As Congress debates whether to extend the current 3.4 percent interest rate on federal student loans or to let that rate expire and double to its previous level of 6.8 percent, there comes this new
Probably few mortgage borrowers know who Ed DeMarco is, yet millions of them collectively could save more than $700 billion if he decides to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive some mortgag
California citizens will soon vote on whether to raise the state’s cigarette tax from 87 cents to $1.87 a pack, with supporters saying the money would fund cancer research and opponents saying ther
Wyoming has the nation’s lowest business tax costs for established businesses and Pennsylvania the highest, according to a report by the Tax Foundation and KPMG LLP.
The small town of Dixon, Ill., had a comptroller who managed to steal at least $53 million from the city, according to FBI agents, who led Rita Crundwell away in handcuffs in April.
The Federal Reserve appears committed to more years of historically low interest rates despite indications of an improving economy and rising price inflation, leading one economist to refer to Fed
Small businesses could have an easier time raising money and going public, say supporters of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act that President Barack Obama has signed into law.
The Federal Reserve has announced it believes 15 of the 19 biggest banks in the nation would be safe in the face of a major economic downturn, but do the “stress test” results mean much?
Property taxes since 2000 have risen twice as fast as consumer prices in Cook County, Illinois, with the steepest increases in suburban Chicago, according to a Heartland Institute analysis released
Wyoming, South Dakota, and Florida have the best business tax climates in the nation, and New Jersey, New York, and California have the worst, according to the Tax Foundation’s “2012 State Business
The deal to force the nation’s largest mortgage lenders to write down some home loans and refinance mortgages for “underwater” borrowers is drawing fire from various quarters.
The $80 million Raleigh Michigan Studios in Pontiac, Michigan missed a $630,000 bond payment that came due Feb. 1, forcing the Michigan Employees’ Retirement System to make the payment.
The Illinois state government could see its backlog of unpaid bills balloon from $9.2 billion to nearly $35 billion over the next five years unless major reforms are implemented soon, says an Illin
Considering that four of the five wealthiest counties in these United States are in suburban Washington, D.C., it’s probably no surprise that the Congressional Budget Office has determined federal
As reported in the March 3, 2013 Idaho Statesman, a woman who has been designated a vexatious litigant by three western states for filing frivolous lawsuits--as well as by federal courts at the...
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