The Obama administration was finishing work on a plan to give more financial aid to two Detroit automakers in return for tough cost-cutting measures that will ensure the companies' survival. ...more

March 28, 2009

Some Tampa Bay homeowners now have a place to go to meet face-to-face with a loan counselor. The Chase Homeownership Center opens today and will serve those with loans owned or serviced by Chase, Washington Mutual or EMC, all of which are now part of JPMorgan Chase. ...more

March 26, 2009

A stunning 48 percent of the nation's homeowners who have a subprime, adjustable-rate mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure, and that's not the worst of it, new data Thursday showed. ...more

March 5, 2009

Most congressional Democrats say the quickest way to save homeowners like Troy Butler of Saginaw, Mich., is to let them declare bankruptcy and allow judges to dictate new mortgage terms. ...more

January 25, 2009

Bailouts Misdirected If the U.S. government had truly considered a meaningful stimulus package with benefits for the American consumer, they could have taken the $750 billion dollars and divided it among every taxpaying citizen of the United States, requiring it to be used to reduce debt or purchase American-made products. ...more

December 12, 2008

Publicly breaking with the Bush administration's official stance, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. proposed Friday to use $24 billion in government funding to help 1.5 million U.S. households avoid foreclosure. ...more

November 15, 2008

Apartments rented to sex offenders that were at the center of a city zoning debate last year could be headed for foreclosure, court records show. ...more

October 15, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio said she wants to find out more about a now-defunct plan to hand over a baby rhinoceros from Lowry Park Zoo to a private exotic-animal park owned by the zoo's chief executive officer. ...more

September 16, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio said she is concerned about a deal that would have handed over a baby rhinoceros from Lowry Park Zoo to a private theme park owned by the zoo's chief executive officer. ...more

September 15, 2008

Congress is set to examine another round of proposals to help consumers and investors survive turmoil in the housing market. ...more

February 25, 2008