Victims of improper foreclosure practices can submit claims

Fourteen mortgage servicers have begun mailing out 4.3 million letters to potential victims of robo-signing. The letters will invite borrowers to submit their cases for a free review by independent consultants.

Aggrieved homeowners ensnared by a foreclosure system riddled with misconduct and error are set to get their first shot at winning some cash back from the banks.



Under orders from federal…

Via:

"Bank of America Corp. is dropping its plan to charge customers $5 a month for making purchases with their debit cards, a…

St. Paul's

has just announced that rather than evict protesters from the cathedral grounds at #OccupyLondon, they will try to engage constructively about moral and ethical issues.



Protesters have been camping outside of St. Paul's cathedral in London for weeks. The church has been considering pressing legal charges against the protesters - an internally controversial decision that has spurred the resignations of the church Dean, 2 clerics and canon chancellor. One…

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called an unexpected referendum on Monday on the…

A Massachusetts company that received a $43 million Energy Department loan guarantee last year filed for bankruptcy Sunday, a step certain to fuel criticism of federal green energy financing in the wake of the solar company Solyndra’s collapse.



Beacon Power Corp., which develops energy…

NBC:

Iran is pushing back against U.S. efforts to strengthen sanctions against Tehran in response to an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, demanding a public apology and…

Nearly 40 arrested at Occupy Austin

By Patrick George and Andrea Ball | Sunday, October 30, 2011, 01:40 AM

Update, 5:17 a.m.

Spanish Indignados a Force in Global Movement

Millions turn out for Spain's Occupy protests and inspire others abroad

The YouTube video uploaded last week is titled “Rebel who killed the criminal Gaddafi and took his ring and his shirt.” He’s greeted with handshakes and hugs by a number of older men in what looks to be an office.

(H/t…

Chemical bomb tossed into Occupy Maine encampment

By Dennis Hoey dhoey@mainetoday.com

Staff Writer

PORTLAND — Portland police are looking for the person who threw a chemical bomb at the Occupy Maine encampment in Portland during the early…

Single Treasury plan "emerged" in Brussels yesterday as Europe’s finance ministers tried to find a way out of the crisis

New euro 'empire' plot by Brussels

European Union chiefs are drawing up plans for a single “Treasury” to oversee tax and spending across the 17 eurozone nations. 

China's biggest producer of rare earths is suspending production for one month in hopes of boosting slumping prices of the exotic minerals used in mobile phones and other high-tech products.

This week's move by Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-Tech might fuel tensions with the United States and Europe. They have questioned Beijing's decision announced earlier to limit exports while it tries to develop its own manufacturers of magnets and other products made…

Greek Protests in Athens Live cam link

http://12160.info/page/2-live-stream-greece-protest

ATHENS (Dow Jones)--In a final vote late Thursday, Greece's parliament approved legislation enacting new austerity measures the government must take in order to receive fresh aid from…

MUAMMAR AL GADDAFI alleged death video stills / screen caps

Comment by Christella Bernardene Krebs 

 

 

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