Latest News in Home Insurance – Oct 21, 2008
Farmers Insurance and Minnesota Restaurant Association Form … – Businesswi…
21 Oct 2008 at 9:52pm
MINNEAPOLIS–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Farmers Insurance Group of Companies ® , an active member of the National Restaurant Association, has teamed up with The Minnesota Restaurant Association to strengthen its member ’ s benefits. “ The new Business …
Moody’s cuts ING Bank, holding company ratings – Reuters
21 Oct 2008 at 12:41pm
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday downgraded ratings on ING Bank NV [INGBKL.UL], and said a deterioration in profitability since 2007 will likely continue as an economic slump and turbulent financial markets hit home …
California Home Sales Revive, But Not Without Intense Pain – Wall Street Journal
21 Oct 2008 at 7:58pm
LOS BANOS, Calif. — In this California city, one of the hardest hit in the national housing crash, there’s good news: Homes are starting to sell again. Investors and first-time home buyers are snapping up foreclosed houses here, with the number of …
As economy sinks, officials fear violent solutions – CNN
21 Oct 2008 at 6:24pm
A 90-year-old Ohio widow shoots herself in the chest as authorities arrive to evict her from the modest house she called home for 38 years. In Massachusetts, a housewife who had hidden her family’s mounting financial crisis from her husband sends a …
Mortgage Prospects Dim for Illegal Immigrants – Wall Street Journal
21 Oct 2008 at 7:00pm
Jose Luis Hernandez rose from vegetable chopper to sous chef at an exclusive New York restaurant — and saved $100,000 along the way. Recently, the illegal immigrant from Mexico contacted real-estate agents in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he currently rents …
Ford to sell part of Mazda to Hiroshima Bank -media – Guardian Unlimited
21 Oct 2008 at 8:12pm
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co will sell up to 5 percent of Mazda Motor Corp to Hiroshima Bank, nearly completing its search for buyers of the U.S. automaker’s partial stake in its Japanese affiliate, Kyodo news reported on Wednesday. Cash …
Wells Fargo Would Cut Deposits to Comply With Cap (Update2) – Bloomberg
21 Oct 2008 at 4:01pm
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — Wells Fargo & Co. , the California bank that’s acquiring Wachovia Corp., agreed to reduce its customer deposits to comply with U.S. bank-merger law should the combined company control more than 10 percent of deposits nationwide …
UBS, Merrill Said to Ask Asia Bankers to Fly Economy (Update2) – Bloomberg
21 Oct 2008 at 9:59pm
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Merrill Lynch & Co. , UBS AG and JPMorgan & Chase Co. are telling senior bankers in Asia to fly coach on short-haul flights and reduce non-essential travel as they step up cost cuts, officials at the firms said. UBS advised …
Public likely to pay for rising personal bankruptcies – Los Angeles Times
21 Oct 2008 at 8:41pm
» Discuss Article Matthew Shelbourn knows money. The 27-year-old Cerritos resident studied accounting as an undergrad at USC and kicked around various jobs in the financial sector before settling into his current gig as controller at an Anaheim pipe …
Today’s athletes owe a lot to Games – Prince Edward Island Guardian
21 Oct 2008 at 7:58pm
2009 Canada Games mascots Abbie and Eddie put the squeeze on Charlie Cooke, the president of The Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island. The company was announced Tuesday as being a bronze sponsor of the upcoming Summer Games by committing $100 …
