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How did the special session add up for Oregon’s economy? - Statesman Journal
When Oregon lawmakers opened their session four weeks ago, they pledged that creating jobs and helping families in this economic downturn were their top priorities. When the session ended last week, leaders of the Democratic majorities were

Tax trap - Memphis Commercial Appeal
For years, Sharon Harper went to a well-known tax preparer, with storefronts all around town, to have her taxes prepared. Last year, she spent $389 to have her taxes done, and that wasn’t even to get a rapid refund anticipation loan, the worst

Fast Cash for the Unemployed –Immediate Solution For You - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 28, 2010 – Fast cash for the unemployed is great creditable resolution to exterminate the short term monetary tribulations of the needy jobless persons. As such fast cash for the unemployed is offered at a bit high

Recession has delivered hard blow to midstate’s commercial real - Macon Telegraph
The commercial real estate industry in Middle Georgia took a powerful hit in 2009, and some say it will take years to see a significant improvement. Various pieces of property slated for big shopping complexes a couple of years ago, are overgrown

MARK BENNETT: Those little pieces of plastic can create debt heavier - Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — It’s hard to fear something so tiny, so shiny. A mere sliver of plastic, 2 inches tall, 31⁄2 inches wide, weighing less than a quarter of a ounce. Kittens look more dangerous. But a credit card can create debt heavier than many

PhillyDeals: Going nuclear, with a government guarantee - Philadelphia Daily News
When banks don’t volunteer, taxpayers get drafted. President Obama wants to increase government-loan subsidies for a wide range of cash-hungry employers: Electric car factories. Small businesses. Nuclear power plants. Even grocery stores. Many of

Editorial: Rough road for loan limits - Memphis Commercial Appeal
It seems like it is a cause that has popularity in the community, but with the influence of money and heavy lobbying it’s hard to get any traction at all Thomas explores the abuses of income tax return lenders and other elements of an industry

For Buyout Kingpins, the TXU Utility Deal Gets Tricky - Herald Tribune
IN the fall of 2007, nerves were fraying on Wall Street. Billions of dollars promised to private equity firms to finance an epic acquisition spree were threatened, and banks wanted dealmakers to share the pain. Renegotiate the loans, the banks said

Keep Uncle Sam away from earnings - The Sun News
If you are feeling proud of the tax refund you snared after a weekend of working on taxes, I have some bad news for you. You might have blown it. April 15 is right around the corner. If a chill just went down your spine, chances are you haven’t yet

How did the special session add up for Oregon’s economy? - Statesman Journal
When Oregon lawmakers opened their session four weeks ago, they pledged that creating jobs and helping families in this economic downturn were their top priorities. When the session ended last week, leaders of the Democratic majorities were

Tax trap - Memphis Commercial Appeal
For years, Sharon Harper went to a well-known tax preparer, with storefronts all around town, to have her taxes prepared. Last year, she spent $389 to have her taxes done, and that wasn’t even to get a rapid refund anticipation loan, the worst

Fast Cash for the Unemployed –Immediate Solution For You - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 28, 2010 – Fast cash for the unemployed is great creditable resolution to exterminate the short term monetary tribulations of the needy jobless persons. As such fast cash for the unemployed is offered at a bit high

Recession has delivered hard blow to midstate’s commercial real - Macon Telegraph
The commercial real estate industry in Middle Georgia took a powerful hit in 2009, and some say it will take years to see a significant improvement. Various pieces of property slated for big shopping complexes a couple of years ago, are overgrown

MARK BENNETT: Those little pieces of plastic can create debt heavier - Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — It’s hard to fear something so tiny, so shiny. A mere sliver of plastic, 2 inches tall, 31⁄2 inches wide, weighing less than a quarter of a ounce. Kittens look more dangerous. But a credit card can create debt heavier than many

PhillyDeals: Going nuclear, with a government guarantee - Philadelphia Daily News
When banks don’t volunteer, taxpayers get drafted. President Obama wants to increase government-loan subsidies for a wide range of cash-hungry employers: Electric car factories. Small businesses. Nuclear power plants. Even grocery stores. Many of

Editorial: Rough road for loan limits - Memphis Commercial Appeal
It seems like it is a cause that has popularity in the community, but with the influence of money and heavy lobbying it’s hard to get any traction at all Thomas explores the abuses of income tax return lenders and other elements of an industry

