B&C News Briefs ÆHomeGold Financial is exploring a possible sale of its retail mortgage origination shop. The platform, which has been generating about $72 million a month in subprime and prime conforming mortgages, has a book value between $135 million and $170 million, the company said. The sale could become necessary as the South Carolina based lender, once known as Emergent Group, attempts to dig out of a deep financial hole. In 2001, the company