Fri 2010-10-08 20:54 EDT
BofA Halts All Foreclosure Sales - WSJ.com
Bank of America is placing a moratorium on all foreclosure proceedings and sales in the U.S., amid political pressure on U.S. banks to examine foreclosure-documentation problems.
halt Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog
Advanta Halts New Credit-Card Lending (1); Big Grain Exporters Halt Foreign Sales (1); BofA Halts (1); halt America's slide (1); halt lending (1); Halted Projects (1).
Mon 2010-03-08 09:41 EST
Truthdig - Calling All Rebels
There are no constraints left to halt America's slide into a totalitarian capitalism. Electoral politics are a sham. The media have been debased and defanged by corporate owners. The working class has been impoverished and is now being plunged into profound despair. The legal system has been corrupted to serve corporate interests. Popular institutions, from labor unions to political parties, have been destroyed or emasculated by corporate power. And any form of protest, no matter how tepid, is blocked by an internal security apparatus that is starting to rival that of the East German secret police. The mounting anger and hatred, coursing through the bloodstream of the body politic, make violence and counter-violence inevitable. Brace yourself. The American empire is over. And the descent is going to be horrifying...
Fri 2009-07-24 00:00 EDT