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Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosures decline in first half of 2010
FILE 2009/DMN During the first six months of 2010, lenders foreclosed on just over 8,800 homes in the five-county area, down about 5 percent from the first half of 2009.In the face of continued economic woes, the number of homes seized by lenders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the first six months of the year has fallen to the lowest number since 2007. And while any decline in the number of ...

Florida’s High-Speed Answer to a Foreclosure Mess
Florida has set up foreclosures-only courts to reduce the state’s huge backlog of cases, but borrowers’ lawyers are critical of the process.

Ft. Worth man steals from War Memorial charity
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The Texas attorney general has filed suit against a north Texas man accused of setting up a charitable fund to build a war memorial but using the money to pay his mortgage and utility bills.  

5 things to know before buying credit life
Credit life insurance is for borrowers of auto or mortgage loans. But is it worth the cost?

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Five major FW public companies acquired in 2010
When I heard the unexpected news on July 22 that General Motors would acquire Fort Worth-based AmeriCredit, I was reminded of the rock group Queen’s song, Another One Bites the Dust. As the accompanying table shows, this year Fort Worth will see five of its top public companies be acquired by other larger businesses.

College Sports Capsules: Drexel moves on from arrest
He loved the sights, sounds and competitive basketball Drexel experienced on last week's tour of Turkey that let Flint, the Dragons' 10th-year coach, get an early look at an unexpected new lineup.

Where the sales are: Local home market still thriving
News of a recent 27 percent drop in housing sales in July has captured headlines across the country and painted a gloomy outlook for the nation's economic recovery, but the news is not all doom and gloom for every part of the country.

Texas AG suing man over war memorial charity
Associated Press - August 31, 2010 6:35 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The Texas attorney general has filed suit against a north Texas man accused of setting up a charitable fund to build a war...

Colonial, Texas Rangers, Mexicana, Ronson, Cozumel: Bankruptcy
Bank holding company Colonial BancGroup Inc. won a major victory over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. when the bankruptcy judge in Montgomery, Alabama, ruled on Aug. 31 that Colonial hadn’t made an enforceable agreement to make up a $1 billion capital deficiency at the bank unit.