Capstead Mortgage Corporation Declares October Dividend on Its $1.26 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS----The Board of Directors of Capstead Mortgage Corporation announced today that it will pay a regular monthly dividend of $0.105 per share on the $1.26 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B .

Capstead Mortgage Corporation Announces Closing of Public Offering of 11.5 Million Common Shares, Including the Full ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS----Capstead Mortgage Corporation announced today that on October 2, 2007 the Company closed its pubic offering of 11.5 million common shares, including a 1.5 million share over-allotment option granted to the underwriters that was exercised in full on October 1, 2007.

Fed's Fisher says credit markets on the mend (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said on Thursday that growth would slow in the fourth quarter but some of the tumult that racked global financial markets in August was subsiding.

Dallas-based Lone Star Funds buying California subprime lender 2:21 PM CT (Dallas Morning News)
Lone Star Funds, the buyout firm that backed out of its original bid for Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co., expects to complete its revised tender offer for the subprime lender tomorrow.

Morgan Stanley mortgage restructuring calls for new HQ in Irving (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Morgan Stanley will merge its three U.S. residential mortgage businesses and base the combined business in Irving.