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		<title><![CDATA[Loans For House Purchase Highest in Nearly 2 Years]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The number of loans approved for house purchase rose to 55,300 in October, up 9 percent from September and 43 percent higher on a year ago, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said on Thursday."The amount of buyers has risen from a trough in January 2009 when...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:58:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stressed Property Loans Rocket in H1]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sinead CruiseLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Failing commercial property loans pose a growing threat to Britain's banking sector revival, after the sum of debts breaching covenants soared by 75 percent to 18.7 billion pounds in the first half of 2009, research shows.The UK Commercial Property Lending Market survey from De...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:01:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Darling Broke Rules on Bank Loans -MP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Chancellor Alistair Darling broke guidelines by not disclosing loans of more than 60 billion pounds to Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds last year, a top lawmaker said on Thursday.Edward Leigh, Conservative legislator who heads the cross-party Public Accounts Committee, said Darling went against ministerial guidelines...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:15:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RBA Chief Sees Growth Lasting For Years]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A rebound in economic activity in Asia is positive for Australia, which is already emerging from the global economic downturn, the central bank says.Reserve Bank of Australia RBA deputy governor Ric Battellino says it is now 18 years since Australia has experienced negative year-end gross domestic product growth, marking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kite Realty Group Trust Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator instructions The first question comes from the line of Todd Thomas &#8211; Keybanc Capital Markets. Todd Thomas &#8211; Keybanc Capital Markets  Can you provide some detail around the five floating rate loans you are currently negotiating that mature in 2010? What do the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:46:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Genworth Financial, Inc. 3Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We will take our first question comes from Mark Finkelstein with FPK. Mark Finkelstein - Fox-Pitt, Kelton Hey good morning. I just wanted to dive a little bit more into the I guess the reserve per delinquency at the US semi company. I guess what...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:37:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Our first question comes from the line of John Pancari with Fox-Pitt Kelton. Please proceed. John Pancari - Fox-Pitt Kelton Good afternoon Joanne Kim Good afternoon, John. Alex Ko Hello, John. John Pancari - Fox-Pitt Kelton Could you just -- if you can possibly reiterate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:42:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fisker Stars in Rebirth of Shuttered Delaware GM Plant]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 10 a.m. tomorrow, Vice President Joe Biden will stand with Delaware Governor Jack Markell inside General Motorsâ€™ shuttered Boxwood plant in Wilmington and make an announcement that will surprise absolutely no one: Fisker Automotive, the former Delaware senator will say, is buying the plant to make its $46,000 Project...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:28:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Bancorp Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Frank Schiraldi &#8211; Sandler O'Neill. Frank Schiraldi &#8211; Sandler O'Neill Just a couple of questions on the, and I apologize if I missed this, but on the commercial real estate and C&I loan growth, could you just talk...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:05:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For Banks, Good Blend Makes for Potent Brew]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regional bank U.S. Bancorp, whose loans are moldering like last week's leftovers, on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $603 million and growing revenue. Regional bank Keycorp, whose loans are moldering like last week's leftovers, on Wednesday reported third-quarter losses of $422 million and shrinking revenue.    What gives?...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:37:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[No Return on Bailout Investment?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report suggests taxpayers may not get back the money spent on bank bailouts. TARP's inspector general tells us why.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico's Popular Suffering Island Fever]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a pall redescends on much of the banking industry, Puerto Rico's Popular sinks further into distress.    Nonperforming loans at the $24 billion-asset bank shot up to $2.2 billion in the third quarter, up an alarming 91 percent compared with the year-ago figure. Chargeoffs, or permanently soured...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:32:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank of America Groans Under Souring Loans]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of America's financial results suffer as more and more of its loans go bad by Alain Sherter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:09:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage Modification -- the "Good" and "Bad" Lenders -- October 2009 Edition]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/ask-agent/new-october-report-card-for-good-and-bad-mortgage-lenders/1043/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the federal government issued its latest HAMP report, which identified the loan servicers trying to help consumers modify loans. The report card is issued every month as part of the government's Making Home Affordable program. The idea is to praise the banks who are trying to get modification...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:24:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Quality Poses Biggest Threat to Banks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10004204/credit-quality-poses-biggest-threat-to-banks/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FDIC chief Sheila Bair, OCC head John Dugan and other banking regulators were on Capitol Hill yesterday to update lawmakers on the state of the industry. As their testimony makes clear, the major concern for commercial banks and thrifts today is no longer liquidity, as in the early days of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:46:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage Program in Question?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/mortgage-program-in-question/351406/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal mortgage modification program was designed to prevent as many as 4 million foreclosures. But it can't keep up with demand, says one report.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:45:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Expensive Student Loan Trap]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/consumer-reporter/the-expensive-student-loan-trap/359/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Making its way through Congress (at the usual pace--ketchup coming out of a bottle) is a bill that promises to reform student loans. Called SAFRA for Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, it would eliminate FFELP or Family Federal Education ProgramÂ loans.Â (Doncha love the acronyms?) The bill would knock out bank...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:58:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Many Banks Unprepared for CRE Bust]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10004029/many-banks-unprepared-for-cre-bust/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone catch this scary stat in that WSJ story yesterday on the Fed's concerns about commercial real estate?  In another sign that many U.S. financial institutions are inadequately protected against potential losses on commercial real-estate loans, banks with heavy exposure to such loans set aside just 38 cents in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:47:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage Modification -- the "Good" and "Bad" Lenders -- September 2009 edition]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/ask-agent/mortgage-modification-the-latest-report-card-on-good-and-bad-lenders/992/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Through the magic of the Internet, I consistently see that one of my most popular posts is the  list of which loan servicers are trying to help consumers modify loans. The report card is issued every month by the federal government, with the theory being that giving a gold...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:34:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Losses on Syndicated Bank Loans Skyrocket]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10003557/losses-on-syndicated-bank-loans-skyrocket/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["Shared national credits" are syndicated loans and commitments of at least $20 million held jointly by several banks. Their performance offers a picture of the credit landscape, indicating how large loans to manufacturers, industrial concerns, real estate firms and a range of other companies are holding up.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:50:35 -0700</pubDate>
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