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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gross’s decision to back out of a $38 billion bond swap for GMAC LLC debt is paying off for his Pacific Investment Management Co. investors now that the U.S. government has bailed out the auto and mortgage lender. Pimco ...

Gross Wins ‘Game of Chicken’ Shunning GMAC Swap as Bonds Soar - Bloomberg

WASHINGTON — Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to a record level for a fourth straight week, dropping to the lowest mark since Freddie Mac started tracking the data nearly 28 years ago. Rates have been falling since late November, when the Federal ...

Plunging mortgage rates hit record low - Buffalo News

Under the new restructuring deal, CEO David Pecker will find himself working for a new board of directors controlled by the bondholders. Thomas H. Lee & Associates and Evercore, the former majority equity holders, will see their share in the newly ...

IT'S SHELTER SKELTER! - New York Post

Jobs Report Due: Economists predict 500k payroll decline. Futures Decline: Stocks look to fall before jobs data. Stimulus Tweaked: Obama team responds to criticisms: WashPost. Search Results: Yahoo may name Yang's successor next week. Anxiety over ...

Wall Street Awaits December Employment Report - Smart Money

Financial experts said some borrowers with tracker mortgages could see their rates drop to zero, meaning those with interest-only mortgages would have nothing to pay on their monthly mortgage repayments. Lawyers suggested that if rates dropped ...

Bank of England interest rate cut: Era of interest-free mortgages ... - Daily Telegraph

'iCarly " star Miranda Cosgrove is hosting a teen version of MTV's over-the-top " Cribs ," the kids' TV star said on her MySpace page yesterday. "A few weeks ago, I got to shoot a special edition of MTV 'Cribs,' and I get to count down the top 12 ...

MIRANDA 'CRIBS' FOR KIDS - New York Post

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to a record low for the third straight week and borrowers took advantage of the drop, sending new applications soaring. With the Federal Reserve on the verge of pouring hundreds of billions of ...

Mortgage rates fall to third straight record low - Associated Press

The economic turmoil of 2008 has left few bright spots, but here's one: Mortgage rates have plummeted. Rates on 30-year, fixed loans are hovering around 5 percent - the lowest level since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in 1971. Some economists ...

As loan rates fall, homeowners consider refinancing - Record Searchlight

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of private investors including former executives of Countrywide Financial Corp. has purchased $558 million in home mortgages from the government in a deal involving assets of the failed First National Bank of Nevada, the ...

Investors buy $558 million in mortgages from FDIC - Associated Press

The safety net is almost gone, the nest egg is cracking. Many Americans have recently found themselves changing retirement plans after losing a substantial amount of home equity as the housing market and the overall U.S. economy struggle. These folks ...