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Spain, Portugal urge eurozone to unfreeze credit, speed up banking union

The leaders of Spain and Portugal on Monday demanded that the 17-nation eurozone speed up efforts to create a banking union and complained that credit is frozen in their countries, preventing economic growth and crucial job creation. Continue reading

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Moody’s: Latest Steps to Tighten Controls on Wealth Management Products Credit Positive for Banks

The following is a press release from Moody’s: Moody’s: China’s Shadow Banking Continues To Weigh On The Banks’ Credit Profiles http://v3.moodys.com/page/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PR_273026&WT.mc_id=NLTITLE_YYYYMMDD_PR_273026 Continue reading

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Gold Miners Must Focus on Profits After Price Fall -Credit Suisse Executive

Gold miners must focus on ensuring profitable operations after a slump in the precious metal’s price forced a review of costs for some producers, a senior Credit Suisse executive said. Continue reading

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Goldman cuts investment fund pledges in half since Dodd-Frank-filings

By Lauren Tara LaCapra NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc has slashed its capital pledges to investment funds by nearly half since the Volcker rule was signed into law in 2010, as it prepares its principal investment business for restrictions on investing its own money, according to regulatory filings. The Wall Street bank has reduced future commitments to hedge funds and funds that invest in private equity, credit and real estate, by $5.8 billion since June 2010, the last period before the Volcker rule was included in the Dodd-Frank financial reform act Continue reading

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Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ Recap: Giving Credit Where It’s Due

Search Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” trading recommendations using our exclusive “Mad Money” Stock Screener. NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Let’s give credit where credit is due, Jim Cramer said on “Mad Money” Wednesday. Continue reading

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PBOC Official Says Bank Credit Unlikely to Slow

Credit growth at Chinese banks is unlikely to slow markedly in the near term as the nation is too dependent on bank lending for its financing needs, Sheng Songcheng, head of the central bank’s statistics and analysis department, wrote in an essay. Continue reading

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Valley Auto Loans Expanding to Offer Bad Credit Auto Loan Services in Canada as Well as the U.S.

GREENVILLE, SC — (Marketwired) — 05/03/13 — Valley Auto Loans has recently become a well-known name in the bad credit auto loan industry. Continue reading

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Fitch Strips UK Of AAA Rating On Debt Outlook

Fears that the UK’s debt will eclipse GDP by 2015-16 prompt the ratings agency to strip the UK of top tier credit status. Continue reading

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6 Things to Consider Before Co-Signing a Mortgage

NEW YORK (Credit.com) –Want to be 100% responsible for someone else’s obligation? Then co-sign for them on a mortgage — and you’ll be just as responsible for repaying the obligation as they are, even though you are co-signing to simply help the other party. When you co-sign on a big-ticket item like a mortgage, you are in essence lending a portion of your future income and credit worthiness for the benefit of someone else’s obligation. Continue reading

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PayPal has uphill battle to break shoppers’ swipe habit

PayPal will soon be ubiquitous in U.S. retail stores, but just being there may not be enough. The online payment service will take a giant step beyond its Internet roots on April 19, when a partnership with Discover Financial Services officially kicks in Continue reading

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