New $50M Hospital Proposed Ina
Apr 30, 2009 | via WKRG-TV Mobile
Neshoba County supervisors are reviewing plans for a new $50 million, 42-bed hospital to replace the county's aging medical center. Comment?
Mississippi agency issues loans again
Aug 20, 2009 | via Hattiesburg American
After nearly a year, Mississippi Home Corp. is again issuing bond-backed mortgage loans, thanks to an easing credit market. Comment?
Regional Report / Minneapolis bank among 10 to get T...
Thursday Dec 31 | via TwinCities.com
Minneapolis-based Private Bancorporation Inc. is one of 10 banks sharing $29.3 million from the U.S. Treasury Department in what will be the last investments as part of the taxpayer-funded Capital Purchase Program to shore up the financial system, Treasury said Thursday. Comment?
Study: Recession hits Miss. hard
Monday Dec 28 | via The Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi with its rural pockets and and large minority population is among the top 15 states affected by the recession, a study by a New York-based nonprofit concludes. Comment?
Apr 30, 2009 | via WKRG-TV Mobile
Real estate brokers say home sales in the north Mississippi university town of Oxford are slowly perking up after a rough drop last year. Comment?
State budget very similar to family's
Monday Dec 14 | via Hattiesburg American
THERE ARE MORE ZEROES on $6 billion than on $60,000, but otherwise there's not a lot of difference between how Mississippi operates and how a typical family operates. Comment?
Barbour: Severstal repays $10M loan 4 years early
Tuesday Dec 8 | via Myrtle Beach Online
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that the steel company Severstal North America Inc. Comment?
Scott Rasmussens Conservative-Friendly Question-Wording
25 min ago | via Netscape
Scott Rasmussens Conservative-Friendly Question-Wording >> Posted By mesodude 1 hour, 30 minutes ago in Political News Politico says that Barack Obama's foreclosure-mitigation plan is in political trouble because we're "a nation of Santellis". The basis for the piece is a Rasmussen poll which asks "Some people say that having the government ... Comment?
Fed boss: Regulation is 1st defence against speculat...
30 min ago | via Coast Reporter
Stronger regulation is the best way to prevent financial speculation from getting out of hand and throwing the U.S. economy in a new crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday. Comment?
Canada's 100 highest paid CEOs pocketed an of averag...
30 min ago | via Coast Reporter
Canada's 100 highest paid CEOs pocketed an of average $7.3o million in 2008, the same year Canadians were hard hit by the emergence of the worldwide recession, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Comment?
Continued housing volatility a sure bet
33 min ago | via Xinhuanet
By Robert J. Shiller BEIJING, Jan. 4 -- Volatility in the housing market has long been known, but until now it has never been visible in so many places around the world at the same time. Comment?
Expectant family turns to public to fight foreclosure
35 min ago | via KGO
Recent talks about who is to blame for the nation's housing crisis have been little comfort to thousands of people across the Bay Area who have suffered through foreclosure or are struggling to stay in their homes. Comment?