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Daily Archives: May 15, 2009

NYT: Minorities Hit Hardest by Foreclosures in New York

“Late to arrive in the Northeast, the foreclosure crisis has swept through the New York region at an explosive pace in the past two years, destroying billions of dollars in housing wealth, according to a New York Times analysis of foreclosures filed since 2005 and federal mortgage data.”

  • Mapping Foreclosures in the New York Region
  • Related postings on the financial system
  • Treasury Releases March Monthly Bank Lending Survey

    News release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released results from its monthly bank lending survey for March with data from the top 21 recipients of government investments through the Capital Purchase Program (CPP). Overall, balance sheets continued to contract. Outstanding loan balances at these banks slipped 1 percent in March. The survey also… Continue Reading

    FTC: Judge Orders Halt to Illegal Robocalls Selling Deceptive Warranties

    Follow up to May 14, 2009 posting, FTC Files Suit to Stop Illegal Robocalls Pushing Vehicle “Warranty Extensions” – “Today Judge John F. Grady of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order stopping telemarketing company Voice Touch, Inc., its principals James and Maureen Dunne, its business… Continue Reading