Heartland Newspapers - Insurance and Finance

Census Figures Show Cities’ Fortunes Overhyped

Wendell Cox
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October 29, 2012
The United States Census Bureau has released a report, Patterns of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Population Change: 2000 to 2010, on metropolitan area growth between 2000 and 2010.

U.S. Tax System Traps Companies’ Money Overseas

Matthew Glans
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October 29, 2012
The United States has the highest corporate tax rate among the 34 nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in addition to being one of the few nations still usin

New-Home Construction, Existing-Home Sales Climb

Steve Stanek
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October 23, 2012
Residential home construction in September hit its highest level in four years, and in some markets, existing home sales also have been surging.

Court Decision Puts Commodities Position Limits on Hold

Matthew Glans
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October 19, 2012
The effects of speculation on commodities pricing has been hotly debated in recent years.

Three States Join Lawsuit Challenging Dodd-Frank Law

Steve Stanek
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October 17, 2012
The states of Michigan, Oklahoma and South Carolina have joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

End of the Road for Cities’ ‘Eds and Meds’ Sectors

Aaron M. Renn
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September 26, 2012
In the last few decades, as suburbanization and deindustrialization devastated so many cities, they turned to two sectors that seemed not only immune to decline but were actually growing: universit

Left-Leaning Groups Dominate Shareholder Proposals

James R. Copland
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September 25, 2012
In recent years, activist shareholders have pushed publicly traded American corporations to reform their practices.

Dodd-Frank Still Not Finished, Yet It’s Dragging Down Banking Industry

Kevin Truitt
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September 25, 2012
All 2,300 pages of the Dodd-Frank financial law and its 400 new regulations, many of which are still being written two years after the law’s passage, were jammed down the throat of the American ban

Home Lending Drops to 1995 Level; Interest Rate Hits Record Low

Matthew Glans
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September 24, 2012
Home lending volume in the United States has dropped to levels not seen since 1995, according to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

Report Suggests More Credit Union Lending for Small Businesses

R.J. Lehmann
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September 24, 2012
Small business owners create most new jobs in the United States, but they’re struggling to hire more people, in part because of a lack of access to credit.
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