Rural index weak, but rises again
Friday Nov 20 | via Omaha World-Herald
Significant economic weakness remains in the rural Midwest, a survey of small-town bankers in 11 states indicates, although the resulting index improved for the third straight month. Comment?
Monday Nov 9 | via McCook Daily Gazette
One of the most successful programs we've passed in Congress is the tax credit for first time homebuyers. Comment?
What's missing from your wallet?
Sunday Nov 8 | via Omaha World-Herald
People concerned about how to handle salary cuts, dropped employer contributions to 401 s, job losses and limited access to credit - or just about any financial topic, really - can get free advice across Nebraska this week. Comment?
Areas hardest-hit by recession recovering slowly, re...
Nov 2, 2009 | via Salt Lake Tribune
The economic recovery is proceeding unevenly in its early stages, with areas hurt most by the housing slump still lagging behind other regions, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties. Comment?
Banner year for USDA Rural Housing loan programs
Oct 29, 2009 | via The Wauneta Breeze
USDA Rural Development provided nearly $104 million in Fiscal Year 2009 to assist more than 1,200 rural Nebraska households to achieve homeownership under the Direct and Guaranteed homeownership loan programs.A USDA Rural Development Guaranteed and Direct homeownership loans assist low and moderate income households to purchase or construct a home ... Comment?
Auction Flipping, and In Flip-Flops, Now Fashionable
5 min ago | via CurbedLA
The latest trend to come out of the downturn, according to the Wall Street Journal is flipping, and in this case, auction flips . Comment?
Five accused of preying on distressed homeowners
6 min ago | via Reuters
A federal grand jury on Tuesday accused five people of preying on homeowners faced with foreclosure by providing them with fraudulent new mortgages and pocketing the proceeds. Comment?
EON Bank projects good growth for card receivables
9 min ago | via Business Times
EON Bank Bhd, the country's seventh largest lender, expects its credit card receivables to register up to 15 per cent growth next year, from RM1.4 billion currently. Comment?
11 min ago | via Diner's Journal
Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library Helen Buckler at her house on Dean Street in Brooklyn in 1978. Comment?
Losses narrow, EBDT up at Forest City Enterprises in...
15 min ago | via The Plain Dealer
Forest City Enterprises Inc. lost $4.4 million, or 3 cents per share, during the company's third quarter -- an improvement from a year before, when the real estate company reported losses of $19.1 million, or 19 cents per share. Comment?