For Buyout Kingpins, the TXU Utility Deal Gets Tricky - Herald Tribune
IN the fall of 2007, nerves were fraying on Wall Street. Billions of dollars promised to private equity firms to finance an epic acquisition spree were threatened, and banks wanted dealmakers to share the pain. Renegotiate the loans, the banks said

Keep Uncle Sam away from earnings - The Sun News
If you are feeling proud of the tax refund you snared after a weekend of working on taxes, I have some bad news for you. You might have blown it. April 15 is right around the corner. If a chill just went down your spine, chances are you haven’t yet

The next shoe? Underwater commercial loans could hamper economic - MLive.com
“Crisis” is the word many are associating with the way things may play out. Commercial real estate loans typically are amortized over 15 years, but come due in five-year terms. Under normal circumstances, based on cash flow and collateral

TICs have lost that loving feeling - San Francisco Chronicle
Tenancies in common, AKA TICs, were once billed as panacea for the sickness that is SF real estate prices. First of all, properties of this classification have traditionally been less expensive than non TIC options. And because the buyers would pool

Pension costs a threat in Europe - Marketplace.publicradio.org
Both have been hit hard by the financial crisis He says otherwise, governments have to borrow more money. But lenders are already wary because of the Greek debt crisis. And that crisis is already making rating agencies like S&P take a look at

Can you establish good credit without a credit card? - Walletpop.com
One of the effects of the Credit CARD Act of 2009 may be that it’s going to get tougher for younger people to get credit. Depending on your point of view, this could either be wonderful or terrible news. I tend to see it as great news, because it’ll

Justices want 90 new Fla. trial court judgeships - Palm Beach Interactive
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Justice is being delayed by court system spending cuts totaling 10 percent over the last three budget years and growing caseloads, including an explosion of foreclosure filings, the Florida Supreme Court said in asking lawmakers

The next shoe? Underwater commercial loans could hamper economic - MLive.com
“Crisis” is the word many are associating with the way things may play out. Commercial real estate loans typically are amortized over 15 years, but come due in five-year terms. Under normal circumstances, based on cash flow and collateral

TICs have lost that loving feeling - San Francisco Chronicle
Tenancies in common, AKA TICs, were once billed as panacea for the sickness that is SF real estate prices. First of all, properties of this classification have traditionally been less expensive than non TIC options. And because the buyers would pool

Pension costs a threat in Europe - Marketplace.publicradio.org
Both have been hit hard by the financial crisis He says otherwise, governments have to borrow more money. But lenders are already wary because of the Greek debt crisis. And that crisis is already making rating agencies like S&P take a look at

Can you establish good credit without a credit card? - Walletpop.com
One of the effects of the Credit CARD Act of 2009 may be that it’s going to get tougher for younger people to get credit. Depending on your point of view, this could either be wonderful or terrible news. I tend to see it as great news, because it’ll

Justices want 90 new Fla. trial court judgeships - Palm Beach Interactive
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Justice is being delayed by court system spending cuts totaling 10 percent over the last three budget years and growing caseloads, including an explosion of foreclosure filings, the Florida Supreme Court said in asking lawmakers

For some, mortgage relief ends up costing more - St. Petersburg Times
In 2008, Southwest Airlines flight attendant Kevin Parker slammed his shoulder so hard during severe turbulence that he was out of work for months. His lender, Bank of America, allowed him to skip payments on his St. Petersburg home for 90 days. But

Hackensack horseman finds business not stable - NorthJersey.com
Ahmed Zayat had already savored success when he turned to thoroughbred racing. A Harvard graduate and former executive for a New York real estate mogul, he made a name in his native Egypt by purchasing a run-down government brewery in the 1990s and

For contracting firms, the recovery is still a ways off - Austin American-Statesman
Work is continuing in Central Texas, where Salvador Mata helped ready a sidewalk at the Round Rock Higher Education Center, the future home of a Texas State University nursing complex. The builder on the project, Oklahoma-based Flintco, is preparing

Trying to save your home? Rent a room - Buffalo News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Reeling from the recession’s one-two-three-punch of job woes, climbing mortgage payments and evaporating equity, desperate homeowners are dipping into a nearby income stream to avoid foreclosure: That bedroom just down the hall

