The idea is to offer a place where Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking denizens of the Net -- 10 million and counting -- can comparison-shop for a mortgage, a car loan or insurance, as well as check stock quots and financial news.

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They buy some food at discounted prices through their church, but are proud they have remained current on their mortgage, home-equity loan, insurance and property taxes.

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However, now back on its feet, the headlines are that GM wants to buy back GMAC, the auto loan, real estate mortgage, insurance giant, putting it right back into the financial business in a big way.

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The Bush administration is getting in on the act, putting forth a plan allowing risky loan holders to qualify for federal mortgage insurance even if they're delinquent.

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The group proposes to lessen the risk to taxpayers through guarantee fees for mortgage-backed securities and by requiring mortgage insurance where the borrower is financing 80% or more of the loan value.

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Your monthly payments for your home equity loan, car loan, or mortgage will include the credit life insurance premiums.

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He formed Light Bioscience in March 2000, subsidizing his research and patent filings with a second mortgage on his house and a loan against his life insurance policy.

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Its aim is to allow banks to purchase government insurance that will effectively turn a 95% loan-to-value mortgage into a 70% LTV mortgage for regulatory purposes, thereby substantially reducing the capital charge for the banks.

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The Fed has also recorded a handsome profit on its emergency-lending programmes to healthy banks, as did the Treasury on its purchases of mortgage-backed securities and, so far, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on bank-loan guarantees.

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