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Mortgage Licensing Rules Criticized
As Maryland rolls out a new law this week requiring people who arrange mortgage loans for borrowers to be individually licensed, legislators on Capitol Hill yesterday criticized such state efforts as creating a jumbled pattern of conflicting regulations and urged federal action instead.
Kirstin Downey
Morton, Banker Who Led Olympic Bid, Is Retiring
John Morton, a longtime Bank of America executive who led the region's effort to host the 2012 Olympics, will retire from the bank today.
Ellen McCarthy
Carnival CEO: Profit Growth to Level Off
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Carnival Corp. chief executive Micky Arison said Friday that the world's top cruise operator's profit growth is nearly back at pre-Sept. 11, 2001, levels, but it should taper off as fuel costs rise.
JOHN PAIN
Ebbers Lawyers Detail Case For Overturning Conviction
An appeals court should throw out the fraud conviction of former WorldCom Inc. chief Bernard J. Ebbers because of improper jury instructions and decisions by prosecutors that kept key witnesses from testifying, defense lawyers argued yesterday.
Carrie Johnson
Ford Rethinks Supply Strategy
Ford Motor Co. yesterday outlined a new parts-buying strategy that the company said would shore up the shaky auto-supply sector.
Sholnn Freeman and Amy Joyce
Ex-Freddie Mac Chief Loses Lease
The state of Maryland Wednesday terminated a lease with former Freddie Mac chief executive Leland C. Brendsel and his wife for 98 acres of state land surrounding his estate on Wye Island, after an official determined that the lease was improperly awarded.
Annys Shin