BANKS will face a critical challenge to raise funds once the blanket government guarantee expires. [read more]

Pawnbrokers trying to open shops in O'Fallon will face tougher restrictions. [read more]

Jumeirah Essex House launches exclusive new canine turndown program to pamper its discerning four-legged guests [read more]

American Safety Razor Co. , the fourth-largest maker of wet-shaving blades, filed a Chapter 11 petition yesterday where the company will be sold to first-lien lenders in exchange for debt unless second-lien creditors make arrangements to pay off the senior creditors within seven weeks. [read more]

TWO RETIRED women being sued with others for 16.3 million over unpaid loans to develop a property in Dalkey, Co Dublin, relied entirely on the financial advice of a businessman, who seemed to have walked them into an agreement which they would never have entered had it been explained, their lawyer has told the Commercial Court. [read more]

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Source: UNHCR Two years and US$8 million later, UNHCR has dramatically improved the lives of many left homeless by Myanmar's worst natural disaster. [read more]

SILVER SPRINGS--Lyon County Sheriff's Office detectives are searching for the whereabouts of Peggy Herlacher, 73, who has been missing since July 22. [read more]

Kudos to the Eastern Shore News for publishing a list of 15 Northampton County owners of real and personal property taxes who, for various reasons, cannot or will not pay their assessments. [read more]

Opponents of a U.S. ban on deepwater drilling asked a federal appeals court to block a bid by regulators to throw out a judges ruling that scrapped the moratorium. [read more]

Foreclosure activity climbed in three-quarters of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas in the first half of 2010, compared with the same period a year ago, but declined in some of the nation's hardest-hit regions, according to data released Thursday. United States - RealtyTrac - Real estate - Metropolitan area - Nevada [read more]

Foreclosure filings climbed in three-quarters of U.S. metropolitan areas in the first half as high unemployment left many homeowners unable to pay their mortgages, according to RealtyTrac Inc. [read more]

Lakewood. California Foreclosure Institute presents a free two-hour workshop for investors and Realtors on how to get started finding and buying foreclosure properties. [read more]

Foreclosure filings in the New York metropolitan area, which includes North Jersey, rose almost 28 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2009, RealtyTrac reported Thursday. [read more]

Foreclosure can be complicated and traumatic for a homeowner, and once the process begins, options are limited. [read more]

New foreclosure cases in Volusia County must go to mandatory mediation first. The Upchurch Watson White and Max Mediation Group of Daytona Beach will be the mediation manager for all foreclosures as of July 19 in the 7 t h Judicial Circuit, the four-county circuit which includes Volusia. Chief Circuit Judge J. David Walsh said mandatory mediation should help people stay in their homes and ... [read more]

Foreclosure rates in D.C. and northern Virginia rose slightly over the last year. Foreclosure - Northern Virginia - United States - Virginia - Home [read more]

Households across a majority of large U.S. cities received more foreclosure warnings in the first six months of this year than in the first half of 2009, new data shows. [read more]

Foreclosure rates in Dalton have decreased for the month of June over the same period last year, according to CoreLogic, a real estate data provider. [read more]

Five Louisiana metropolitan areas posted year-to-year increases in foreclosure activity during the first half of 2010, according to a national study released Thursday. [read more]