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| Issue of February 25, 2008 |
Future InvestmentsCommunity bankers are making changes to the way they do business this year, according to a survey released last week by the American Bankers Association. Tours of Duty Realtors in the Bay State and across the nation have come up with a rather creative way to generate new business during the ongoing foreclosure crisis: by offering guided bus tours of bank-owned homes for sale. Despite Slump, More Housing Is Needed By Benjamin Fierro III It may seem counterintuitive to some, but what the Massachusetts economy needs during the current housing slump is more housing. A Place to Live: Revisiting the Vocabulary of Housing By Nicolas P. Retsinas Dictionaries are not static. Some words go unused for so long that lexicographers dub them archaic. AIG Write-Downs Bolster Beleaguered Sarbanes-Oxley Rules By Rachel Beck This is what we mean by holding ones feet to the fire: American International Groups auditors told the giant insurer that its credit-portfolios valuations were flawed, forcing AIG to take a $4.88 billion write-down. Check & Balance Banker & Tradesman's political cartoon. |
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