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Case-Shiller: Home Prices Show Record Decline, Fall 19.1%

wsj.com | KERRY E. GRACE and KEVIN KINGSBURY | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: S, Real Estate Crisis, U.S. Real Estate, Case-Shiller Index, David M. Blitzer, Chase Shiller Index March, Home Prices, Home Values, Business News

U.S. home prices continued their multiyear tumble in March, according to the S&P Case-Shiller home-price indexes, as the downdraft shows no near-term ...

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Chinese Find Opportunity In Slumping U.S. Real Estate Prices

McClatchy | Tim Johnson | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: China House-Buying Tours, Global Financial Crisis, Real Estate, China, China Real Estate, Us Real Estate, China Us Real Estate, World News

BEIJING -- Amid a U.S. real estate prices downturn, some wealthy Chinese are signing up for house-buying tours to the United States, and Chinese media...

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How to Save the Global Financial System

Diane Francis | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Property Crisis, Sec, World Trade Organization, Wall Street Crisis, Global Economy, Stock Exchanges, World War I, Stock Market, Housing Markets, U.S. Real Estate, Market Meltdown, World War II, Business, Housing Crisis, Economy, Federal Reserve, Recession, Lehman Brothers, Henry Paulson, Personal Finance, Business News
Diane Francis

This crisis is not about the failure of capitalism, globalisation or free enterprise. It is about the fact that there are two economies: the financial economy and the "real" economy.

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One Homeowner's Burden Is Another's Bargain

USA Today | Stephanie Armour | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Bargain Hunters, Real Estate, U.S. Real Estate, Foreclosure, Home Prices, Home Sales, Mortgages, Business News

Home prices are sinking. Banks are seizing properties from owners who can't pay their mortgages. Yet for Amber Gilmore, the miserable housing market h...

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UBS Will Write Down $19 Billion

AP | ONNA CORAY | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: German Banks, Credit Crisis, Marcel Ospel, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Write-Downs, Swiss Banks, UBS Write-Downs, Subprime Mortgages, U.S. Real Estate, Ubs, Business News

ZURICH, Switzerland — UBS AG's chairman abruptly resigned Tuesday as the Swiss bank reported a first-quarter loss of $12.1 billion and said it w...

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