Ameristar sees 4Q loss Ameristar Casinos Inc. experienced a loss of $101.1 million, or $1.77 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the same period a year ago when it had a profit of $8.2 million, or ...

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Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to suspend foreclosures while the Obama administration crafts a housing plan to modify mortgages for troubled borrowers. Citigroup will halt foreclosures through ...

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Bondholders for the Renaissance Grand Hotel and Suites formally took over ownership of the hotel after no bidders appeared at the foreclosure sale on Monday. UMB Bank, the bondholders’ trustee, entered a bid of $98 million, the value of debt ...

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Vermont is avoiding the foreclosure crisis plaguing homeowners across the U.S., perhaps owing to traditions of thrift, modesty and self-reliance – bolstered by laws that protect buyers and land. The foreclosure rate in Vermont is the lowest in the U.S., ...

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The Obama administration is considering government guarantees for home loans modified by their servicers, seeking to stem the record surge of foreclosures that’s hammering U.S. property values. The proposal, which may also have the taxpayer share in the cost of ...

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Some, but not many, St. Charles homeowners worried about living near foreclosed homes should get some relief starting this spring. St. Charles officials are expecting to get a federal grant in the near future that would allow the city to ...

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My senses and spirit tingled with the pure energy of possibility when I was in Chicago on Election Day on Nov. 4, 2008. So much history was being made. Hope was in the air, shared by millions. That golden moment ...

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If you were searching for pockets of optimism in the U.S. housing market, where would you look? Easy guesses would be to avoid Detroit, Cleveland or any cities with domestic automobile plants or troubled manufacturers. Then there are the foreclosure ...

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