States banks reach foreclosure-abuse settlement (AP)
AP - Federal officials say the five largest mortgage lenders have reached a $25 billion settlement with 49 states over foreclosure abuses that took place after the housing bubble burst. They will have three years to fulfill the terms of the landmark deal announced Thursday.
Greek debt crisis eases but drama is not over (AP)
AP - More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.