JPMorgan Chase prospers despite economic turmoil
Thursday Dec 3 | via Charleston Daily Mail
JPMorgan Chase is not waiting for economists to decide if the recession has ended. Comment?
Saturday Nov 28 | via Register-herald.com
Nearly every West Virginian is still feeling the effects of last year's financial meltdown. Comment?
Agency's plan costly for banks
Thursday Nov 26 | via Charleston Daily Mail
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s plan to replenish its insurance fund to cover losses at failed banks is going to cost FDIC-insured institutions in West Virginia more than $166 million. Comment?
West Virginia Residents Seek Help with Fighting Fore...
Nov 16, 2009 | via The State Journal
The American dream of home ownership is getting harder and harder to achieve for thousands of West Virginians. Comment?
Oct 23, 2009 | via The Inter-Mountain
The following deeds were recorded in the county clerk's office: Brandon R. Burket to Martin Williams, property in the Dry Fork District, $185,000. Edward J. Phillips to James R. Phillips, property on Mill Street in the Parsons Corporation. Comment?
Countrywide to reimburse clients for data breach
6 min ago | via Journal Gazette
A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement between Countrywide Financial Corp. Comment?
U.S. rate hikes in 2010? Plausible, but not a given
6 min ago | via Tuscola County Advertiser
Wall Street's raging bulls may be getting ahead of themselves. From the first inklings of U.S. economic growth after the deepest recession since the 1930s, some investors have extrapolated a robust expansion that will force the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the second half of next year. Comment?
6 min ago | via Journal Gazette
The two chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could get paid as much as $6 million for 2009, despite the companies' dismal performances this year that cost taxpayers more than $100 billion. Comment?
8 min ago | via Chicago Tribune
The average fixed-rate for a 30-year mortgage climbed above 5 percent for the first time in two months, leading to a decline in mortgage applications. Comment?
Home Front: Giddy gains, frightening falls marked Sa...
9 min ago | via Sacramento Bee
With less than a week left in this dramatic decade of boom and bust, let us assign it to history and to memories. Comment?