Now spectre of negative equity stalks thousands of CAR owners (Daily Mail)

Plunging car prices are leaving thousands of motorists in 'negative equity' on their vehicle loans, experts warn.

S&P Equity Research Lifts Exco Resources Price Target (Fox News)

S&P Equity Research Lifts Exco Resources Price Target

Banks trying to cope with rise in bad loans (Chicago Tribune)

2.31% of loans nationwide non-current, highest level since 1993 First National Bank of Brookfield, like many banks nationally, was being hurt by bad loans.

For Car Companies, It Was a Year to Forget (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

General Motors closed out its centennial year having to ask the U.S. taxpayers for loans to survive. Chrysler closed out its first full year owned by a private equity firm by hiring bankruptcy lawyers. And Toyota's miserable U.S. performance led the Japanese company to project its first worldwide operating loss since the end of World War II, and to the likely ouster of its chief executive.

Credit crunch's impact worrisome as record commercial loans come due (Dallas Morning News)

A record amount of commercial real estate loans coming due in Texas and nationwide the next three years are at risk of not being renewed or refinanced, which could have dire consequences, industry leaders warn.