerging Market, Foreign Exchange Market, Deutsche Bank AG
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80 years old and underwater
Real Estate MattersBy Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin Q: We live in Clayton County, Georgia, where the housing market is still not good. Our home was worth $200,000 in 1999 now it is worth $51,000. We still owe $101,000 on a first mortgage and $19,000 on a second...Tags: Finance, Ilyce Glink, Economy, Business and Finance, Property, Services and Shopping
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JPMorgan must face lawsuit challenging mortgage fees
Reuters* Judge lets fraud, unjust enrichment claims go forward * Racketeering claims thrown out By Jonathan Stempel June 14 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co must face a lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bank of illegally imposing marked-up or unnecessary...Tags: Justice System, Citigroup Incorporated, Bank of America Corp., Finance, Fannie Mae
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Former Bank of America workers allege it lied to home owners
ReutersBy Michelle Conlin and Peter Rudegeair June 14 (Reuters) - Six former Bank of America Corp employees have alleged that the bank deliberately denied eligible home owners loan modifications and lied to them about the status of their mortgage payments...Tags: National Government, Countrywide Financial Corp., Target, Justice System, Bank of America Corp.
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Former Bank of America workers allege lies to homeowners
ReutersSix former Bank of America Corp. employees have alleged that the bank deliberately denied eligible home owners loan modifications and lied to them about the status of their mortgage payments and documents. The bank allegedly used these tactics to...Tags: Countrywide Financial Corp., National Government, Target, Justice System, Bank of America Corp.
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Galewood Crossings at a crossroad
When its sales office opened in 2006, Enclave at Galewood Crossings was touted as an upscale, gated community of almost 200 single-family and multifamily homes built on the largest undeveloped piece of land left within the city limits. Now Chicago...
Tags: Prosecution, Public Housing, Punishment, Realty, Mortgages
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-Weaning E.Africa from aid proving a taxing affair
ReutersBy Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI, June 14 (Reuters) - East Africa's economies - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda - may need to do more than just present their budgets simultaneously if they are to draw the foreign investment they need to wean themselves off...Tags: Kenya, Eastern Africa, Mining, Customs and Tradition, Finance
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