President Obama Addresses Joint Session of Congress - Washington Post
I’ve come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here. I know that for many Americans watching right now, the state of our economy is

From Apprentice to chairman - Age
had a brilliant new technology to revolutionise a profitable niche industry that came unstuck when it was unable to make interest payments on a $24 million loan during the credit crisis mortgage lender Wizard Home Loans to become host of the

Olive: China’s building bubble about to burst - Toronto Star
Frenzied developers with access to cheap money are creating a glut of premium office space and luxury apartments, priced at about 80 times the average income of the city’s residents. Prospective middle-class homeowners, in panic-buying mode, are

Bailout Anger Undermines Geithner - Wall Street Journal
Mr. Geithner also has pushed for banks to repay government funds (making them raise private capital instead) in defiance of some lawmakers and government watchdogs who said the firms should remain under Treasury’s thumb until they resume lending to

Oregon nursery industry hits historic slump - San Francisco Chronicle
Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, David Niklas feels the quickening of spring as the season ramps up at his wholesale nursery in a farming community south of Portland. Niklas and his workers busily package plants for shipment. These

Horizon 2010: Real estate prices to stabilize - The Sun News
The worst is over in the Grand Strand real estate market, with 2010 bringing continued sales increases and price stabilization, according to industry professionals. “I think it’s just going to be a slow uphill climb the rest of the year to get back

For some, mortgage relief ends up costing more - St. Petersburg Times
In 2008, Southwest Airlines flight attendant Kevin Parker slammed his shoulder so hard during severe turbulence that he was out of work for months. His lender, Bank of America, allowed him to skip payments on his St. Petersburg home for 90 days. But

Hackensack horseman finds business not stable - NorthJersey.com
Ahmed Zayat had already savored success when he turned to thoroughbred racing. A Harvard graduate and former executive for a New York real estate mogul, he made a name in his native Egypt by purchasing a run-down government brewery in the 1990s and

For contracting firms, the recovery is still a ways off - Austin American-Statesman
Work is continuing in Central Texas, where Salvador Mata helped ready a sidewalk at the Round Rock Higher Education Center, the future home of a Texas State University nursing complex. The builder on the project, Oklahoma-based Flintco, is preparing

Trying to save your home? Rent a room - Buffalo News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Reeling from the recession’s one-two-three-punch of job woes, climbing mortgage payments and evaporating equity, desperate homeowners are dipping into a nearby income stream to avoid foreclosure: That bedroom just down the hall

President Obama Addresses Joint Session of Congress - Washington Post
I’ve come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here. I know that for many Americans watching right now, the state of our economy is

From Apprentice to chairman - Age
had a brilliant new technology to revolutionise a profitable niche industry that came unstuck when it was unable to make interest payments on a $24 million loan during the credit crisis mortgage lender Wizard Home Loans to become host of the

Olive: China’s building bubble about to burst - Toronto Star
Frenzied developers with access to cheap money are creating a glut of premium office space and luxury apartments, priced at about 80 times the average income of the city’s residents. Prospective middle-class homeowners, in panic-buying mode, are

Bailout Anger Undermines Geithner - Wall Street Journal
Mr. Geithner also has pushed for banks to repay government funds (making them raise private capital instead) in defiance of some lawmakers and government watchdogs who said the firms should remain under Treasury’s thumb until they resume lending to

Oregon nursery industry hits historic slump - San Francisco Chronicle
Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, David Niklas feels the quickening of spring as the season ramps up at his wholesale nursery in a farming community south of Portland. Niklas and his workers busily package plants for shipment. These

Horizon 2010: Real estate prices to stabilize - The Sun News
The worst is over in the Grand Strand real estate market, with 2010 bringing continued sales increases and price stabilization, according to industry professionals. “I think it’s just going to be a slow uphill climb the rest of the year to get back

Follow the Money - It’s Going to China - Town Hall
The other day, President Barack Obama met with the Tibetan Dali Lama in the White House—doing so in the Map Room as opposed to the Oval Office in an apparent attempt to mute any “official” aura for the meeting. It was sort of like trying to

For contracting firms, the recovery is still a ways off - Austin American-Statesman
Work is continuing in Central Texas, where Salvador Mata helped ready a sidewalk at the Round Rock Higher Education Center, the future home of a Texas State University nursing complex. The builder on the project, Oklahoma-based Flintco, is preparing

