Brannen: Georgia's banks are still lending
Friday | via SavannahNow
Despite the undisputed effects of a crushing recession, many Georgia banks big and small are making loans and helping customers every day. Comment?
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Wednesday Dec 16 | via Athens Banner-Herald
Four men called to testify in a double murder trial cannot invoke constitutional protections to avoid taking the stand, an Oglethorpe County judge ruled Tuesday, clearing the way for opening statements today. Comment?
Monday Dec 14 | via Athens Banner-Herald
While home sales in Northeast Georgia have not recovered from last year's housing market meltdown, real estate agents and homesellers are starting to see some signs of life as first-time buyers rush to take advantage of government perks and bargain hunters set their sights on a deal. Comment?
Tucker school: Worn and forgotten
Sunday Dec 13 | via Monroe News Star
For the past two years, I have followed the sad saga of Georgia Tucker School in Monroe as it continues its slow journey to oblivion. Comment?
John R. Cole joins SunTrust board
Saturday Dec 12 | via Tifton Gazette
Mike Marz, president and CEO, SunTrust Bank, South Georgia, announced that John R. Cole, Ph.D of Tifton has been elected to SunTrust's Board of Directors. Comment?
Regulators shutter seven more banks
3 min ago | via Daily Herald
Regulators on Friday shut down two big California banks, as well as banks in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Illinois, bringing to 140 the number of U.S. banks brought down this year by the weak economy and mounting loan defaults. Comment?
Benefit Held For Lebanon Horse Owners, Families
15 min ago | via WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati
LEBANON, Ohio -- Steve Hockaday went from owning and training three horses to nothing in a matter of minutes. Comment?
FirstFed Fails; Among L.A.'s Oldest and Biggest Lenders
15 min ago | via Los Angeles Business Journal Online - business news and information for Los Angeles California
Unable to repair a loan portfolio filled with billions of dollars in decaying adjustable-rate mortgages, FirstFed Financial Corp., one of L.A.'s oldest and largest financial institutions, was closed late Friday by federal and state regulators. Comment?
Commercial real estate on shaky foundation
18 min ago | via San Francisco Chronicle
Optimism about a national economic recovery, fueled by rising stock prices and an improved residential real estate market, is tempered by the widespread belief that a raft of commercial real estate loan defaults is just around the corner. Comment?
Funds dry up for eager students
18 min ago | via Edmonton Journal
Amin Fazal is one of thousands of would-be students who won't be going back to school this January because provincial funding for low-income students ran out. Comment?