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Top five subprime lenders asked to testify: Dodd
Reuters   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Reuters - U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd said on Monday he asked executives at five big subprime mortgage companies to testify at a Thursday hearing and explain their lending practices.
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Insurance stocks help lift the mood in London
FT.com   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
FT.com - Insurance stocks led the way as the FTSE 100 index Monday recouped more of its recent losses.
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Indexes jump as M&A takes subprime's spotlight
Reuters   Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Signs are seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York March 19, 2007. Stocks rose sharply on Monday on a steady flow of merger-and-acquisition chatter, including talk that Britain's Barclays was eyeing Dutch bank ABN AMRO, overshadowing the recent turmoil in the subprime mortgage market. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after Britain's Barclays Plc and Dutch bank ABN AMRO confirmed they were in talks to merge, helping the financial sector recover from its recent hammering in the subprime mortgage market turmoil.


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Market Overview: Investors regain risk appetite and put subprime fears on back-burner
FT.com   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
FT.com - Investors appeared to re-discover their appetite for risk on Monday as recent concerns about US subprime mortgage lending were put on the back-burner.
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US stocks rally on M&A activity
FT.com   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
FT.com - A flurry of merger and acquisition activity lifted investors' morale on Monday and helped Wall Street recoup almost all its losses of last week.
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Indexes rise as M&A grabs subprime's spotlight
Reuters   Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Police officers prepare for anti Iraq war protests near the New York Stock Exchange, March 19, 2007. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after Britain's Barclays Plc and Dutch bank ABN AMRO confirmed they were in talks to merge, boosting financial shares in the wake of the subprime mortgage market turmoil.


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Correction: March 16 On The Trail story
AP   Tuesday, 20 March 2007

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a town hall meeting, Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Alton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - In a March 16 story about presidential candidate Christopher Dodd discussing subprime lending, The Associated Press misidentified the company that has said it would no longer buy subprime mortgages highly vulnerable to foreclosure. It is Freddie Mac, not Fannie Mae.


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Correction: On-the-2008-Trail story
AP   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
AP - In a March 16 story about presidential candidate Christopher Dodd discussing subprime lending, The Associated Press misidentified the company that has said it would no longer buy subprime mortgages highly vulnerable to foreclosure. It is Freddie Mac, not Fannie Mae.
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Home builder sentiment erodes in March
Reuters   Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Construction crews build a subdivision of new homes in Carlsbad, California, November 17, 2005. Deepening problems in the subprime mortgage sector, which caters to borrowers with weak credit histories, chipped away at U.S. homebuilder confidence in March, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday. (Mike Blake/Reuters)Reuters - Deepening problems in the subprime mortgage sector, which caters to borrowers with weak credit histories, chipped away at U.S. homebuilder confidence in March, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday.


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US stocks rebound on M&A activity
FT.com   Tuesday, 20 March 2007
FT.com - A flurry of merger and acquisition activity lifted investors' morale yesterday and helped Wall Street recoup almost all of its losses from last week.
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FTSE 100 extends gains as Barclays rumours boost financial sector
AFP   Tuesday, 20 March 2007

The FTSE 100 closed in positive territory as rumours that Barclays approached its European peer ABN Amro over a possible merger consolidated the financial and insurance blue-chips.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The leading share index closed in positive territory Monday as rumours that Barclays approached its European peer ABN Amro over a possible merger consolidated the financial and insurance blue-chips.


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