Horizon 2010: Real estate prices to stabilize - The Sun News
The worst is over in the Grand Strand real estate market, with 2010 bringing continued sales increases and price stabilization, according to industry professionals. “I think it’s just going to be a slow uphill climb the rest of the year to get back

A year later, reality sets in on housing - NWI.com
Only about $15 million in incentive money has been paid to more than 100 participating mortgage companies Borrowers must make three payments on time before the modification becomes permanent. Monthly payments for borrowers in the program have

Many underwater homeowners overpay to stay - Kansas City Star
Strategic default . Two words that could set you free. Or seal your doom. When you took out a $200,000 mortgage to buy that house three years ago it felt like the home would pay for itself. The value seemed bound for $300,000 in no time. You would be

For some, mortgage relief ends up costing more - St. Petersburg Times
In 2008, Southwest Airlines flight attendant Kevin Parker slammed his shoulder so hard during severe turbulence that he was out of work for months. His lender, Bank of America, allowed him to skip payments on his St. Petersburg home for 90 days. But

Condominium market in the doldrums - Missoulian
reasons banks are pulling back, of course, relate to federal regulations that came about after too many lenders made real estate loans that went belly-up. The condominium market fell especially hard requirements before a lender can make

A year later, reality sets in as housing program fails to deliver - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
WASHINGTON - The new president climbed aboard Air Force One a year ago for a trip to Phoenix to reveal his strategy for attacking the housing crisis. It was a signal moment in the buoyant early days of Barack Obama’s administration. The plan, Obama

Follow the Money - It’s Going to China - Town Hall
The other day, President Barack Obama met with the Tibetan Dali Lama in the White House—doing so in the Map Room as opposed to the Oval Office in an apparent attempt to mute any “official” aura for the meeting. It was sort of like trying to

For contracting firms, the recovery is still a ways off - Austin American-Statesman
Work is continuing in Central Texas, where Salvador Mata helped ready a sidewalk at the Round Rock Higher Education Center, the future home of a Texas State University nursing complex. The builder on the project, Oklahoma-based Flintco, is preparing

Horizon 2010: Real estate prices to stabilize - The Sun News
The worst is over in the Grand Strand real estate market, with 2010 bringing continued sales increases and price stabilization, according to industry professionals. “I think it’s just going to be a slow uphill climb the rest of the year to get back

A year later, reality sets in on housing - NWI.com
Only about $15 million in incentive money has been paid to more than 100 participating mortgage companies Borrowers must make three payments on time before the modification becomes permanent. Monthly payments for borrowers in the program have

Many underwater homeowners overpay to stay - Kansas City Star
Strategic default . Two words that could set you free. Or seal your doom. When you took out a $200,000 mortgage to buy that house three years ago it felt like the home would pay for itself. The value seemed bound for $300,000 in no time. You would be

For some, mortgage relief ends up costing more - St. Petersburg Times
In 2008, Southwest Airlines flight attendant Kevin Parker slammed his shoulder so hard during severe turbulence that he was out of work for months. His lender, Bank of America, allowed him to skip payments on his St. Petersburg home for 90 days. But

Condominium market in the doldrums - Missoulian
reasons banks are pulling back, of course, relate to federal regulations that came about after too many lenders made real estate loans that went belly-up. The condominium market fell especially hard requirements before a lender can make

A year later, reality sets in as housing program fails to deliver - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
WASHINGTON - The new president climbed aboard Air Force One a year ago for a trip to Phoenix to reveal his strategy for attacking the housing crisis. It was a signal moment in the buoyant early days of Barack Obama’s administration. The plan, Obama

Big firms ’stocking up’ on cheap credit, but small businesses still - Crain’s Chicago Business
When it comes to borrowing money, it pays to be big nowadays — literally. As the economy limps from recession into recovery, the nation’s biggest companies are having much more success than their smaller counterparts in prying open the credit vault

A Matter Of Opinion - The Spokesman-Review
Gary D Rhodes on February 10 at 10:19 a.m. I remember all the fuss and consternation by the MSM about Nixon’s incursions into Laos and cambodia in the early 70’s. But there seems to be little outrage about Obama’s war in Pakistan. Gary D Rhodes on

