The Credit Crisis
education loans
Bank of America ends private loans
The bank will stop lending directly to students because of "disruption in the capital markets."
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Corporate impact
Regulators say Bear collapse showed weaknesses
The collapse and forced sale of Wall Street giant Bear Stearns <BSC.N> exposed the dangerous interconectedness of financial markets and the faulty oversight now in place, US regulators testified.
- Senator asks SEC why it didn't investigate Bear Stearns
- Bear Stearns bailout marks shift for Fed
- SEC opens Bear Stearns stock inquiry
- Fed will need backup, analysts say
- Boston Capital Failure was not an option
- Carlyle Capital in jeopardy after defaulting on $16.6b debt
- Northeastern to alter loan program
- Subprime crisis filters to Mass. nonprofits
- State Street executive resigns
Borrowers squeezed
Paulson reportedly to seek revamp of mortgage rules
US policy makers, led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, will recommend a revamp of rules on credit markets and mortgage brokers to help avoid a repeat of the recent credit crunch, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- College loans see subprime fallout
- Boston Fed makes rare direct appeal to hard-hit borrowers
- What's so bad about adjustable-rate mortgages?
- Defaults soar on auto loans
- Loan requirements tighten, change as home sales fall
- Preapproved? Not so fast
consumer resources
City, lawyers to go to bat for homeowners
With hundreds of Boston families facing the threat of foreclosure in the next year, City Hall is responding with a novel plan to field an army of area lawyers to help homeowners, for free, to stay in their homes.
- Boston Home Center helps homeowners avoid foreclosure
- Sifting out surprises in mortgage fine print
- What a customer needs to get a mortgage
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