Posted by: incur on: June 22, 2009
WASHINGTON – From simple home loans to Wall Street’s most exotic schemes, the government would impose and enforce sweeping new “rules of the road” for the nation’s battered financial system under an overhaul proposed Wednesday by President Barack Obama. Aimed at preventing a repeat of the worst economic crisis in seven decades, the changes would [...]
Posted by: incur on: May 13, 2009
The Obama administration on Monday will propose raising nearly $60 billion over 10 years through changes to the estate tax law and closing certain domestic tax loopholes, an administration official said. Funds raised will go to beef up a health care reserve fund, a $634 billion pot of money President Barack Obama wants to use [...]
Posted by: incur on: May 12, 2009
Wake County judge has cleared the way for homeowners insurance rates to drop in nearly three dozen western North Carolina counties and soar along the coast starting Friday. Superior Court Judge Ronald Stephens on Wednesday signed an order dismissing an effort to stop the deal negotiated between insurance companies and state regulators from taking effect. [...]
Posted by: incur on: April 5, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Thursday that the government’s strategy in the financial crisis of bailing out huge institutions deemed “too big to fail” must be replaced by a new model. The official, Sheila C. Bair, told Congress that a new system of supervision was needed to prevent institutions [...]
Posted by: incur on: February 20, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts. More than a dozen states that are considering making the switch to primary seat-belt enforcement laws need to do so before July [...]
Posted by: incur on: February 19, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts. More than a dozen states that are considering making the switch to primary seat-belt enforcement laws need to do so before July [...]
Posted by: incur on: February 19, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts. More than a dozen states that are considering making the switch to primary seat-belt enforcement laws need to do so before July [...]
Posted by: incur on: February 19, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts. More than a dozen states that are considering making the switch to primary seat-belt enforcement laws need to do so before July [...]
Posted by: incur on: February 19, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts. More than a dozen states that are considering making the switch to primary seat-belt enforcement laws need to do so before July [...]
Posted by: incur on: February 19, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts. More than a dozen states that are considering making the switch to primary seat-belt enforcement laws need to do so before July [...]