Alice in Debtorland: Why the Red Queen’s Race Is Worth Recalling - Daily Finance
holders (both the owners of assets such as homes, and the lenders who hold loans lines of credit. Let’s return to our hypothetical house, once valued at $500,000. Back when it was purchased, at the peak, a mortgage of 80% loan-to-value or

For Olympic Bobsledder, Real Life Is a Downhill Slide - Wall Street Journal
Schuffenhauer vowed to retire afterward and start earning money. He soon found himself selling payroll services for Wells Fargo & Co. in Utah. The job suited him well enough, he says, and Wells Fargo confirms he was a valued salesman.

Foreclosures bleed area’s local lenders - TMCnet
with its Colorado affiliate, a Sonora bank is selling stock has lost money every quarter for the past two years. To shore it up, Woods said the Colorado-based Community Bankshares in January shifted money to the Tracy bank “to make it well

Dynamic Materials Corporation - Remembering Fresh Roadkill - GuruFocus
One of the things we are always looking for when we drift around the web, is something eye catching. Certainly the web is full of the things intended to catch your eye, but in our case, we are trying to find things that catch our investment eye. Some

My Top 10: Greatest Presidents - DAILY KOS
I doubt this selection really needs explanation. Won the Civil War. Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation. Saved the Union. Unfortunately, he gave birth to the Republican Party, a scourge on our nation to this day. Federal Deposit Insurance

Nick Coleman: This year’s hot home show dashes dreams - Minneapolis Star Tribune
For as long as I can remember, the big convention centers in the Twin Cities have offered a revolving showcase of the American “dream”: Boat shows, car shows, vacation shows and home shows — the material promises of the good life. The dream still

Big firms ’stocking up’ on cheap credit, but small businesses still - Crain’s Chicago Business
When it comes to borrowing money, it pays to be big nowadays — literally. As the economy limps from recession into recovery, the nation’s biggest companies are having much more success than their smaller counterparts in prying open the credit vault

A Matter Of Opinion - The Spokesman-Review
Gary D Rhodes on February 10 at 10:19 a.m. I remember all the fuss and consternation by the MSM about Nixon’s incursions into Laos and cambodia in the early 70’s. But there seems to be little outrage about Obama’s war in Pakistan. Gary D Rhodes on

Alice in Debtorland: Why the Red Queen’s Race Is Worth Recalling - Daily Finance
holders (both the owners of assets such as homes, and the lenders who hold loans lines of credit. Let’s return to our hypothetical house, once valued at $500,000. Back when it was purchased, at the peak, a mortgage of 80% loan-to-value or

For Olympic Bobsledder, Real Life Is a Downhill Slide - Wall Street Journal
Schuffenhauer vowed to retire afterward and start earning money. He soon found himself selling payroll services for Wells Fargo & Co. in Utah. The job suited him well enough, he says, and Wells Fargo confirms he was a valued salesman.

Foreclosures bleed area’s local lenders - TMCnet
with its Colorado affiliate, a Sonora bank is selling stock has lost money every quarter for the past two years. To shore it up, Woods said the Colorado-based Community Bankshares in January shifted money to the Tracy bank “to make it well

Dynamic Materials Corporation - Remembering Fresh Roadkill - GuruFocus
One of the things we are always looking for when we drift around the web, is something eye catching. Certainly the web is full of the things intended to catch your eye, but in our case, we are trying to find things that catch our investment eye. Some

My Top 10: Greatest Presidents - DAILY KOS
I doubt this selection really needs explanation. Won the Civil War. Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation. Saved the Union. Unfortunately, he gave birth to the Republican Party, a scourge on our nation to this day. Federal Deposit Insurance

Nick Coleman: This year’s hot home show dashes dreams - Minneapolis Star Tribune
For as long as I can remember, the big convention centers in the Twin Cities have offered a revolving showcase of the American “dream”: Boat shows, car shows, vacation shows and home shows — the material promises of the good life. The dream still

Small companies, big squeeze - ReportonBusiness.com
New York — More than four months have passed since Deborah Smook began searching for financing for her small packaging business – four months of false starts and dead ends. That’s how she ended up here, under the fluorescent lights of a cafeteria

