Senate Republicans blocked a bill to increase small business lending Thursday, dealing a setback to President Barack Obama's jobs agenda.
The Government has come under attack from business groups after announcing plans to phase out the so-called default retirement age of 65 by October next year.
Mortgage loan agreement WASHINGTON a ' The Obama administration is revising the latest report on its troubled mortgage-relief program, and the changes are likely to show a greater number of borrowers facing foreclosure after having their loans modified.
California pensions will be withheld for three former Bell administrators until the state attorney general determines whether the city broke any laws in paying them outsized salaries.
The trend is the latest sign that the nation's foreclosure crisis is worsening as homeowners battling high unemployment, slow job growth and an uneven rebound in home prices continue to fall behind on their mortgage payments.
Business and pressure groups have welcomed a Government announcement to phase out the so-called default retirement age of 65 by October 2011 in a move to encourage people to work for longer.
Nearly all women in the United States are involved in household finance decisions and one-fourth of them are in control, yet many lack confidence in their fiscal management abilities, a July study found.
When interest rates are low, fixed-income investors search for creative, sometimes riskier, ways to grab extra income.
Applications for home loans fell last week despite the lowest mortgage rates in decades.
President Barack Obama is stepping up his fundraising efforts as the midterm elections draw closer and Democrats need money to battle a Republican Party energized in part by voter concern over government spending and regulations.
If you bought a home in San Francisco in the past year, it might feel like the housing slump is over.
Another employee in the Utah Department of Workforce Services has been identified as the second state worker under suspicion in the distribution of a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants.
The Associated Press Individual retirement accounts hold more than a quarter of all retirement assets in the United States - about $4.2 trillion.
In today's high tech digital age, you have to very careful about protecting your financial information.
The Obama administration, which has been under fire for not developing a concrete plan for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, says it will hold a conference in next month to discuss their future.
Advocates for senior citizens are reminding people on Medicare that they don't have to do anything to receive a $250 rebate check if they hit the gap in prescription drug coverage.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.99 percent Monday afternoon from 3 percent late Friday.
Federal regulators have banned eight individuals and companies from selling mortgage-relief services, settling charges that they used false advertising to deceive homeowners facing foreclosure.
Monday, July 26, 2010 Federal regulators have banned eight individuals and companies from selling services to help troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure, part of settlements to charges that they used deceptive advertising to lure customers.
A generation ago, most Americans could count on being able to retire right around age 65, but this traditional certainty is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
