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Fannie, Freddie reforms could threaten rental market

Namesplace.net Blogs — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:38:16 +0000

Climate cash up in smoke
MORE than $5.5 billion has been spent by federal governments during the past decade on climate change programs that are delivering only small reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Cuts, Deficit Highlight 2012 Budget Blueprint, But Battles Loom in Washington

Namesplace.net Blogs — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:37:52 +0000

Investors File Suit Against Georgia-Based Bank
ATLANTA—Feb. 14, 2011— Partners in Shi Investments One LLC today announced it has named Park Ave Bank of Valdosta, Ga., high on the FDIC’s ‘Watch List’ as another possible Georgia community bank failure, in a bank fraud lawsuit as a co-conspirator in colluding with Atlanta real estate developer and political operative “Shi” Shailendra to defraud real estate investors.

Downey Man Could Receive 15 Years Prison For Running Ponzi Scheme

Namesplace.net Blogs — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:38:37 +0000

Owner occupied housing finance up 2.1%
The ABS announces Australian housing finance commitments for owner-occupied housing for December.

FOCUS-Banks scramble to save costs as interest rates soar

Namesplace.net Blogs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:37:59 +0000

Obama Budget Proposal: Cuts To Target Working Poor, Middle Class & Students (LIVE UPDATES)

Namesplace.net Blogs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:39:58 +0000

Nordic American Tanker Shipping’s 4Q10 Report; The Company Remains Highly Committed to Its Dividend Policy and …
HAMILTON, BERMUDA–(Marketwire – 02/14/11) – Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (NYSE: NAT – News ) Link to the complete 4Q10 dividend report: http://hugin.info/201/R/1488489/423906.pdf Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (“NAT” or “the Company”) announced today that the Company has declared a dividend of $0.25 per share for 4Q10, the same dividend as for 4Q09. The …

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UK govt. offers to replace debt advice
The British government says it will keep free debt advice alive after scrapping former debt advice service, the Financial Inclusion Fund, last week.

Find cheap or free means to file taxes

Namesplace.net Blogs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:38:14 +0000

Politics and upcoming election will determine stock market performance
Politics is far more important than interest rates where the Thai stock market is concerned, because people are waiting for the exact date of the general elections to be announced, Christopher Wood, managing director and global equity strategist at Hong Kong-based CLSA Research, explained.

Personal bankruptcy filings in Colorado rose 17.2% last year
A rising number of people filed for bankruptcy protection last year in Colorado, even as the number of businesses doing so declined for the first time in four years.

Obama budget to cut $1.1 trillion in deficits

Namesplace.net Blogs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:41:03 +0000

Financially Speaking: Know rules on borrowing from a life insurance policy
One of the basic components of a comprehensive personal financial plan is an analysis of risk exposure.

White House wants less government in mortgage system

Namesplace.net Blogs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:41:03 +0000

White House wants less gov’t in mortgage system
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants to shrink the government’s role in the mortgage system – a proposal that would remake decades of federal policy aimed at getting Americans to buy homes and would probably make home loans more expensive across the board.

PAL, PALEA mull partial settlement of labor issues

Namesplace.net Blogs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:38:42 +0000

Regulators Shut Banks in 4 States
Banks Close in Fla., Mich., Wis. and Calif., Lifting Number of Bank Failures this Year to 18

Phase out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Here’s White House’s plan.

Namesplace.net Blogs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:40:59 +0000

SEC charges ex-IndyMac execs with fraud
A former chief executive of failed mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp and two former chief financial officers were accused of securities fraud for concealing the bank’s financial condition, U.S. securities regulators said on Friday.