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IndyMac Bancorp, one of the largest banks to fail as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis, is close to being sold to a consortium of private equity and hedge fund firms in a complex deal partially financed by the U.S. government, people involved ...

Private equity firms are near deal to buy IndyMac - International Herald Tribune

Q. If my husband dies, why do I have to go through probate? All of our bank accounts, IRA, etc., are in both of our names or payable to each other. Our house and two cars are paid for and in both names. We don’t have any debts. What is there to ...

Skipping probate could cause home title issues - Houston Chronicle

A group of private investors agreed today to buy IndyMac Bank, the Pasadena specialist in exotic home loans that collapsed in July and became the third-largest bank to fail since the government began insuring deposits in 1934. The Federal Deposit ...

IndyMac Bank sold to private investor group - Los Angeles Times

NEW YORK -- The world's third-largest independent chemical company has denied reports it defaulted on millions in loans. LyondellBasell Industries AF was downgraded Tuesday by credit ratings agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's. The company was ...

Business Briefs - Herald News

"We hope to do to this industry what Wal-Mart did to theirs, Starbucks did to theirs, Costco did to theirs and Lowe's-Home Depot did to their industry. And I think if we've done our job, five years from now you're not going to call us a bank ...

Saying yes to anyone, WaMu built empire on shaky loans - Seattle Post Intelligencer

I gave my inbox an end-of-the-year cleanup and pulled these questions that I think will apply to many people these days: Samantha from Cary, N.C., asks: I am a small business owner. We are more than struggling. People are afraid to spend money. How ...

Chatzky: Wrap up those money troubles - Daily Herald

No comments posted. As 2008 ends, you may feel like the year's biggest loser is you. If you have a job, it probably feels shaky. If you have a 401(k), you can't bear to open the statements. If you bought a house in the last five years, you feel like ...

Winners and losers of 2008 - Reporter

But the strange thing about Allco Finance is that many people didn't really grasp what the company did, apart from lease out a few planes, ships, buildings and shift money around. Allco's demise made a mockery of the arguments the group made a year ...

The biggest losers (and a few winners, too) - Brisbane Times

CHICAGO — Diane Shackle found it gut-wrenching to walk away from a mortgage she took out in times that were better for both her and the U.S. economy. But the reality was undeniable: While she was keeping up with the monthly payments, she said she ...

Walking away from a mortgage no longer unthinkable - Palm Beach Interactive

with proposals to consolidate bank regulation, create a new type of insurance charter, improve the oversight of mortgage lending and allow the Fed to peek into more corners of finance. Criticism from small banks, state officials and others presages a ...