An investigation of college study-abroad programs by the New York attorney general's office has expanded to include 15 colleges and universities, among them Harvard, Brown and Columbia, according to a senior lawyer in the office. ...more

January 21, 2008

Authorities in New York and Connecticut are investigating whether Wall Street banks hid crucial information about high-risk loans bundled into securities that were sold to investors, Connecticut's Attorney General said Saturday. ...more

January 13, 2008

The proposed $100 million makeover of Hyde Park Village gained final rezoning approval from the Tampa City Council on Thursday. ...more

January 10, 2008

Members of Florida's university oversight board on Wednesday approved a code of conduct for its public universities to follow when dealing with student lenders. ...more

December 6, 2007

Senior Democrats on Capitol Hill want to ban excessive credit card fees. Bank regulators are on the verge of forcing companies to give more notice before raising interest rates. And New York's attorney general, whose investigations transformed the student loan industry, now has his eye on conflicts of interest in the credit card sector. ...more

December 2, 2007

Wall Street suffered its second big drop in a week Wednesday, with investors worried about spreading fallout from the credit crisis at banks and about a dollar that just keeps getting weaker. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 360 points - just about matching its pullback Nov. 1. ...more

November 7, 2007