NY Times reporter Matt Roth writes that Wells Fargo intentionally steered minority applicants toward Sub Prime loans as a matter of policy. Other than the NYT article and Raw Story’s link to it, I’ve seen little of this in trad/cable news.
Wells Fargo was one of the most profitable large banks during the home mortgage boom. [...]
Archive for June 9th, 2009
Wells Fargo: SubPrime “Ghetto Loans” to “Mud People”
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Kenny Rankin Dies
Posted in 60s and 70s Music, 80s Rock, Entertainment, Jazz, Soup du jour, tagged acoustic music, balladiers, beautiful voices, beauty, guitarists, Kenny Rankin, life, living, Music, music art, obituary, Singers on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most beautiful voices of my lifetime has gone silent with the death at 69 of Kenny Rankin. Hardly a household name, Mr. Rankin was a “musician’s musician” who had a long career in music. A balladeer with few real peers, Rankin’s smooth, clear, mellow tones rang throughout a range he used but [...]


