Dirty Emitters Slash Output
Byline: Marcus Priest Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are falling, as the three dirtiest coal-fired power stations reduce...
View ArticlePower Disconnections Rise with Bills in NSW
Byline: Marcus Priest Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Rising power bills have led to a growing number of homes in New South Wales being disconnected for non-payment....
View ArticleBaillieu Struggles to Hit the Gas on Gas
Byline: Mathew Dunckley Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Victorian Government is struggling to meet its 2010 election promise to connect many rural towns to the...
View ArticleHigher Volumes Would Benefit FMG
Byline: Luke Forrestal Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Fortescue Metal Group's potential sale of a stake in its infrastructure network may interest small iron ore...
View ArticleMinority Lenders Oppose Nine Refinancing Deal
Byline: Samantha Hutchinson Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Nine Entertainment Company's $A3.3 billion refinancing deal is opposed by a group of small lenders. In...
View ArticleRatings Agency Warns BoQ over Bad Debts
Byline: George Liondis Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Credit ratings agency Fitch has renewed the "BBB+" status of Bank of Queensland (BoQ), and its "stable"...
View ArticleGrainCorp Chairman Defends Move
Byline: Julie-Anne Sprague Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Investors in Australian-listed GrainCorp have received a letter from chair Don Taylor, outlining the...
View ArticleAid Budget Raided to Pay for Refugees
Byline: John Kerin Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Nonprofit organisations have criticised the Australian Government over its move to divert foreign aid funding...
View ArticleMilne Calls for Ban on Semi-Automatics
Byline: Joe Kelly Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The primary school shooting in the US in December 2012 has reignited the debate on gun laws. Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr...
View Article-'Hacktivists' Campaign Derailed, Claim Major US Banks
Global Banking News-December 17, 2012Hacktivists' campaign derailed, claim major US banks(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 17 December 2012 According to a...
View Article-Domestic Bank Rules to Be Applied to Foreign Banks Also, Says Federal Reserve
Global Banking News-December 17, 2012--Domestic bank rules to be applied to foreign banks also, says Federal Reserve(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 17 December...
View ArticleGSE Profitability Is Good, but How to Maintain It Is in Question
Byline: Bonnie Sinnock The Federal Housing Finance Agency gets credit from securitization market participants for producing profitable and viable government-sponsored enterprises, but is facing...
View ArticleNo End in Sight to G-Fee Increases
Byline: Bonnie Sinnock Gradual agency guarantee-fee increases are going to continue, Federal Housing Finance Agency acting director Edward DeMarco reaffirmed at a recent Securities Industry Financial...
View ArticleFed Competing against Banks for MBS
Byline: Andy Peters Community banks are growing increasingly uncomfortable with the Federal Reserve Board's efforts to stimulate the economy. Quantitative easing, particularly the Fed's ongoing effort...
View ArticleAre SRPs and YSPs the Same?
Byline: Editorial Staff CEDONULLI2: Excerpt from article which appeared on NationalMortgageNews.com on Dec. 10. "As for the LO comp rule, brokers and loan officers who work for nonbanks are closely...
View ArticlePressure on Banks to Improve CRA Performance Increases
Byline: Andy Peters Criticism over banks' compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act is starting to pick up-and that could be another sign the economy is doing the same. An advocacy group issued a...
View ArticleSteady Performance to Set CMBS Tone in '13
Byline: Nora Colomer CMBS have enjoyed a steady recovery in spreads and dramatic improvement in credit performance this year, setting the stage for a pickup in issuance in 2013. It is a measure of how...
View ArticleBust to Boom: Golden 1 Finds There Is a Large Rush to Refinance
Byline: Michael Bartlett The Golden 1 Credit Union is in the middle of one of the biggest refi booms in its history. Donna Bland, president and CEO of the $7.9-billion credit union, told Credit Union...
View ArticleMozilo Says Countrywide Was 'World Class'
Byline: Bloomberg News Countrywide Financial Corp. co-founder Angelo Mozilo said under oath last year that he had "no regrets" about how he ran the mortgage firm and that he only agreed to a record...
View ArticleBanks 'Need $3 Trillion of Capital'
Byline: Adam Creighton Dec 17, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An economist has warned that more than $A3 trillion of extra capital is needed for the global financial system to survive...
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