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Business briefs - 5 hours ago - WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers have reached a deal with Citigroup Inc. on a plan to let bankruptcy judges alter home loans in an effort to prevent foreclosures and urged other lenders to follow suit. The lawmakers aim to attach the plan 0133 : Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Andersen Corp. announces layoffs - 1 day ago - Andersen Corp. will lay off hundreds of workers due to current market conditions, the company announced Thursday. The Bayport-based window maker has permanently laid off 50 office and management workers and temporarily laid off 400 0133 : Minneapolis-St Paul Business Journal

Obama, Democrats look to revamp financial bailout - 1 hour ago - WASHINGTON Barack Obama's economic team is talking with the Bush administration about having Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ask Congress within the next week for access to the 350 billion remaining in the financial bailout fund, 0133 : Yahoo News

Mortgage Servicing Loses Luster as Bad Loans Mount Update1 - 8 hours ago - Jan. 9 Bloomberg Bank of America Corp., GMAC LLC, and WL Ross Co. are among mortgage servicers that have endured billions of dollars in unexpected costs and added thousands of workers to handle rising foreclosures, denting a business 0133 : Bloomberg

Georgia banks problems alarming, data show - 5 hours ago - More Georgia banks faced deeper problems from souring loans and other challenges in the third quarter, based on a commonly used measure of their financial health. The number of banks with high Texas ratios a figure that attempts to 0133 : Atlanta Journal Constitution

UPDATE 3-US bank industry slams lawmaker-Citi mortgage deal - 4 hours ago - WASHINGTON NEW YORK, Jan 9 Reuters - A top bank industry group said on Friday that it opposes an agreement between Citigroup Inc C.N and Democratic senators that would rewrite U.S. bankruptcy law to help troubled mortgage borrowers 0133 : Reuters

SBI to give home loans for as low as 9 - 12/31/2008 - NEW DELHI Come new year, home loans will get cheaper, but you will also have to settle for lower interest on bank deposits. SBI on Saturday announced cuts in prime lending rates PLR by 0.75 percentage point and deposit rates by upto one 0133 : Times of India

Worst Small Towns To Own A Home - 4 hours ago - Homeowners in West Little River, Fla. , Westmont, Calif. , and Copiague, N.Y. , could use some time with their financial planners. That's because these areas have the highest percentages of mortgage holders whose monthly housing 0133 : Forbes