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Meltdown: Specter stands alone
politico.com — The new Democrat pays for his party swap by giving up his plum Senate committee seniority.... (more) Meltdown: Specter stands alone
Economic Meltdown - Articles: Predatory Lending: A Decade of Warnings
Economic Meltdown - Articles: Predatory Lending: A Decade of Warnings
publicintegrity.org — Predatory Lending: A Decade of Warnings Congress, Fed Fiddled as Subprime Crisis Spread By Kat Aaron |... May 06, 2009 | | Print This A little more than a decade ago, William Brennan foresaw the financial collapse of 2008. As director of the Home ... (more) Economic Meltdown - Articles: Predatory Lending: A ...
The Center for Public Integrity | PaperTrail Blog - ECONOMY: Want to Know Who’s ...
publicintegrity.org — Americans can rightfully be angry about this financial mess we’re in. Trouble is, they aren’t sure who... they should be mad at. Fortunately, the Center for Public Integrity is here to help. Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown? The Top 25 Subprime ... (more) The Center for Public Integrity | PaperTrail Blog - ...
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Who Is to Blame for the Financial Crisis?
Political Punch — ... Who Is to Blame for the Financial Crisis? May 06, 2009 9:11 AM The Center for Public Integrity has a new study identifying the top 25 subprime lenders that helped start this economic meltdown. Analyzing 7.2 "high interest" loans made between 2005 and 2007, CPI says the top 25 lenders were responsible for 72 percent of the high-priced loans made at the peak of the subprime market. ...

Role of Congress in Financial Meltdown [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom — ... on Twitter): The Center for Public Integrity has a new study identifying the top 25 subprime lenders that helped start this economic meltdown. Analyzing 7.2 “high interest” loans made between 2005 and 2007, CPI says the top 25 lenders were responsible for 72 percent of the high-priced loans made at the peak of the subprime market. The 25 lenders are: - Countrywide Financial Corp. (at least $97.2 billion in subprime loans) - Ameriquest Mortgage Co./ACC Capital Holdings Corp. ($80.6 billion) - New Century Financial Corp. ($75.9 billion) - First Franklin Corp./National City ...

The more things stay the same
The Sideshow — ... : "A Center for Public Integrity report released today, "Who's Behind the Financial Meltdown," spells out how 25 of the country's largest financial institutions fueled the subprime mortgage market that precipitated the global financial crash. In addition, as a complementary ...

Cutting Through Economic Obfuscation--A Reality-Based Narrative About The Economic Meltdown
Open Left - Front Page — The Center for Public Integrity has issued a new report, Who's Behind the Financial Meltdown? The Top 25 Subprime Lenders and Their Wall Street Backers.  As explained ...

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Americans Blame Jews For Finanacial Crisis TooGateway Pundit
Nearly 25% of American non-Jews blame the group for the financial meltdown. Arutz Sheva News reported: A survey conducted by the Boston Review in its May/June issue shows that nearly 25% of American non-Jews blame “the Jews” a moderate amount or more for the financial crisis. Furthermore, a ...
Center for Public Integrity names 25 lenders blamed for financial crisisDemocratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Sydney Morning Herald[/b] US and foreign banks were not unwitting victims of circumstance but deliberately culpable in the financial meltdown that engulfed the United States last year, a campaign group said Wednesday. The Center for Public Integrity named 25 "subprime" mortgage ...
Report: Wall Street Firms Drove The Subprime Crisis, Fueled Drop In Lending StandardsWonk Room
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) released an extensive report today that shows how complicit Wall Street firms were in fueling the subprime mortgage crisis. According to CPI, “at least 21 of the top 25 subprime lenders were financed by banks that received bailout money — through ...
The Subprime 25: The Top 25 Lenders Responsible For Almost $1 Trillion Of Subprime LoansThe Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Scroll down to see the list of the top 25 subprime lenders Today, the Center for Public Integrity releases the results of its investigation into the housing crisis, which showed that investment banks, some of which were recipients of billions of taxpayer dollars through the federal ...
9/11-style commission for financial crisis?AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Warts and all, I'll take it. Yes, it won't be perfect and I'm sure there will be moments that are infuriating much like during the 9/11 commission but it's still better than letting Congress doddle and do nothing. There is so much blame to go around on this meltdown and neither party are immune ...