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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Deutsche Bank AG's bid to dismiss a federal regulator's lawsuit accusing it of misleading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into buying billions of dollars of risky mortgage debt. AIG Keen to Sell Bank, Expand Mortgages
American International Group Inc is planning to sell its savings and loan business as soon as a federal panel labels the insurance giant "too big to fail," its chief executive said on Monday. Spain's Promises to Spare Needy From Eviction After Suicides
Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos promised on Monday that no needy family will go homeless over mortgage arrears, responding to public fury at a homeowner's suicide as she was being evicted. Homeowners Return to Storm Devastation on NJ Island
Homeowners return to an 18-mile (30-km) barrier island off New Jersey's Atlantic coast on Saturday, giving some of them their first view of the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy. Breaking Groumd on Housing for LGBT Seniors
Gay rights took a big stride forward in this week's elections, with voters in four states affirming the right of same-sex couples to marry. But here's an issue in the LGBT community that continues to fly under the radar: what happens to LGBT Americans when they get old? JP Morgan Reaches Deal with SEC Staff on Two Mortgage Probes
JPMorgan Chase & Co has reached an agreement in principle with the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve two previously disclosed investigations related to mortgage-backed securities, the company disclosed in a quarterly filing on Thursday. Ford Builds Plug-ins, 'Wild Focus' at Flexible Michigan Plant
Ford Motor Co marked on Thursday the production launch of its latest plug-in hybrid at a former SUV factory that now serves as a model for the second-largest U.S. automaker's global manufacturing strategy. China's Leadership Challenge in New Era Centers Around Housing
In the mountain village of Yangchang in the backwater province of Guizhou in southwestern China, the roof of the Yang family home is cracked and about to cave in, held upright only by a few rickety tree trunks. FEMA Still Provides Free Housing in Joplin, 18 Months After Tornado
An affordable place to live in the wake of disasters such as superstorm Sandy can become a long-term benefit, as some survivors of the massive 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, can attest. Sandy Shutdowns Could Slam New York Office Market
The breakdown in services that lingers in lower Manhattan a week after super-storm Sandy may make tenants think twice before moving to or re-leasing office space in the area whose rebirth since September 11, has been painfully slow, some brokers said.
