Archive for July 14th, 2008


BBC News
'King of beers' will be getting a new nationality
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Red, white and blue Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos. lost its battle for independence early Monday but it may be headed for barrels of new customers overseas.
Video: InBev Buyout Sours Mood in St. Louis AssociatedPress
InBev Buys Anheuser-Busch for $49.91B FOXBusiness
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Washington Mutual's Decline Wipes Out Most of TPG's Investment
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Ari Levy July 15 (Bloomberg) — TPG Inc.'s plan to profit by rescuing Washington Mutual Inc., the biggest US savings and loan, may be sinking with the housing market.
Regional Banks Take It on the Chin Wall Street Journal
Bank Stocks Are Battered as Unease Grows New York Times
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Boston Globe
IndyMac Reopens, Halts Foreclosures on Its Loans
Wall Street Journal - 43 minutes ago
By DAMIAN PALETTA, LINGLING WEI and RUTH SIMON IndyMac Bancorp Inc., the failed thrift, reopened its doors under federal control Monday and promptly moved to toss ailing homeowners a lifeline by halting all foreclosures on the mortgages it owns.
Banking Stocks Take a Lashing Washington Post
Customers swamp IndyMac to withdraw money BusinessWeek
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Plenty of Blame to Go Around for Fannie, Freddie
Wall Street Journal - 43 minutes ago
By JOHN D. MCKINNON and JAMES R. HAGERTY For years, Washington officialdom enabled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the congressionally chartered mortgage companies, to grow until they dominated the US market.
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ABC News
New Fed rules crack down on shady lenders
International Herald Tribune - 43 minutes ago
By Steven R. Weisman WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve adopted sweeping rules on Monday aimed at barring abusive or deceptive mortgage lending practices of the kind that analysts say have led to widespread delinquencies and foreclosures, a collapse of
Fed's war against shady home loans CNNMoney.com
Fed stiffens restrictions on mortgage lenders Los Angeles Times
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BBC News
InBev Buys Anheuser-Busch for $49.91B
FOXBusiness - 3 hours ago
The board of Anheuser-Busch (BUD) on Sunday agreed to sell itself to Belgian-beer giant InBev NV for $70 a share, for a total value of $49.91 billion.
Video: InBev Buyout Sours Mood in St. Louis AssociatedPress
Bud drinkers OK switch of owners, not change in taste Boston Herald
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Washington Post
Federal Regulators Outline Plan for Fannie, Freddie
FOXBusiness - 1 hour ago
Federal regulators announced sweeping moves to shore up the finances of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Sunday, with the government offering a range of ways the troubled mortgage companies could tap capital.
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Bernanke Foiled as Fannie-Freddie Rescue Thwarts Forecasts
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Craig Torres and Steve Matthews July 15 (Bloomberg) — For Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, events keep getting in the way.
Federal Regulators Outline Plan for Fannie, Freddie FOXBusiness
The Perils of Paulson Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal
Customers swamp IndyMac to withdraw money
Forbes - 2 hours ago
By CHRISTINA HOAG 07.14.08, 8:45 PM ET Worried customers with deposits in excess of insured limits flooded IndyMac Bank branches on Monday, demanding to withdraw as much money as they could or get answers about the fate of their funds.
US overseer says IndyMac "safe and sound" Reuters