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Morgan Stanley to buy Lloyds TSB unit 
BusinessWeek - Dec 20 3:48 AM
DEC. 20 6:01 A.M. ET Lloyds TSB has agreed to sell its Goldfish credit card business to Morgan Stanley Bank International Ltd. in a cash deal valued at nearly 1 billion pounds (euro1.5 billion; US$1.8 billion), the companies said Tuesday.Save to My Web

Tribe looks into grant 
Fayetteville Observer - Dec 21 9:12 PM
PEMBROKE The Lumbee Tribal Council is investigating why the tribe paid off the mortgage for former Tribal Speaker David Carter.Save to My Web

Fitch affirms First Horizon\’s ratings 
Memphis Business Journal - Dec 20 9:00 AM
Fitch Ratings gave First Horizon Home Loan Corp.\’s residential lending program high marks Tuesday.Save to My Web
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EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: Home retailer owns up
Pioneer Press - Randy Conner, an Horry County manufactured-home dealer, says he put money into buyers\’ bank accounts to help them qualify for home loans, possibly violating state and federal laws. Conner told The Sun News the mortgage companies he worked with didn\’t
Source: www.twincities.com

Court records
Hendricks County Flyer - Ronald Funtanilla Aradanas and Leslie Marie Craig, both of Indianapolis. Ashe Andrew Archer and Anne Marie Feuquay, both of Danville. Gary Randall Cameron, Avon, and Tanya Sue Clark, Danville. Frank L. Coers, Avon, and Mary J. Nitowski, Noblesville
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Business briefs
Mooresville/Decatur Times - The Morgan County Board Realtors held its Christmas party on Dec. 7 at Bradford Woods. Among the holiday festivities, the 2006 board members were sworn in. Sharilee Gray of Carpenter Realtors was sworn in as chair, Damon Rautenkranz of Home Bank was
Source: www.md-times.com

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Picking the right mortgage
Pioneer Press, MN - Dec 22, 2005… be closing on a new-construction home (purchase price $198,400) at the end of December and am still in a predicament about how I should structure my mortgage. …
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Shipper locates missing tape with mortgage data
Chicago Tribune, United States - Dec 21, 2005A missing computer tape with personal information about 2 million ABN Amro residential mortgage customers, including 200,000 in Illinois, has been discovered …
Source: www.chicagotribune.com

New home sales feel pinch, consumers cheery
Reuters - Dec 23, 2005… The housing market has had a charmed run in recent years, buoyed by a sustained period of low home mortgage rates. During that time …
Source: today.reuters.com
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