Regional Report / Minneapolis bank among 10 to get T...
Thursday Dec 31 | via TwinCities.com
Minneapolis-based Private Bancorporation Inc. is one of 10 banks sharing $29.3 million from the U.S. Treasury Department in what will be the last investments as part of the taxpayer-funded Capital Purchase Program to shore up the financial system, Treasury said Thursday. Comment?
Study: Recession hits Miss. hard
Monday Dec 28 | via The Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi with its rural pockets and and large minority population is among the top 15 states affected by the recession, a study by a New York-based nonprofit concludes. Comment?
Apr 30, 2009 | via WKRG-TV Mobile
Real estate brokers say home sales in the north Mississippi university town of Oxford are slowly perking up after a rough drop last year. Comment?
State budget very similar to family's
Monday Dec 14 | via Hattiesburg American
THERE ARE MORE ZEROES on $6 billion than on $60,000, but otherwise there's not a lot of difference between how Mississippi operates and how a typical family operates. Comment?
Barbour: Severstal repays $10M loan 4 years early
Tuesday Dec 8 | via Myrtle Beach Online
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that the steel company Severstal North America Inc. Comment?
Bernanke details Fed's missteps; blames poor regulation
2 min ago | via PittsburghLIVE.com
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank's low interest rates didn't cause the past decade's housing bubble and that better regulation would have been more effective in limiting the boom. Comment?
Popular myths about credit scores debunked
4 min ago | via PittsburghLIVE.com
By now, you're probably aware of the wide use of credit scores, and how this three-digit number can determine whether you get credit and under what terms. Comment?
How to stop the health care bill
7 min ago | via The Macon Telegraph
"We've affirmed that the ability to live a healthy life in this great country is a right, not a privilege." With those words, Sen. Comment?
2 hrs ago | via Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Published: Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 6:42 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 6:42 p.m. The amorous fate of Channy Choch, a Sonoma State University student and Santa Rosa mortgage loan officer, will be unveiled tonight on national TV. Comment?
Canada's 100 highest paid CEOs pocketed an of averag...
11 min ago | via Lethbridge Herald
Canada's 100 highest paid CEOs pocketed an of average $7.3o million in 2008, the same year Canadians were hard hit by the emergence of the worldwide recession, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Comment?