Building societies warned of a threat to their finances - BBC Business
Some building societies face a “possibly life-threatening” fight for savers’ money, the Moody’s ratings agency has warned. Last week, mortgage lenders said they would face a shortfall of more than £300bn when banks had to start repaying emergency

Top priority: the bottom line - InternetRetailer.com
That led some to reduce costs, often laying off workers, as well as cutting marketing spend that wasn’t paying off, exiting money-losing side businesses lower prices for materials like steel that make up a big part of its inventory

Avoid making a hasty homebuying decision just so you won’t miss $8,000 - New York Daily News
Super spots far from it - but Dave, O and Jay save day Chatzky: 5 tax tips for the unemployed Super Bowl viewers liked former Golden Girl star Betty White’s Snickers ad best, says poll Baker’s mob hit sentence overturned - for the 2nd time Louis

Dubai Drives Hard Bargain for Banks - Wall Street Journal
For Dubai World’s creditors, indignity piles upon indignity. News that the troubled state-controlled conglomerate plans to repay its lenders a meager 60 cents for every U.S. dollar they are owed is yet another blow for lenders who until four months

Small companies, big squeeze - ReportonBusiness.com
New York — More than four months have passed since Deborah Smook began searching for financing for her small packaging business – four months of false starts and dead ends. That’s how she ended up here, under the fluorescent lights of a cafeteria

Building societies warned of a threat to their finances - BBC Business
Some building societies face a “possibly life-threatening” fight for savers’ money, the Moody’s ratings agency has warned. Last week, mortgage lenders said they would face a shortfall of more than £300bn when banks had to start repaying emergency

Top priority: the bottom line - InternetRetailer.com
That led some to reduce costs, often laying off workers, as well as cutting marketing spend that wasn’t paying off, exiting money-losing side businesses lower prices for materials like steel that make up a big part of its inventory

Avoid making a hasty homebuying decision just so you won’t miss $8,000 - New York Daily News
Super spots far from it - but Dave, O and Jay save day Chatzky: 5 tax tips for the unemployed Super Bowl viewers liked former Golden Girl star Betty White’s Snickers ad best, says poll Baker’s mob hit sentence overturned - for the 2nd time Louis

Dubai Drives Hard Bargain for Banks - Wall Street Journal
For Dubai World’s creditors, indignity piles upon indignity. News that the troubled state-controlled conglomerate plans to repay its lenders a meager 60 cents for every U.S. dollar they are owed is yet another blow for lenders who until four months

The wealth of the nation (& of politicians) — Atiya Achakulwisut - The Malaysian Insider
FEB 16 — I warn you. This column will be a little about my resentment as a private citizen and a lot about money and our usually rich politicians. What did you expect? I have just completed my tax returns. Looking at the amount I contribute to the

Rescue loans pass many by: Rebuffed by banks like others, Amherst deli - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Amanda Duckworth, UMass junior, sits in a new area that was formerly the deli’s bakery display and cash register station. Nick Seamon takes orders during the noon rush at his Amherst deli, The Black Sheep. AMHERST - It’s no secret bank lending has

Unemployment benefits, canceled debt trigger tax bills - USA Today
You’ve lost your job, you’re underwater on your mortgage, and you keep receiving annoying postcards from your globe-trotting neighbors, who are currently touring the Galapagos Islands . What else could go wrong? Here’s what: You could find yourself

The wealth of the nation (& of politicians) — Atiya Achakulwisut - The Malaysian Insider
FEB 16 — I warn you. This column will be a little about my resentment as a private citizen and a lot about money and our usually rich politicians. What did you expect? I have just completed my tax returns. Looking at the amount I contribute to the

Rescue loans pass many by: Rebuffed by banks like others, Amherst deli - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Amanda Duckworth, UMass junior, sits in a new area that was formerly the deli’s bakery display and cash register station. Nick Seamon takes orders during the noon rush at his Amherst deli, The Black Sheep. AMHERST - It’s no secret bank lending has

Unemployment benefits, canceled debt trigger tax bills - USA Today
You’ve lost your job, you’re underwater on your mortgage, and you keep receiving annoying postcards from your globe-trotting neighbors, who are currently touring the Galapagos Islands . What else could go wrong? Here’s what: You could find yourself

