Deficit Group Formed By Barney Frank Looks Where Others Dare Not — At Defense Budget – Dan Froomkin – Huffington Post ———— spinoff? – Democrats, Pressuring G.O.P., Unite on Finance Bill – By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN – … Officials said [...]

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“Eleven indicted Somali pirates dropped a bombshell in a U.S. court early this morning, revealing that their entire piracy operation is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. The pirates explained that the pirates forcibly attacked ships that Goldman had already shorted, and had merged their operations with Goldman in late 2008 to take advantage of the [...]

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To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,  

We wrote last week that credit unions can be serious competition for mortgages, so here are the top CU’s based on the size of their mortgage holdings:

1.  $13.1 billion   

Navy Federal  CU  ( Vienna , VA )

2.  $10.1 billion   

State Employees CU  ( Raleigh , NC )

3.  $ 6.4 billion

Pentagon [...]

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    Twenty-eight percent of home mortgages are overdue in Miami – David Volz – Examiner.com ———— the government is still buying mortgages but in another form – WSJ On Fed’s Mortgage "Assets" – Bruce Krasting – … The Fed dramatically [...]

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