Foreclosures Rise 28%
ritholtz.com 12/13/2008 — > RealtyTrac released its November foreclosure numbers, and they were not pretty. • November Foreclosure activity decreased 7% from October (the lowest level since June) • Foreclosures up 28% from year ago levels; • Foreclosure ...

The Rise and Rise of Jamie Dimon
baselinescenario.com 7/19/2009 — As Simon pointed out earlier, Jamie Dimon has been getting a lot of good press recently. The New York Times portrayed his recent rise to prominence as not only the CEO of American’s number one bank (at least, the number one bank that has not recently been compared to a vampire squid ), ...

Five scams on the rise
moneyfeatures.blogs.money.cnn.com 3/18/2009 — Tough economic times make fertile breeding ground for scammers and this recession is no different. I was at the Consumer Federation of America conference in Washington, DC last week, where several state consumer protection regulators spoke about the ...

Home Sales Rise as Prices Fall - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com 3/25/2009 — WASHINGTON -- New-home sales climbed for the first time in seven months during February, another favorable sign for the housing sector, but the data also showed prices tumbled. Separately, durable-goods orders unexpectedly climbed during February, ...

"Alarming" Rise In Mortgage Delinquencies
cbsnews.com 3/3/2009 — The number of people who were late making their mortgage payments shot up 53 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 from the same period in 2007, according to data provided by TransUnion LLC.

Carlyle Group Settles NYAG Pension Probe
securitiesdocket.com 5/14/2009 — The Carlyle Group has agreed to pay $20 million and make broad changes in its practices under a settlement reached with the NY Attorney General, Andrew M. Cuomo, as part of Cuomo’s investigation into corruption of the state pension fund. The NYT reports that under the deal, Carlyle executives ...

Home Sales Rise 4.7% - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com 3/26/2009 — KELLY EVANS Sales of new homes rose in February for the first time in seven months, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday, another sign that the housing market is thawing. The increase was fueled by higher activity in the South and West, where ...

Hedge Fund Custodians Rise to the Call
richard-wilson.blogspot.com 4/6/2009 — Hedge Fund Custodians Rise to the Call I recently read a short article by Euromoney on how custodians which were often seen as commodity businesses have become safe havens to sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and investors who more than ever need a safe place to keep their assets. As ...

Marginal Tax Rates Will Rise
econlog.econlib.org 2/17/2009 — (February 17, 2009 12:00 PM, by David Henderson) As I have been saying for the last month or so, when I saw the details of the tax rebate (and I'm sure other marginalists have been saying so too), under the "stimulus" bill that President Obama will ...

A Powerful Rise In Oil, Even By 2008 Standards – 24/7 Wall Street
247wallst.com 5/29/2009 — oil Oil will post its largest one-month rise since 1999 in May. That does not seem possible given that it rocketed up to $147 in the middle of last year. The news is a sign that crude prices are on a march that may not end this month. According to ...