Heartland Newspapers - Insurance and Finance

Buffett Action Signals Concern Over Municipal Bonds

Steve Stanek
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August 23, 2012
When the Oracle of Omaha speaks, investors tend to listen. And with actions speaking louder than words, there may be good reason for municipal bond investors to pay special attention.

In Building Codes, What's Not Forbidden Is Mandated

Michael Fiebig
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August 23, 2012
I am an architect. I design buildings, and it's my job to try to be innovative.

Poverty Surges in Core Cities

Wendell Cox
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August 22, 2012
Over the toughest economic decade since the Great Depression, the nation's core cities continued to gain more than their share of the below-poverty-line population in the 51 metropolitan areas with

Feds to Fannie and Freddie: Give Us Profits, Not Dividends

Steve Stanek
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August 21, 2012
The Obama administration, without action by Congress, has restructured terms of the federal government’s bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage behemoths that went

Banking Risks Reflected in Moody’s Downgrades

Phil Britt
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August 20, 2012
Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service recently downgraded the ratings of 15 major banks in a move that was expected to harm the financial results of these institutions.

Bad Idea: Eminent Domain to ‘Condemn’ Underwater Mortgages

Anthony Randazzo
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August 16, 2012
And now for another terrible housing idea: using eminent domain to "condemn" underwater mortgages, forcibly buy them from mortgage-backed securities (MBS) investors at rates below face value, then

Regulator Rejects Obama Mortgage Write-Down Plan

Alden Brooks
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August 13, 2012
The nation’s top government housing supervisor has rejected a plan by the Obama administration to reduce mortgage balances for hundreds of thousands of homeowners.

Student Debt Tops $1 Trillion, Creating Another Economic Drag

Phil Britt
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August 03, 2012
Outstanding student loan debt in the United States topped $1 trillion in 2011—$864 billion of federal student debt and approximately $150 billion of private student loan debt, according to the Cons

Some In Congress Want US to Follow France Down Transaction Tax Path

Jeffrey V. McKinley
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August 01, 2012
France in August imposed a 0.2 percent transaction tax on certain stock purchases. Leaders in Germany, Italy and Spain are also pushing for a similar tax.

More Hedge Funds Buying Key Man Life Insurance

SKCG Group, Inc.
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July 17, 2012
Talk about key man.
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