An intolerable monthly jolt for Eastern NC
Apr 13, 2013 | via News Observer
That low-wealth residents of some of North Carolina's most struggling communities are powerless in the face of exorbitant monthly electric bills is shameful. Comment?
Fund closes at $60,597.94; 1,296 children will benefit
Dec 21, 2012 | via The Robesonian
There were 105 people whos participated in an annual bowling tournament sponsored by the Lumber River Council of Governments that raised $7,700 for The Empty Stocking Fund. Comment?
Weekly Address: Growing the housing market and suppo...
Saturday May 11 | via Examiner.com
In this week's address, President Barack Obama said today that "seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and costing millions of responsible Americans their jobs and their homes, our housing market is healing. Comment?
Insider Cluster Buys Reported at 52-Week Lows
Tuesday May 14 | via GuruFocus.com
In the past week, three different companies reported insider cluster buys involving three or more corporate executives. Comment?
Obama Urges Congress To Back Another Pick
Saturday May 11 | via The Huffington Post
President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to back his nominee to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Democratic Representative Mel Watt. Comment?
With the right mortgage, home ownership builds wealth
Thursday May 9 | via Science Daily
But the conventional wisdom on the benefits of owning vs. renting still holds when done right, according to a newly published study led by the Brown School's Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Comment?
Caroline Baum: Tea party rant part 2 awaits the next...
Thursday May 9 | via Inside Bay Area
On Feb. 19, 2009, CNBC editor Rick Santelli let loose on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in response to President Barack Obama's proposal to subsidize underwater mortgages. Comment?
Housing spike - Cobb County sees 192 housing permits...
6 min ago | via MDJonline.com
Staff/Leo Hohmann A construction worker hauls trim into a home Tuesday in the Oak Grove subdivision off Whitlock Avenue in Marietta. Comment?
How to lend money to family without running afoul of...
41 min ago | via SFGate
Q: Reader Phoebe D. asks, "My daughter is buying a home and getting a traditional mortgage. Comment?
What is rural? Most Ohio farm counties still don't q...
43 min ago | via The Plain Dealer
It's official: A Washington bureaucrat could stand amid 1,000 acres of tall corn and still not realize he was in the country. Comment?
Ex-strategist can sue UBS as whistleblower -U.S. judge
1 hr ago | via Reuters
UBS AG lost a bid Tuesday to dismiss a whistle-blower lawsuit by a former commercial mortgage-backed securities strategist who said he was fired for refusing to publish misleading research reports. Comment?
Better real estate market means scattered tight inve...
1 hr ago | via Myrtle Beach Online
The new low inventory, though, involves the number of traditionally-marketed homes for sale and available lots to put them on. Comment?