AP - Rates on 30-year mortgages fell slightly from last week but remained just ahead of record lows posted this month, Freddie Mac said Thursday.

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Reuters - U.S. mortgage rates fell in the latest week, nudging closer to a recent record low, helped by government efforts to bring rates down to levels that will spur demand and help the hard-hit housing market begin to recover.

Reuters - SunTrust Banks Inc posted its second straight quarterly loss, though results topped forecasts as deposit growth and higher mortgage lending offset charges tied to the collapsing real estate market.

AP - Sallie Mae, the nation's largest student lender, narrowed its loss in the first quarter, despite government efforts to stabilize short-term debt markets that Sallie Mae says hurt its results.

AP - Negotiations between the banking industry and Senate Democrats on a mortgage relief plan hit a snag Wednesday after a trade association representing credit unions said it could not endorse the proposal.

AP - Sallie Mae, the nation's largest student lender, narrowed its loss in the first quarter, despite government efforts to stabilize short-term debt markets that Sallie Mae says hurt its results.

AP - The chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, one of the mortgage giants at the heart of the nation's financial meltdown, was found dead in his basement early Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide. David Kellermann, 41, apparently hanged himself in his suburban Washington home, said a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. He asked not to be identified because the investigation was ongoing.

AP - Negotiations between the banking industry and Senate Democrats on a mortgage relief plan hit a snag Wednesday after a trade association representing credit unions said it could not endorse the proposal.

Reuters - The finance chief of troubled U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, was found dead on Wednesday after apparently committing suicide, a police source said.