Reuters - Builder Lennar Corp
said on Friday it formed an investment venture with Morgan
Stanley Real Estate and sold the venture $525 million in
properties.

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Reuters - The Treasury Department and mortgage
industry leaders are putting the final touches on a plan that
could save struggling homeowners from foreclosure by freezing
interest rates before they reset sharply higher.

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Reuters - The Federal Reserve would not
hesitate to act to prevent financial strains from damaging the
economy and any steps it does take are not made to shield
investors, a top Fed official said on Friday.

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Reuters - The Treasury Department and mortgage
industry leaders are putting the final touches on a plan that
could save struggling homeowners from foreclosure by freezing
interest rates before they reset sharply higher.

»read more from "Treasury near deal to aid struggling homeowners (Reuters)"

Investor’s Business Daily - The plunge in the dollar has turned normally calm voices strident and fearful. A weak currency, they say, spells catastrophe for the U.S. economy.

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Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Friday,
capping a dismal November with a four-day rally, as financial
stocks rallied on optimism over a proposed rescue for
struggling homeowners and on heightened expectations for more
interest-rate cuts.

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