Word: bankes
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...difference, with borrowers taking out about $17 billion in such loans during the 2006-2007 school year. But as credit markets dried up last spring, many private lenders either went out of business or became much stricter about approving loans. And the people least likely to get a bank loan are often the same ones credit card companies are trying to reel in with low interest rates that quickly jump sky-high...
...competition for business in the City weren't fierce enough, the financial quarter has a rival on its own doorstep. Canary Wharf, the financial district that has grown out of abandoned docklands to the east of the City in recent years, is already home to Citigroup, HSBC and Bank of America. And on Aug. 1, JPMorgan ditched plans to build its European headquarters in the City in favor of a development across town in Canary Wharf. (Rivals Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch remain in the City, though...
...might feature more of the marquee events like sprints, he won't make any decisions about that until he comes back from a long vacation. "When we train every day, and sometimes we do sets or workouts we don't like, Bob says it's putting money in the bank, and at the end of the year we'll be able to withdraw," said Phelps. "I guess we put a lot of money in the bank over the last four years, and we withdrew pretty much every penny. So after Bob and I both take a little break...
Four months ago, the city of West Palm Beach opened its foreclosure assistance center, a one-stop shop where staffers assist besieged homeowners by calling lenders, renegotiating loans and arranging for short-sales - that is, the bank-approved sale of a house at a price below its outstanding mortgage. The center will even help cover late mortgage payments up to $10,000. Since April, the center has received more than 5,000 phone calls or visits for help; so far, 171 homes have been saved from foreclosure, and others have received various forms of help. The county is desperate...
...must be made to understand that it is in danger of becoming ostracized internationally. This should be a matter of considerable concern to Russia's new business élite, who are increasingly vulnerable to global financial pressure. Russia's powerful oligarchs have hundreds of billions of dollars in Western bank accounts. They would stand to lose a great deal in the event of a Cold War-style standoff that could conceivably result, at some stage, in the West's freezing of such holdings...