He flashed badge in ‘08 OWI - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb. 12, 2010 8:38 p.m. | An off-duty Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy who was unresponsive and appeared to be intoxicated when he was found behind the wheel of a car that was parked on a West Allis street last week is the same deputy who showed his

States turn to commercial properties for cash - Pioneer Press
companies and other institutional investors are eager to scoop up properties that offer the prospect of a steady return on their investment, said Jeff Friedman, principal at Mesa West Capital LLC., a private commercial real estate lender based

US faces long commitment in Haiti - Saudi Gazette
President Barack Obama jumped in to help Haiti after its disastrous earthquake, but with experts saying it will take 10 years and billions of dollars to fix the shattered country, the United States faces another long-term commitment in a foreign

Stressed out: waiting for the bubble to burst - Sydney Morning Herald
The rise in the number of Australian households who are in so much difficulty with their mortgage repayments that they are facing selling up - or being sold The lenders to the deal included the world’s savviest property speculators, such as the

China’s Central Bank Hits Brake on Hot Economy - New York Times
HONG KONG — As most countries agonize over how to keep their barely reviving economies growing, China is already looking to slam on the brakes. China’s central bank moved late Friday to reduce lending to companies and individuals by requiring

Sheridan offers details on some of his travel - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Records released Friday also show Sheridan collected expenses from both the state and his campaign for a $320 flight to California in November. Sheridan reimbursed the state $631 Friday to cover the flight and costs he incurred by staying in

RBS and Lloyds to escape sanction - Financial Times
The UK’s two rescued banks look set to escape tough sanctions from the government, even though they will fall a long way short of the business lending targets imposed as a condition of the taxpayer support they received a year ago. Royal Bank of

He flashed badge in ‘08 OWI - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb. 12, 2010 8:38 p.m. | An off-duty Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy who was unresponsive and appeared to be intoxicated when he was found behind the wheel of a car that was parked on a West Allis street last week is the same deputy who showed his

States turn to commercial properties for cash - Pioneer Press
companies and other institutional investors are eager to scoop up properties that offer the prospect of a steady return on their investment, said Jeff Friedman, principal at Mesa West Capital LLC., a private commercial real estate lender based

US faces long commitment in Haiti - Saudi Gazette
President Barack Obama jumped in to help Haiti after its disastrous earthquake, but with experts saying it will take 10 years and billions of dollars to fix the shattered country, the United States faces another long-term commitment in a foreign

Stressed out: waiting for the bubble to burst - Sydney Morning Herald
The rise in the number of Australian households who are in so much difficulty with their mortgage repayments that they are facing selling up - or being sold The lenders to the deal included the world’s savviest property speculators, such as the

China’s Central Bank Hits Brake on Hot Economy - New York Times
HONG KONG — As most countries agonize over how to keep their barely reviving economies growing, China is already looking to slam on the brakes. China’s central bank moved late Friday to reduce lending to companies and individuals by requiring

Sheridan offers details on some of his travel - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Records released Friday also show Sheridan collected expenses from both the state and his campaign for a $320 flight to California in November. Sheridan reimbursed the state $631 Friday to cover the flight and costs he incurred by staying in

RBS and Lloyds to escape sanction - Financial Times
The UK’s two rescued banks look set to escape tough sanctions from the government, even though they will fall a long way short of the business lending targets imposed as a condition of the taxpayer support they received a year ago. Royal Bank of

January home sales up 2.4% in four-county area - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb. 10, 2010 1:54 p.m. | Sales of existing homes in the four-county Milwaukee metro area rose 2.4% in January compared with the same month a year ago - a small increase that real estate professionals say shows the market still has a lot of room for

Hecker indictment centers on allegations of doctored loan documents - Pioneer Press
A long-awaited grand jury indictment issued today accuses former Twin Cities’ auto mogul Denny Hecker of scheming with one of his employees to defraud lenders of millions of dollars, covering up the crime and using the money to fund his extravagant

January home sales up 2.4% in four-county area - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb. 10, 2010 1:54 p.m. | Sales of existing homes in the four-county Milwaukee metro area rose 2.4% in January compared with the same month a year ago - a small increase that real estate professionals say shows the market still has a lot of room for

Hecker indictment centers on allegations of doctored loan documents - Pioneer Press
A long-awaited grand jury indictment issued today accuses former Twin Cities’ auto mogul Denny Hecker of scheming with one of his employees to defraud lenders of millions of dollars, covering up the crime and using the money to fund his extravagant

