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  April 10, 2007 Mortgages Defaults Rise in Next Level of Mortgages The latest sign of possible further deterioration in the credit market came yesterday as American Home Mortgage, a lender based in

  April 9, 2007 House Hearing to Focus on Responses to Rising Mortgage Foreclosures House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced Friday that the committee has scheduled

  April 7, 2008 Low-Fare Airline Files for Bankruptcy Skybus Airlines, a low-fare carrier that started operations less than a year ago, filed for bankruptcy after stopping service, Bloomberg News

  April 6, 2007 Enron Investors Appeal to Supreme Court Enron investors appealed Thursday to the Supreme Court, seeking review of their class-action lawsuit against investment banks that had put

  April 5, 2007 Bankruptcy Filings Surged in First Quarter Data from Jupiter eSources LLC showed that business bankruptcy filings rose 60 percent and consumer filings increased by 70 percent in the

  April 4, 2007 Study: Moderate-Income Home Buyers Hit by Predatory Lenders A study being released today found that one in 30 homeowners in Philadelphia has been hurt by predatory lenders who target

  April 3, 2007 Subprime Mortgages New Century Files for Bankruptcy The bankruptcy filing yesterday by New Century Financial Corp.'s is the latest sign of a shakeout drastically shrinking the business

  April 2, 2007 PBGC Takes Over Collins & Aikman Pension Plan The pension plan for Collins & Aikman Corp., the bankrupt auto parts-maker once headed by David Stockman, is being taken over by the

  March 30, 2007 San Diego  Diocese Offers $95 Million Settlement The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is offering $95 million to settle more than 140 claims of sexual abuse by priests, the

  March 29, 2007 Executive Compensation Bill Clears House Committee The House Financial Services Committee, responding to complaints about what some investors call excessive executive pay, voted to