Countrywide Hires Company To Aid Its Image (KGO-TV Bay Area)
Troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. has hired a prominent public relations firm to boost its sagging image and rally employees' confidence amid layoffs and financial problems.

Countrywide ordered to provide internal records (Washington Post)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC.N) was ordered to turn over internal records to a pension fund that says the mortgage lender may have manipulated stock options granted to top executives.

Mortgage company closes office in Kent County (WWMT 3 Kalamazoo)
GRAND RAPIDS (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The nation's sub-prime mortgage mess has resulted in layoffs for employees in Kent County. Countrywide Financial's Grand Rapids office closed up shop without much warning.

Fund to Eye Countrywide Stock Grants (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A judge presiding over a lawsuit brought by a police retirement plan against Countrywide Financial Corp. has ruled the mortgage lender must turn over confidential details about the way it grants stock options.

"It's Personal" at Countrywide Financial (CFC) (Schaeffers Research)
Mortgage lender Countrywide Financial (CFC) is working to repair its image after subprime mortgage-related losses forced the company to lay off 20% of its staff...( Read More )