Midland, Mich. Family Receives Third Financial Makeo...
Monday Nov 30 | via Insurance News Net
November 24, 2009 - On Friday, November 20, the Stark family from Midland, Mich. Comment?
Cox Takes Aim at Advanced Fee "Foreclosure Resc...
Tuesday Nov 24 | via State of Michigan
Attorney General Mike Cox today announced the filing of three criminal complaints and a total of 10 charges against illegal advanced fee "foreclosure rescue" operations accused of defrauding Michigan families of thousands of dollars. Comment?
Bay City ranks third nationally in the affordable ho...
Sunday Nov 22 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
For the asking price of $87,500 this home at 506 N. Wenona represents the affordable housing market in Bay City. Comment?
Thursday Nov 12 | via Lansing State Journal
Lansing-area home sales rose last month, though prices fell - a trend that has continued for several months. Comment?
Capitalist Excess? A Review of Michael Moorea s a oe...
Nov 4, 2009 | via Men's News Daily
Love him or hate him, or his films, there's no question about where Michael Moore stands ideologically: Left-wing, "progressive," populist, socialist. Comment?
First-timers cram homeless shelters
Monday Dec 7 | via Detroit Free Press
The number of people who say they are homeless for the first time is increasing in metro Detroit, spurred by unemployment and foreclosures, experts say. Comment?
North Carolina may pass Michigan in population
Sunday Dec 6 | via HomeTownLife.com
Q: I am curious whether Michigan maintains its status as the eighth most populous state in the country and what the forecast may be. Comment?
Incentives key in renters' market
Friday Dec 4 | via Detnews.com - Business
Entrepreneurs thinking about opening a business or moving into a new space should do so now, while the rent is cheap and perks are plentiful, real estate and business experts say. Comment?
Michigan AG files criminal charges agains loan modif...
Thursday Dec 3 | via Mortgage Fraud News
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox today announced the filing of three criminal complaints and a total of 10 charges against illegal advanced fee "foreclosure rescue" operations accused of defrauding Michigan families of thousands of dollars. Comment?
House votes to extend tax on wealthy estates
Thursday Dec 3 | via Myrtle Beach Online
The House approached a vote Thursday on permanently extending a 45 percent inheritance tax on estates larger than $3.5 million, canceling a one-year repeal of the tax set to begin next month. Comment?
Fresh row over MPs' expenses as hundreds of thousand...
5 min ago | via Daily Mail
The row over MPs' expenses was re-ignited today after hundreds of thousands of new receipts were published by House of Commons authorities. Comment?
Democrats tussle with Republicans, bankers and thems...
6 min ago | via CKNW News Talk 980
Congressional debate over a vast rewrite of Wall Street regulations kicks off in a charged partisan atmosphere and under pressure from big bank and business lobbies determined to change it. Comment?
MPs' expenses: what we've learned so far
35 min ago | via Guardian Unlimited
He made two other phone calls to Canterbury at the end of October 2008 lasting 56 minutes and 59 minutes. Comment?
More than 50 MPs flipped second home, new expenses f...
47 min ago | via Guardian Unlimited
More than 50 MPs "flipped" their second home allowance last year from one property to another, according to new figures about parliamentary expenses released by the Commons authorities this morning. Comment?
1 hr ago | via Guardian Unlimited
What expenses are coming out today? It's the allowance that covers costs incurred "wholly exclusively and necessarily" by MPs staying away from home to do their job for the period beginning April 2008 until the first quarter of the 2009-10 period, ie the end of June 2009. Comment?