Foreclosure Moratorium Spurs New Interest in Short Sales – Tom Gordon – … By working with loan servicers, some homeowners will be able to modify their loan terms and stay in their homes. But many won’t.  Not all borrowers will qualify for modified loans. Lenders are keenly aware of this, as well as the fact [...]

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                                                               Source: © Despair, Inc./Despair.com, Government. NOW: ABC NEWS THIS WEEK, 25 Jan 2009. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Well, whatever you want to call it… If we are strengthening [the banks], then the American people [...]

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The big news of the day, besides more bank earnings, is that a coach of a Texas high school got fired after beating another team in basketball 100-0. The coach would not apologize, since his girls played with honor and integrity (his words) in beating Dallas Academy , which has 8 girls on the team [...]

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Pork is a symbol of progress and prosperity. That’s why New Year’s dinner traditionally includes pork. In the South, our New Year’s meal includes ham hocks, hog jowls, or fatback cooked with black-eyed peas and collards to give these vegetables a fabulous smoky flavor. They (and all other vegetables) are cooked in the fatty [...]

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