2009 brought trials, tribulations
Friday | via LancasterEagleGazette
LANCASTER -- Signs of an impending recession began to surface in late 2008, but the economic woes of 2009 changed the way people throughout the area worked and lived. Comment?
Fraud Ring Involving Pataskala Business Uncovered
Nov 23, 2009 | via WCLT-AM Newark
Monday, November 23, 2009 10:44 AM Eric Brown Phalen on Fraud Ring Fairfield County authorities have seized 50 vehicles from a Pataskala Buy here-Pay here who they believe was part of a fraud ring. Comment?
Fairfield County foreclosures on the rise
Sep 21, 2009 | via LancasterEagleGazette
LANCASTER -- Home foreclosures are at a record high in Fairfield County this year, and it's a trend residents would rather not see. Comment?
Growing number of buyers stuck in limbo
Jul 16, 2009 | via Columbus Dispatch
Stacee Maurer thought she'd found her perfect first home: a three-bedroom Cape Cod off High Street north of Graceland Shopping Center. 4 comments
Government gives GMAC $3.8 billion in new aid
Thursday Dec 31 | via Coshocton Tribune
WASHINGTON -- The government on Wednesday provided a fresh $3.8 billion cash infusion to stabilize GMAC Financial Services as the financing company struggles with hefty losses in its home mortgage unit. Comment?
Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Ohio
Wednesday Dec 30 | via WYFX-TV Youngstown
Job cuts, foreclosures and bailouts stole the business headlines in 2009. The economy started 2009 in meltdown. Comment?
Ohio to join national mortgage database
Monday Dec 28 | via Dayton Business Journal
Starting next week, Ohio will be plugged into a national network that tracks mortgage company licenses in an effort to better protect consumers. Comment?
Navajo AG seeks special prosecutor for probe
Wednesday Dec 30 | via Myrtle Beach Online
The top legal official on the Navajo Nation announced Tuesday he is seeking a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of illegal and unethical behavior by tribal government employees. Comment?
Small biz not sold on credit card rules
Monday Dec 28 | via Business First of Columbus
Janis Mitchell says risk is part of the American business DNA, which is why the staffing firm owner philosophically opposes part of pending federal legislation creating an agency whose rules critics say could affect the way small businesses will be able to use credit cards for their companies. Comment?
Stimulus aids home sales in rural areas of Jackson C...
5 min ago | via MLive.com
When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February, some of the first dollars out the door went to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to benefit the nation's farmers and rural areas. Comment?
Foreclosure crisis not isolated to homes in city of ...
5 min ago | via Ann Arbor News
Drive down just about any street in Jackson, and you're bound to see them. Bright notices plastered onto the front doors of darkened homes with untended yards. Comment?
Children will be taught how to save
2 hrs ago | via Osadvertiser.co.uk
Children as young as seven are set to learn about managing a bank account and budgeting under new Government plans. Comment?
It isn't unreasonable to guess that the wind will bl...
7 min ago | via Times Online
Forecasting errors are largest when the most is happening in the economy, wrote Lord Burns, a former permanent secretary at HM Treasury. Comment?
Swindler ejected from luxury flat
12 min ago | via Manawatu Evening Standard
A senior Crown prosecutor who picked up a luxury Auckland penthouse for a song in a mortgagee sale had to call the police on Christmas Eve when he found the former owner there and refusing to leave. Comment?