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- David Coates: The Dangers of Obama's Centrism Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:43AMWednesday's London Guardian newspaper carried a full report under the banner heading "Barack Obama battles left and right for debt ceiling agreement," documenting the...
- Business news in brief Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:28AMHome-foreclosure filings fell 67 percent in New Jersey and 31 percent in Pennsylvania during the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2010, RealtyTrac reported Thursday. Nationwide, the Irvine, Calif., company said, filings were down 29 percent.
- Banco Santander: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:20PMBy Juan Velasco. Several people have asked me lately about Banco Santander. Here are some thoughts I would like to share. Read more » »
- The Great Misdiagnosis Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:51PMImagine a doctor who administers an elaborate treatment for a man suffering from multiple broken bones, joint arthritis, and fallen foot arches. The quack doctor orders massive amounts of liquids as though he has a horrible case of dehydration.
- Real Estate Affiliate Program Offers Agents and Website Owners Nationwide with Unlimited Money-Making Opportunities Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 12:00PMForeclosure.com provides creative solutions to seamlessly integrate its more than 2 million distressed real estate listings into other online destinations
- The One Stimulus Government Hasn't Tried Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:18AMLawmakers should face the facts: Intervention is hurting, not helping, the economy.
- Brazilians Buy Miami Condos at Bargain Prices as Real Gains 45% Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 12:29PMFrederico Azevedo went to Florida looking for a second home. He left with three, paying $300,000 and $500,000 for condos in two Miami towers, and $1 million for a unit at the Trump International resort in nearby Sunny Isles.
- Nevada Realtors report homeowners fared well in Legislature this year Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 12:55AMThe recently concluded session of the Nevada Legislature was a good one for local homeowners, according to leaders of the Nevada Association of Realtors (NVAR).
- Brazilians Buy Miami Condos at Bargain Prices After 45% Surge in Currency Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:25PMFrederico Azevedo went to Florida looking for a second home. He left with three, paying $300,000 and $500,000 for condos in two Miami towers, and $1 million for a unit at the Trump International resort in nearby Sunny Isles.
- Financial Drought Continues with 2011-12 Santa Cruz County Budget Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:05PMFor the fourth year in a row, Santa Cruz County faces another round of cuts in staffing, programs, and services to the community to close a $14.7 million budget shortfall.
- Greek Theater - The Week Ahead Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:30AMIn spite of all the turmoil in the Eurozone this week, no matter how bad the situation in Greece seemed to be, or how badly the Euro was battered, none of this was enough to catapult the Dollar above its current upper resistance level of 76. Unless or until patterns change (when the Dollar pops, stocks drop), if the Dollar cannot move above this level, we don’t expect to see stocks to fall ...
- I-Team: The Secret Truth About Foreclosures Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:35AMHave you ever wondered why so few homeowners are getting their mortgages modified? The CBS4 I-Team uncovers the secret profits big banks are making on foreclosures.
- What does it mean that the housing crisis is now worse than the Great Depression? Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 2:07AMA long line of unemployed and homeless men wait in New York to get free dinner at the municipal lodging house during the Great Depression, circa 1930. (PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Here's a sobering thought: A new report from Capital Economics describes the current housing market bust as, "larger and faster [...]
- Wells Fargo replies to Memphis-Shelby suit, denies any lending bias Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:00AMMortgage giant Wells Fargo says in a new court filing that Memphis and Shelby County are trying to blame the company for long-running social problems that have plagued the city for years.
- Chao: Protect Americans' retirement assets Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 8:20PMChao: Protect Americans' retirement assets
- Mike Lux: Our Economy's Best Chance Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 4:56PMGiven the makeup of Congress, Obama has just one chance to dramatically improve the American economy before the 2012 election, and that is to move aggressively to revitalize the housing market.
- Declining House Prices Weigh Heavily on Underwater Homeowners Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 6:40PMIt is still unclear which way the market is going. If only they made it easier for us! But yesterday, the Dow took a 279-point hit. Oil lost $2, closing at $100. Gold rose $6. And look at this... The yield on the 10-year note sank below 3%. Go figure. Inflation is at 5%...and people still lend the feds money for ten years at only 3%.
