News And Articles About Finance

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 24,2009

Recession Has Led to Workers Pick Up More Skills with Added Responsibilities

In these hard days the workers are just too happy to get a regular pay cheque. But the employee has other realities to face – the frustrated workers are snooping around for better opportunities and may soon be hijacked by a rival firm when the economy gets back on rails. As per the findings of [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 22,2009

New Strategies Are Being Thought of to Tackle Foreclosures

New strategies are being thought of to tackle foreclosures – one of them being loan modification in which the interest rate is reduced. But it is easier said than done. One of the victims is Wilma Ervin residing in Delaware County. She completed piles of paper work, hung around for four months and was finally [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 21,2009

Habitat Houses Responding to the Challenging Demand for Affordable Homes

A recent development project by Habitat for Humanity will offer 42 houses to those with low income. It is at the crossing of St. Francis and Union streets and Old Spanish Trails covering 27 acres. The land had been purchased by Habitat after the devastation of Katrina. In Hancock County there are already more then [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 18,2009

The Feds Have the Unenviable Task of Ending Emergency Assistance

The Federal Reserve under its chairperson Ben Bernanke has the unenviable task of ending emergency assistance. At the point of collapse of the economy Bernanke poured in trillions to bail out the banks and thaw credit line. But looming large ahead is a risky challenge for Bernanke – he will now have to mop up [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 17,2009

Wall Street Is Up to Old Tricks Again with a New Wrapping

Wall Street is playing the old game by turning mortgage debts into AAA bonds. It has discovered a solution from the problem of soured debts and dangerous mortgages that have been choking the financial market. The solution that is soon to be revealed is somewhat familiar. It is very much like what made the banks [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 14,2009

There Are Five Pitfalls to Avoid While Trying to Stop Foreclosure

Innumerable numbers are facing foreclosure. Currently some of the main reasons are job loss, medical bills and ARM loans resetting to higher niches. Many have not come up against such problems heretofore. Consequently they are becoming victims of contradictory wrong advice from family members, friends and organized fraud foreclosure rescue firms. The odds are so [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 11,2009

New Director to Lead the War Against Tobacco Usage

Tobacco smoking is injurious to health. In a bid to curb the smoking habits, the Food and Drug Administration has appointed a physician who will lead the war of regulating the use of tobacco products. Dr. Lawrence R. Deyton, chief public health and environmental hazards officer at the Veterans Health Administration, will be the first [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Sep 11,2009

Feeling the Pulse of the Consumer Will Be a Great Way to Find Out Which Way the Wind is Blowing

Going or not going shopping with the consumer will be a great way to feel the pulse of the American economy because it is consumers who account for 70% of all economic activity. The retail sector is the biggest segment of the economy. Lunching out, buying a sweater or picking up a DVD will all [...]