One of our most distinguished contributors to the Hernando Today letters to the editor posed a most significant question today, asking, "Why do Elected Officials refuse to listen to us?" ...more

October 24, 2009

Oh, I want it. I want it bad. Next week, when Barney Frank starts hauling fat-cat CEOs before his House Financial Services Committee, I want him wearing a barbecue apron. Instead of a gavel, I want him wielding a barbecue fork the size of a trident. By the time the grilling's over, I want . . . I want a lot. ...more

February 8, 2009

Ed McMahon can stay put. Publicist Howard Bragman confirmed Thursday that the TV icon and his wife have no plans to move from their home, which has been facing foreclosure for nine months. ...more

December 19, 2008

Relief is on the way for some financially strapped homeowners. Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America, which took control of Countrywide Financial Corp. early this year, said Monday it will modify bad mortgages with up to $8.4 billion in interest rate and principal reductions for 400,000 Countrywide customers. ...more

October 7, 2008

Radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem will be the play-by-play announcer of a Hulk Hogan reality television show premiering on the CMT channel in the fall, Clem's publicist said Tuesday in a written announcement. ...more

September 10, 2008

Developer and TV personality Donald Trump has agreed to buy Ed McMahon's Beverly Hills house for an undisclosed amount and allow McMahon to continue living in it. ...more

August 15, 2008

A federal grand jury is investigating mortgage lenders Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp. and IndyMac Bancorp Inc., a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. ...more

July 25, 2008

As home prices continue to decline and loan defaults mount, federal regulators are bracing for dozens of American banks to fail during the next year. ...more

July 14, 2008

Florida's attorney general on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp. for engaging in "deceptive and unfair trade practices." ...more

July 2, 2008

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's office said today it has filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial for engaging in "deceptive and unfair trade practices." The suit says Countrywide, one of the nation's largest mortgage companies, knowingly put Florida borrowers into mortgages they couldn't afford or into loans with rates and penalties that were "misleading." ...more

July 1, 2008