Heartland Newspapers - Insurance and Finance

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

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

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.

No Easy Solutions to Texas Windstorm Association Solvency

Julie Drenner
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September 24, 2012
During the first hearing of Texas’ Joint Seacoast Territory Insurance Committee in September, officials with three different insurance-related agencies unequivocally told lawmakers the state-run Te

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.

Texas State Senator Wants Insurance Commissioner Replaced

R.J. Lehmann
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September 21, 2012
Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis wants Gov.

Hedge Funds Request Clarity on Verifying Investors

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September 21, 2012
The Hedge Fund Association has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission in a comment letter to specifically tell private fund managers what they will need to do to safely verify whether investo

How Quantitative Easing Helps the Rich and Soaks the Rest

Anthony Randazzo
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September 20, 2012
The decision is in: Unlimited quantitative easing. That was the announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee on Sept.
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