Citizens Advice funding boost under fire - Financial Times
A £9m government funding boost for the Citizens Advice service has been exposed as a sham, after the organisation warned it would only compensate for cuts to the service implemented last year. The money - one of the few concrete measures taken by

Countrywide exec still part of jet set - Los Angeles Times
Is David Sambol, the departing president of Countrywide Financial Corp., taking one last joy ride on the company jet? A source close to the company says Sambol is leaving today on a three-week family vacation to Africa on Countrywide’s elegant

IndyMac Bancorp files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy - Earthtimes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IndyMac Bancorp Inc , once one of the largest U.S. mortgage lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection, less than three weeks after being seized by federal regulators following a bank run by depositors. The Pasadena, California

IndyMac Bancorp files to liquidate remaining assets - Boston Globe
IndyMac Bancorp Inc. , once the second-largest US independent mortgage lender, filed to liquidate its remaining assets three weeks after its bank was seized by US regulators and put under other management. IndyMac’s liabilities are between $100