The Education of John Jay - City Journal
First chief justice and Federalist Papers coauthor John Jay’s greatest legacy was setting the future course of American foreign policy. F ew could fathom why 55-year-old John Jay turned down President Adams’s nomination to rejoin the Supreme

The Hindu - Hindu
The see-no-evil approach to second mortgages is part of an overall denial on the part of policymakers, politicians, bankers and regulators that has prolonged the agony of the crisis. BOOM AND BUST: A building under construction in Madrid. Spain’s

PLAN TO PROTECT DEBTORS’ HOMES - Daily Express
BORROWERS could be protected from losing their home if they fall behind on credit card or loan payments, under new proposals from the Ministry of Justice. It suggested setting a minimum level of debt before a court can order the sale of a home. Under

Bad Credit Loans – Timing is Crucial - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 07, 2010 – Analysts at CreditPlain.com report that now is one of the best times to borrow money from banks or financial institutions. They report that this is in part because of the low interest rates that dominate

More consumers just say no to credit cards - USA Today
Emily Maddox, 24, of Knoxville , Tenn., is the kind of customer credit card companies covet. She has a good job as an Internet marketing coordinator, and she lives within her means. But she’s never had a credit card, and she has no plans to apply for

Interview with Treasury Secretary Geithner - RealClearPolitics
JAKE TAPPER: The latest jobs numbers are disappointing in a lot of ways. Larry Summers was on this broadcast in December and he said that the economy would be creating jobs by the spring. Do you still believe that to be true? TIMOTHY GEITHNER

Letters From Readers: Feb. 8 - Journal Times
Wisconsin is one of a three states in the nation with no interest rate caps. Hard-working Wisconsin residents are paying millions of dollars in excessive fees to payday lenders. Predatory payday lenders profit with interest rates of 500 percent or

Land of the fee - Herald-Palladium
Like a lot of Americans these days, Betty Lark can’t always make it from paycheck to paycheck, so she took out a payday loan. “The recession is really bad,” Lark, a certified nurse’s assistant, said Jan. 26 as she applied for a second consecutive

The Education of John Jay - City Journal
First chief justice and Federalist Papers coauthor John Jay’s greatest legacy was setting the future course of American foreign policy. F ew could fathom why 55-year-old John Jay turned down President Adams’s nomination to rejoin the Supreme

The Hindu - Hindu
The see-no-evil approach to second mortgages is part of an overall denial on the part of policymakers, politicians, bankers and regulators that has prolonged the agony of the crisis. BOOM AND BUST: A building under construction in Madrid. Spain’s

PLAN TO PROTECT DEBTORS’ HOMES - Daily Express
BORROWERS could be protected from losing their home if they fall behind on credit card or loan payments, under new proposals from the Ministry of Justice. It suggested setting a minimum level of debt before a court can order the sale of a home. Under

Bad Credit Loans – Timing is Crucial - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 07, 2010 – Analysts at CreditPlain.com report that now is one of the best times to borrow money from banks or financial institutions. They report that this is in part because of the low interest rates that dominate

More consumers just say no to credit cards - USA Today
Emily Maddox, 24, of Knoxville , Tenn., is the kind of customer credit card companies covet. She has a good job as an Internet marketing coordinator, and she lives within her means. But she’s never had a credit card, and she has no plans to apply for

Interview with Treasury Secretary Geithner - RealClearPolitics
JAKE TAPPER: The latest jobs numbers are disappointing in a lot of ways. Larry Summers was on this broadcast in December and he said that the economy would be creating jobs by the spring. Do you still believe that to be true? TIMOTHY GEITHNER

Letters From Readers: Feb. 8 - Journal Times
Wisconsin is one of a three states in the nation with no interest rate caps. Hard-working Wisconsin residents are paying millions of dollars in excessive fees to payday lenders. Predatory payday lenders profit with interest rates of 500 percent or

Land of the fee - Herald-Palladium
Like a lot of Americans these days, Betty Lark can’t always make it from paycheck to paycheck, so she took out a payday loan. “The recession is really bad,” Lark, a certified nurse’s assistant, said Jan. 26 as she applied for a second consecutive