- Guest Post: Congressional Research Service Confirms Big Banks Borrowed Cash For Next To Nothing, Then Lent It Back to ... Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 6:31PMNo wonder Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky, the Wall Street Journal and Bernie Madoff all say that the U.S. economy is a giant Ponzi scheme.
- International Forecaster June 2011 (#1) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 8:50AMThe following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster. For the full 36 page issue, please see subscription information below.
- Where does California put 33,000 released inmates? Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 7:55AMHasn't California suffered enough?
- Navarrette: Where will California put 33,000 inmates after court orders cuts? Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 7:55AMHasn't California suffered enough? Apparently not -- the Supreme Court handed down a decision that could set the stage for releasing tens of thousands of prisoners back into society.
- N.J. to consider raising court filing fees to provide free lawyers, avoid attorney layoffs Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 7:46AMAaron Houston/For The Star-LedgerA file photo of the Middlesex County Courthouse. TRENTON — The chief administrator of the state judiciary Monday proposed raising court filing fees to help cover a big budget shortfall for the agency that provides free lawyers...
- Carolyn Goodman prepares to move past her husband's shadow Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 5:03AMCarolyn Goodman, candidate for mayor of Las Vegas, is walking a tightrope. On one hand, she’s running to carry on the legacy of revitalization of the city overseen by her husband and the mayor for a dozen years, Oscar Goodman. On the other hand, she’s careful to distance herself from Oscar’s flamboyant, martini-toting image.
- The Observer Forum Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 6:02PMIn response to "Many CMS librarians losing jobs" (May 18):
- Observer Forum: Letters to the editor Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 6:02PMIn response to "Many CMS librarians losing jobs" (May 18): I've volunteered in two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools libraries for several years.
- Tea party in Nevada looks to influence 2012 races Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 11:16AMCRISTINA SILVA Associated Press LAS VEGAS Pitchers of beer were flowing, a mechanical bull seesawed in a corner and a crowd of tea party followers waved American flags like it was Independence Day when unlikely presidential contender Herman Cain stepped onto the stage at Stoney's Rockin' Country Bar in Las Vegas to wild applause last week. Cain, a little known first-time presidential contender ...
- Palm Coast's tight finances don't slow residents' requests Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 1:12AMCity officials are facing another tough budget season with revenues expected to fall by at least $1 million, yet some residents are pressing the city to spend money on fencing at a park and covers for bocci courts.
- Women Who Ran With the Republicans Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 6:45PMThe Nation -- In his no longer quite so prescient- looking book What’s the Matter With Kansas?, Tom Frank described social conservative voters in tragicomic terms: “The trick never ages; the illusion never wears off.
- David A. Love: The Incompatibility of Christianity and American Capitalism Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 10:40AMThe inequality in this nation -- and the flagrant manner in which concentrated power flaunts its excesses -- is so perverse that it offends the moral sensibilities and belief systems of everyday folks.
- Opinion: Knocking Mesa is hyperbole at best Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 12:39PMMesa has attracted several major employers.
- O Canada, you sensible land! Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 11:09AMWhat's the best way out of our bubble-bust-bubble mortgage muddle that has resulted in a record 2.87 million American foreclosures last year alone? The answer may lie due north.
- Housing Market Double Dip Surprises Economists - Just as Original Crash Did Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 10:40AMBy TraderMark. The same economists shocked by the original housing crash (prices can't go up forever?), now appear to be in the fetal position as the much too obvious second leg of the downturn has arrived. While I do have an economist degree, living in the locale experiencing a one-state Depression [Jan 27, 2011: Metro Detroit Home Prices Back to 1994 Levels ... Before Accounting for Inflation ...
- Robert L. Borosage: The Osama Fallout: Be Aware of What You Wish For Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 9:18AMThe White House will be tempted to use the Osama bin Laden moment to claim their laurels. The president has turned an economy in free fall around, kept his promise to draw down in Iraq and to refocus on the terrorists who attacked us on 9-11. He can run on a record of accomplishment and good judgment. But, however tempting, that would be a mistake. The best hope for Obama and the country is for ...
