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NBGI Private Equity shakes off Greek debt gloom
LONDON (MarketWatch) — NBGI Private Equity, the buyout arm of the National Bank of Greece SA (NBG), is shaking off the gloom attached to Greece’s debt and focusing instead on a healthy pipeline of deals as the private equity market bounces back from a long period of near-inertia.

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Equity Research on CIT Group Inc. and Capstead Mortgage Corp. – Mortgage Investment Industry Helped by Interest Rates
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Jun 28, 2011) – www.shinesrooms.com has a handpicked team of market professionals with over 100 years of combined investing experience. Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Mortgage Investment industry and are offering free analytical research on CIT Group Inc. ( NYSE : CIT ) and Capstead Mortgage Corp . ( NYSE …

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Homeowners Shift to 15-Year Refi Loans to Add Equity
Creditworthy homeowners with enough cash to lock in near record-low interest rates and shorten the length of their loans are growing in number

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RBC Prices Home-Equity Loans to Fight Consumer-Lending Drop
Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s largest lender, is starting a nationwide marketing campaign touting lower home-equity loan rates than most rivals to gain customers as it combats a slowdown in Canadian consumer lending.

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Wendy’s agrees to sell Arby’s to equity firm
Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. said Monday that it will sell a majority stake in its struggling Arby’s brand to Roark Capital Group, the Atlanta private equity firm. The move marks the end of a short-lived union between the two fast-food chains, and represents a role reversal.

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Home equity hits lowest point since World War II
WASHINGTON — Falling home prices have shrunk the equity Americans have in their homes to nearly the lowest percentage since World War II.

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Home equity near a record low
A Bank of America foreclosure notice is seen in the front window of a home in Los Angeles Thursday. WASHINGTON – Falling real estate prices are eating away at home equity. The percentage of their homes that Americans own is near its lowest point since World War II, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.

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Americans’ home equity sags to near-record low
WASHINGTON — Falling home prices have shrunk the equity Americans have in their homes to nearly the lowest percentage since World War II. Average home equity plunged from more than 61 percent at the start of 2001 to 38 percent in the January-March quarter this year, the Federal Reserve said in a report Thursday. That drop comes as home prices in big metro areas have reached their lowest level …

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Falling home prices drive equity to near-record low
Falling home prices have shrunk the equity Americans have in their homes to nearly the lowest percentage since World War II.

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Americans’ equity in their homes near a record low
Falling home prices have shrunk the equity Americans have in their homes to nearly the lowest percentage since World War II.

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