South Florida Foreclosures Reach Crisis Levels (CBS4 Miami)
Foreclosures are up, and home sales are down. Almost everyone knows this in South Florida, but industry experts in the area say this is the worst they have ever seen. We've got some good advice for people in danger of losing their homes.

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Banco Popular Celebrates 114 Years of Service With More Than Half a Million Dollars Awarded to Community Organizations (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Banco Popular North America , one of the nation's premier community banks and a leading small business lender, today announced that it has raised more than $500,000 through the Banco Popular Foundation for more than 43 organizations across the United States.

Spector Ousted by Cayne Over Too Much Bridge, Money (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Warren Spector had been working at Bear Stearns Cos. for just four months in 1983 when the moment arrived that would make his career. Chuck Ramsey, who was in charge of the company's fledgling mortgage bond desk, had just completed a big trade.

Former St. Thomas kicker Byrum's dream a UF nightmare (Sun-Sentinel)
When Florida fans in the sixth-period analytical discourse class at St. Thomas Aquinas High wouldn't get off his back after he signed with Auburn last year, Wes Byrum had an answer.