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The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Let's Raise the Hood on Mortgage Lending Since we're into investigating all manner of activities, let's take a hard look at lending.
IDB America November 2007	IDB Supports Sanitation Sector Reform Program in Peru The Inter-American Development Bank approved a US$100 million loan for a sanitation sector reform program in Peru to improve the efficiency, equity, and sustainability of water and sanitation services.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Chuck Saletta	A Bailout's Opportunity Cost The bailout plan being considered in Washington will be absolutely disastrous for any Americans who bothered to play by the rules. Read on for just a few reasons why.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 Emil Lee	Citi and Rabobank Pull the Plug on Their SIV Citigroup and Dutch bank Rabobank, managers of a 10 billion-euro structured investment vehicle called Tango Finance, sell off 4.5 billion euros' worth of assets to pay off maturing debt.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 Rich Duprey	Housing's Frozen Rope The hazards of bailing out borrowers by freezing rates may be worse than proponents realize.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 Seth Jayson	The Subprime Soap Opera Continues Treasury Secretary Paulson's plan to bail out subprime borrowers is doomed to fail. Rate resets, as discussed in a recent Wall Street Journal piece, aren't the problem. Irresponsible borrowing is.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 Christopher Singley	First Marblehead Showing Cracks? Bond rating agency Moody's expresses concerns about student loan performance in securitizations facilitated by First Marblehead.
Registered Rep. December 5, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Spitzer Returns! New York A.G. Probes Wall Street On Mortgage-Backed Securities The punches keep on coming for some of Wall Street's biggest firms, as a handful of firms were sent subpoenas late this summer courtesy of New York State Attorney General.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2007	Enough Is Not Enough A group of Morgan Stanley reps involved in a race-discrimination suit say a proposed $16-million settlement is just not enough.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Morgan Housel	VeriFone's Bad Accounting Blip Shareholders of electronic-payment terminal manufacturer VeriFone got a nasty jolt Monday, after the company announced an earnings restatement that slashed shares by nearly 45%.
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