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Santa Ana Banks

Senator raises mortgage concerns with Dodd-Frank bill

Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, has raised questions with U.S. banking regulators over a provision in the Dodd...
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Santa Ana Business Bank sold to a bank holding company in Los Angeles

The Santa Ana Business Bank celebrated their grand opening on Nov. 29, 2007. Yesterday, the O.C. Register reported that "Santa Ana Business...
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HOMEOWNER’S TIP #13 – SOURCES TO OBTAIN COMPETITIVE HOME LOANS

Mortgage interest rates are driven by the market. The key indicator in measuring mortgage rates is the 10 years Treasury Security. Mortgages are...
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Bank of America's $10 million in grants could help small businesses

Bank of America announced that it will offer borrowers $10 million in grants to non-profit organizations that help small businesses in rural...
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The Anti-Brands: Products and services we love to hate, but are compelled to buy and subsidize.

There was a seismic contradiction between two separate reports/polls regarding the value of bank brands in the United States recently. An article...
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Lowering credit lines and raising interest rates: the credit card quandary

Dear American Express: Bite me. Sincerely, Vickey Conover Cardmember since 1997 P.S. Take your account and shove it. Well, at least they didn't try...
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Should the American people accept wall street apologies?

This week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission began it's year long inquiry into the activities of various financial institutions which...
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Today's Retail Sales Report was a Farce

Don't be fooled by today's reported +1.4% increase in Retail Sales, and how it was a "surprise" and "more than the expected" +0...
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Unemployment Hits 10.2%; 559,000 jobs lost in October

The number of officially unemployed Americansincreased by 559,000 in October, putting the Unemployment Rate at 10.2% The number of officially...
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"Bigger-Than-Too-Big-To-Fail"--The Financial Industry

On Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, Bloomberg published an article about Joseph Stiglitz's recent assessment of the economy, in which he maintains that the...
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