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• NO HOLDS BARRED: Mark Cuban, Erik Paulson, Jeff Ford, HDNet Fights, Boxing's Fall Feast

  Published: September 15, 2007, 5:54 pm

  Tags: Ultimate Fighting, No Holds Barred, Jeff Ford, Hdnet, Hdnet Fights, Ifl, Combat Sports, Mixed Martial Arts, Mma, Wrestling, Eddie Goldman, Erik Paulson, Ufc, Boxing, Mark Cuban, Grappling

  return to MMA action by Erik Paulson for the first time in seven years. He will face another veteran, Jeff Ford, who has been a kickboxing champion and a heavyweight pro boxer as well as a mixed martial arts fighter. We also spoke with both fighters on this media teleconference call.Also, we provide a glimpse at what should be a stellar,

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• Sarah Paulson Joins Frank Miller's 'The Spirit'

  Published: September 25, 2007, 11:32 am

  Tags: Dan Lauria, Danlauria, Johnny Simmons, Johnnysimmons, Louis Lombardi, Louislombardi, Sarah Paulson, Sarahpaulson, Stana Katic, Stanakatic, The Spirit, Thespirit

  has posted that Sarah Paulson is joining the cast. She will play the police commissioner's daughter, Dr. Ellen Dolan -- who is also, of course, Denny Colt/The Spirit's true love. Paulson is the actress who played Harriet Hayes on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (which got her a Golden Globe nomination), and she's also been in flicks like The

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• Bush Officials Launch Mortgage Coalition

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Officials, Launch, Mortgage, Coalition, Henry M Paulson, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, Alphonso Jackson, Barney Frank, Charles Schumer, Nadeam Elshami, Nancy Pelosi, Federal Housing Administration, Housing Policy Council, Mortgage Bankers Association, U S Hou

  Responding to the rise in foreclosures, the Bush administration yesterday announced the creation of a mortgage industry coalition to "step up efforts" to prevent people from losing their homes.

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• Paulson: Housing Likely To Adversely Affect Economy

  Published: October 16, 2007, 11:46 am

  Tags: Paulson, Housing Starts

  the WSJ: Paulson Says Housing Is Likely To Adversely Affect Economy U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson offered a sobering view Tuesday of the pressure the housing market was having across the country, saying the decline stood "as the most significant current risk to our economy." Mr. Paulson even acknowledged that problems in credit,

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• Air America Host Randi Rhodes Mugged?

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:53 pm

  Tags: Company Town, Chuck Prince, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Henry Paulson, Howard Kurtz, Isaac Mizrahi, Jack Shafer, Milberg Weiss, Morgan Stanley, Paul Steiger, Randi Rhodes, Rolex, Sandy Weill, Skadden Arps, Thakoon

  Journal/WSJ] • Henry Paulson, Treasury secretary and former Goldman homeboy, has been trying to whip top banks into shape and make them take responsibility for the credit crisis. Too bad the $100 billion bailout the banks announced looks like nothing but hype. [NYT, DealBook/NYT] LAW • Two more defendants in the landmark Milberg

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• Paulson: National System for Brokers Would Help Protect Home Buyers

  Published: October 16, 2007, 11:39 am

  Tags: Paulson, National, System, For, Brokers, Would, Help, Protect, Home, Buyers

  Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., in a speech reviewing problems in the U.S. mortgage market, said the country should improve consumer protection for home buyers and consider a national system for licensing mortgage brokers to prevent them from abusing the patchwork of state laws that...

