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Elizabeth Warren on The Rachel Maddow Show
July 18, 2011

The sad fact that Elizabeth Warren was passed over because of partisan politics should make every consumer in America angry. We’re all tired of the political posturing by both the Republicans and the Democrats. Our country is failing – actually its falling apart because of politics! Maybe we need to tell the politicians that the Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago.

I preface with this because I’m providing you with a link to the Rachel Maddow interview with Elizabeth Warren. I had to go through a political website to find a snapshot version that cut out various segments that preceded… Continue reading →

AP Exclusive: Mortgage ‘robo-signing’ goes on
By MICHELLE CONLIN and PALLAVI GOGOI
AP Business Writers
July 19, 2011

Mortgage industry employees are still signing documents they haven’t read and using fake signatures more than eight months after big banks and mortgage companies promised to stop the illegal practices that led to a nationwide halt of home foreclosures.

County officials in at least three states say they have received thousands of mortgage documents with questionable signatures since last fall, suggesting that the practices,known collectively as “robo-signing,” remain widespread in the industry.

The documents have come from several companies that process mortgage paperwork, and have been filed on behalf of several major banks. One name, “Linda Green,” was signed almost two dozen different ways.

Lenders say they are working with regulators to fix the problem but cannot explain why it has persisted. Continue reading →