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Tiger Woods cancels tournament appearance

State police in Florida said Monday they will continue investigating a single-vehicle crash involving pro golfer Tiger Woods. On Sunday, Woods canceled for the third time a meeting with investigators looking into the crash. Excerpt from: Tiger Woods cancels tournament appearance

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Bankruptcies spike 33%

The total number of bankruptcies filed in the third quarter surged 33% in 2009 and is at the highest level since 2005, according to data released Wednesday. Read more: Bankruptcies spike 33%

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U.S. Fund for Bank Deposit Insurance Falls Into the Red

It was the first time the F.D.I.C. fund’s balance has been negative since the early 1990s, as the pace of bank failures accelerated in the third quarter. Go here to read the rest: U.S. Fund for Bank Deposit Insurance Falls Into the Red

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U.S. Q3 economic growth revised down, house prices up

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy grew more slowly than first thought in the third quarter, but house prices rose for the fifth month in September and U.S. Read more: U.S. Q3 economic growth revised down, house prices up

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U.S. Q3 economic growth revised down, house prices up (Reuters)

Reuters – The U.S. economy grew more slowly than first thought in the third quarter, but house prices rose for the fifth month in September and U.S. consumer confidence was up in November in data published on Thursday, suggesting a slow economic recovery is still intact. Excerpt from: U.S. Q3 …

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Banks Still Ailing, FDIC Insurance Fund Negative

Banks earned $2.8 billion in the third quarter, but loan balances plummeted and the fund that insures their deposits had a negative balance of $8.2 billion. Souring loans continued to hurt bank balance sheets, but they were buoyed by higher operating revenues and a revived market for securities, the …

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Earnings rise in U.S. banking industry, but bad assets could push them back down

The FDIC says net income grew $2.8 billion in the third quarter, but end-of-the-year writedowns could cause it to drop in the fourth quarter. Read more: Earnings rise in U.S. banking industry, but bad assets could push them back down

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FDIC fund falls into the red, Bair urges lending (Reuters)

Reuters – The fund used to safeguard U.S. bank deposits dropped to a negative balance of $8.2 billion in the third quarter, the first shortfall since 1992, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Tuesday. Read more from the original source: FDIC fund falls into the red, Bair urges lending …

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MUFG profit up 59 percent, scales back Morgan plan

TOKYO (Reuters) – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group posted a 59 percent rise in quarterly profit helped by stronger lending, becoming the third major Japanese bank to post market-beating results, in a sign that Tokyo’s lenders may now be on the mend. Read the rest here: MUFG profit up 59 percent, scales …

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Mortgage delinquencies hit another record in 3Q

NEW YORK – (AP) The good news is that the pace at which people fell behind on their mortgages slowed during the summer for the third quarter in a row. The bad news is the overall delinquency rate in the U.S. hit another record. For the three months ended Sept. 30, 6.25 percent &hel

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