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• Paulson: Housing is Biggest Threat to Economy

  Published: October 16, 2007, 1:45 pm

  Tags: Economy, Mortgage News Insight, Bernanke, Credit Crunch, Housing Market, Mortgage Mess, Paulson, Subprime Mortgage

  C/R likes to say). From Paulson - to you (via Market Watch): “The ongoing housing correction is not ending as quickly as it might have appeared late last year,” Paulson said in remarks prepared for delivery at Georgetown University. “And it now looks like it will continue to adversely impact our economy, our capital

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• Paulson, Bernanke Say Housing Woes May Last

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Paulson, Bernanke, Say, Housing, Woes, May, Last, Ben Bernanke, Henry M Paulson, Douglas Elmendorf, U S Department Of The Treasury, United States, U S Federal Reserve, The Thomson Corporation, Ed Rombach, Georgetown University Law Center, National Association Of Home Bui

  The immediate sense of crisis that enveloped world financial markets in August has mostly passed. But the troubles surrounding the U.S. housing market are only beginning, the nation's two top economic policymakers said in separate speeches this week.

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• Transparency Is Key To Super SIV

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Transparency, Key, Super, Siv, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, Henry M Paulson, Steven Pearlstein, Wall Street, Cayman Islands, Georgetown University, Guernsey, U S Department Of The Treasury, U S Federal Reserve

  Only on Wall Street -- and in its political annex, the U.S. Treasury -- could someone think that the way to prevent a meltdown in structured investment vehicles is to create a giant structured investment vehicle.

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• Who's the Real Heir to Sandy Weill?

  Published: October 17, 2007, 1:19 pm

  Tags: Company Town, Anya Hindmarch, Bill Keller, Cathryn Horn, Cbs, Chuck Prince, Citigroup, Henry Paulson, Jamie Dimon, Les Moonves, Marc Jacobs, New York Times, Robert Zoellick, Rupert Murdoch, Time, Victoria Beckham, Wall Street Journal

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned that we may see as many as one million home foreclosures before the end of the year. [NYT] • Want to be a hedger and a do-gooder, work a trading floor and enjoy the peace of mind of a nonprofit? Join the World Bank like former Goldman exec Robert Zoellick, and you can manage $55 billion in

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• Hope Now To Set Standards For Modifications

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:07 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Paulson, Servicers, Modifications, Metrics, Secretary, Hope, Alliance

  very well,” Secretary Paulson said. He expects members of the recently formed Hope Now to be more effective by taking an aggressive approach to loan modifications. “I expect Hope Now to develop and begin reporting these metrics to investors, policymakers, and homeowners,” Mr. Paulson said. “It is important that we all be

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• Banks Delaying The Day Of Reckoning?

  Published: October 17, 2007, 6:27 pm

  Tags: Mortgage Video, Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Hank, Paulson, Bailout, Banks, Bring, Plan, Bank

  Hank Paulson plan to bring banks together. Bank bailout? mortgage news, Mortgage Video

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• Home Building Slows to Lowest Rate Since 1993

  Published: October 18, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Home, Building, Slows, Lowest, Rate, Since, 1993, Charles W Mcmillion, Economy Com Inc, Mbg Information Services, U S Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Bernard Markstein, Celia Chen, Charles Schumer, Henry M Paulson, Neil Irwin, National Association Of Home Builders, U S D

  Housing starts nationwide sank to a 14-year low last month as concern grew about the effects the faltering industry could have on the U.S. economy.

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• Democrats Press Ahead on SCHIP

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Press, Ahead, Schip, Dana Perino, Henry M Paulson, The White House, Ohio, Tex, Bill Clinton, Charles Rangel, Chuck Grassley, Heather Wilson, Joe L Barton, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Ron Wyden, Ronald Reagan, Tony Fratto, Democratic Congressional Campaign Comm

  A failed veto override on a major children's health insurance program yesterday prompted House Democratic leaders to promise to push a new version of the bill, daring Republicans to oppose them.

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• Democrats Press Ahead on SCHIP

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Press, Ahead, Schip, Dana Perino, Henry M Paulson, The White House, Ohio, Tex, Bill Clinton, Charles Rangel, Chuck Grassley, Heather Wilson, Joe L Barton, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Ron Wyden, Ronald Reagan, Tony Fratto, Democratic Congressional Campaign Comm

  A failed veto override on a major children's health insurance program yesterday prompted House Democratic leaders to promise to push a new version of the bill, daring Republicans to oppose them.

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