Bankruptcy Blogs

Help the Fed Get Out of the Mortgage Business

05/07/13

The case for a national housing finance commission.

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Money Laundering Is Financial Thoughtcrime

05/07/13

It's difficult to identify the victims of money laundering, other than the bank shareholders that must expend millions of dollars for the proactive compliance required as the state's deputized enforcers.

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Trumping Transparency

05/07/13
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Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 15.

How much is the

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Give Consumers Incentive to Adopt Mobile Payments

05/07/13

Developers should consider incorporating rewards and other tools such as receipt tracking in new mobile payment applications to promote broad adoption.

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Sometimes In Bankruptcy It Is Good To Focus On Something Besides Yourself.

05/07/13
Life Focus

Sometimes you must focus on something besides yourself.

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The Daily Docket: ResCap Sues Bondholders

05/07/13

Residential Capital LLC is suing a group of junior bondholders to block them from wresting control of the subprime mortgage lender’s bankruptcy case. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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HSBC Profits Rise on Cost-Cutting; Schneiderman Set to Sue; B of A, MBIA Settle

05/07/13

Receiving Wide Coverage ... HSBC Earnings: HSBC's first quarter earnings almost doubled year over year, with pre-tax profit rising to $8.4 billion compared with $4.3 billion during the same period in 2012. The increase is attributed largely to all that cost-cutting the bank has been doing and a decline in bad debts. Expect the cost-cutting efforts to continue. Per the FT, "the bank is expected to close or sell a further eight to 10 businesses this...

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Welcome to the “Reader Top Rated” Bankruptcy Blog

05/06/13

To my readers around the country, please keep in mind that I cannot give you legal advice. My answers here on this blog may help you think of things to talk about with YOUR LAWYER. DO NOT TRY TO BE YOUR OWN LAWYER, based on anything you read here. That would be a really bad idea.   Welcome. […]

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SouthPeak Seeks to Pull Plug on TimeGate Bankruptcy

05/06/13
TimeGate Studios Inc.
A still from Section 8: Prejudice

A videogame publisher that holds a $10 million fraud judgment against game developer TimeGate Studi

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Politics, Social Engineering Cloud GSE Debate

05/06/13

The federal government is now even more involved in the design, pricing, allocation and servicing of home mortgage credit than during the subprime lending debacle. Current proposals that call for government involvement would further entrench this situation.

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