- Econ-committee chief says help for FX borrowers to cost government HUF 15 - 20 billion a year Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 5:27AMAsked about the scale of assistance the state would offer troubled borrowers, Rogán told Magyar Nemzet it was “difficult to say precisely”. “We also want to help the 85% [of borrowers with foreign currency-denominated mortgages] who have made regular repayments till now.
- Letters from the issue of April 28, 2011 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 11:22AMToke'n Politics Tax the weed: Gradually we are realizing that Luke's call to stop jailing pot smokers is shared by many ("Luke's Gospel," Luther Campbell, April 21.) Remember Prohibition; let's regulate marijuana and tax it. We did it with tobacco and alcohol. Geo...
- The Credit Rating Hoax Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 3:10PMThe Nation -- Standard & Poor’s, the self-righteous credit-rating agency, has a damn lot of nerve. It provoked scary headlines by solemnly threatening to “short” America. That is, downgrade the credit-worthiness of US Treasury bonds unless Congress and the President oblige creditors by punishing the citizenry with severe budget cuts. What a load of crap.
- David Morris: The Real American Exceptionalism Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 1:29PMI too believe in American exceptionalism, although I don't think God has anything to do with it. America is exceptional in the advantages we've had over other nations, not what we've done with those advantages.
- PacWest Bancorp Announces Results for the First Quarter of 2011 Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 8:00AMNet Earnings of $10.7 Million Net Interest Margin Increases to 5.34% Credit Loss Reserve at 3.41% of Net Non-Covered Loans Core Deposits Grow $53.1 Million Noninterest-Bearing Deposits at 35% of Total Deposits
- Wells Fargo Reports Record Quarterly Net Income Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 7:00AMWells Fargo & Company :
- Business news in brief Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 2:30AMPlastic-container supplier Graham Packaging Co. Inc. , York, Pa., is being acquired by Connecticut consumer goods packaging company Silgan Holdings Inc.
- Letters: No way to treat seniors, poor Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 1:22PMThe more I think and read about Gov. Rick Snyder's budget proposal the more appalled I am. His plan places the heaviest financial burden on a target population composed primarily of low-income people and seniors. Most of these people spend their lives in some kind of service. They work hard for wages that range from poverty-level to marginally comfortable.
- Joseph A. Palermo: In California the Battle To Save Higher Education Continues Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 9:50AMThe budget constraints have led the CSU administration to put into overdrive its business model for higher education, to treat education like a "business," like a "product" that is "delivered" to a "customer."
- Most Americans Opposed to Homeowners Walking Away From Mortgages, Says New FindLaw.com Survey Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 4:20AMWhile many homeowners continue to wrestle with the fallout of the housing crisis, a majority of Americans say that simply walking away from a mortgage shouldn't be an option for homeowners, according to a new survey by FindLaw.com, the most popular legal information website.
- U.S. Should Value Greed, Not Need (Tradecraft) Monday, April 4, 2011 @ 11:17AMHoenig: The proper role of government is to protect individual rights.
- Your Letters Sunday, April 3, 2011 @ 4:44AMKeep the faith, fellow citizens. Don't let the doom and gloom created in Washington and exacerbated by the media naysayers get you down.
- Tea Party Tax Day Rally Set for April 15 Saturday, April 2, 2011 @ 11:36PMMoore County's tea party group is hoping for a large crowd to attend its Tax Day rally April 15.
- More home buyers sign contracts Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 9:55PMWASHINGTON — More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in February, but sales were uneven across the country and not enough to signal a rebound in the housing market.
- Pre-empt the next crisis Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 3:02PMFalling house prices and a backlog of foreclosures have turned 2011 into the most desperate year yet for many American homeowners. The pain just keeps coming, and government programs have proven ineffective at assisting many of those in danger of losing their houses.
- Lang hits to all fields in his 6th "State of the City" Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 11:06PMIn his State of the City address, Mayor Scott W. Lang highlighted his administration's accomplishments while framing many of the city's continuing problems as national issues not unique to New Bedford.
- Bad Advice About 3 Big Purchases Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 3:20PMThe worst advice of all: Throwing out everything we know about how to get ahead.