Taiwan May Order China-Style Reserve Ratio Increase (Update1) - BusinessWeek
The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) asked lenders late yesterday to submit data on mortgage lending by March 11, and the financial regulator has told banks to tighten lending procedures and ensure the quality of home loans.
Napa wineries fall under foreclosure crush - San Francisco Chronicle
As many as 10 wineries and vineyards in Napa, where the most expensive U.S. wines are produced, will change hands in distressed sales or foreclosures this year and next, up from none in 2008, according to Silicon Valley Bank. In a bank survey of
DEALTALK-Spurned by banks, China property firms court PE funds - Reuters
March 9 (Reuters) - Capital home buyers, some are keen to help raise property funds to finance developers indirectly. The China Banking Regulatory Commission has warned some major state lenders to slow lending after they approved loans at a
Berlin’s Airport: Shining Beacon or Waste of Money - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
BERLIN — To get Berliners arguing, bring up the new $3.4 billion airport rising just beyond the limits of this hip but economically strapped metropolis. Supporters of Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport contend that it might be the salvation of
Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples - The Sun News
About 150 pairs had something in common Wednesday, though, applying for wedding licenses on the first day same-sex unions became legal in the nation’s capital. The mood couples to adopt children, apply for bank loans together, inherit wealth and
‘We are transforming the world with our hammers,’ Habitat pioneer - Peninsula Daily News
Habitat for Humanity typically thrives with the support of volunteer forces who help needy families through an affordable, nonprofit, no-interest home mortgage loans program ultimately Habitat — after learning of a housing development in Ohio
The Dark Side of Home Subsidies - New York Times
Rabobank’s securities are different. Rather than converting into equity when the bank’s capital runs low, they would automatically be written down to 25 percent of their face value and repaid. That would reduce Rabobank’s liabilities, allowing
With credit still tight, more mom-and-pop businesses turn to - Boston Globe
Ryan Fochler’s life changed six years ago when he left his computer industry job to buy a dog-walking business in Virginia with $50,000 in savings and a home-equity line of credit. By 2008, he was ready to expand the business into a full-fledged
Taiwan May Order China-Style Reserve Ratio Increase (Update1) - BusinessWeek
The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) asked lenders late yesterday to submit data on mortgage lending by March 11, and the financial regulator has told banks to tighten lending procedures and ensure the quality of home loans.
Napa wineries fall under foreclosure crush - San Francisco Chronicle
As many as 10 wineries and vineyards in Napa, where the most expensive U.S. wines are produced, will change hands in distressed sales or foreclosures this year and next, up from none in 2008, according to Silicon Valley Bank. In a bank survey of
DEALTALK-Spurned by banks, China property firms court PE funds - Reuters
March 9 (Reuters) - Capital home buyers, some are keen to help raise property funds to finance developers indirectly. The China Banking Regulatory Commission has warned some major state lenders to slow lending after they approved loans at a
Berlin’s Airport: Shining Beacon or Waste of Money - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
BERLIN — To get Berliners arguing, bring up the new $3.4 billion airport rising just beyond the limits of this hip but economically strapped metropolis. Supporters of Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport contend that it might be the salvation of
Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples - The Sun News
About 150 pairs had something in common Wednesday, though, applying for wedding licenses on the first day same-sex unions became legal in the nation’s capital. The mood couples to adopt children, apply for bank loans together, inherit wealth and
‘We are transforming the world with our hammers,’ Habitat pioneer - Peninsula Daily News
Habitat for Humanity typically thrives with the support of volunteer forces who help needy families through an affordable, nonprofit, no-interest home mortgage loans program ultimately Habitat — after learning of a housing development in Ohio
The Dark Side of Home Subsidies - New York Times
Rabobank’s securities are different. Rather than converting into equity when the bank’s capital runs low, they would automatically be written down to 25 percent of their face value and repaid. That would reduce Rabobank’s liabilities, allowing
With credit still tight, more mom-and-pop businesses turn to - Boston Globe
Ryan Fochler’s life changed six years ago when he left his computer industry job to buy a dog-walking business in Virginia with $50,000 in savings and a home-equity line of credit. By 2008, he was ready to expand the business into a full-fledged