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

TALLAHASSEE - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is set to discuss details of a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender. ...more

July 1, 2008

After a long day's work, Debbi Colon tosses and turns in bed. Her clients' tales echo freely through her brain, and she can't shut off the worry. ...more

June 30, 2008

DOVER - After a long day's work, Debbi Colon tosses and turns in bed. Her clients' tales run freely through her brain, and she can't shut off the worry. ...more

June 27, 2008

A lot of our problems stem from the North American Trade Union plan. This idea started with NAFTA in Bush Sr.'s administration; many of us knew very little about what NAFTA actually was. I'm sure as we look back and think about how prices have increased as well as the inferiority of the products we're receiving, not many of us would see it as a good thing. We were told that prices would decrease, which proved not to be the case. It is a part of this one world government plan. ...more

May 19, 2008

TAMPA -- January was a tough month for home sales in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 25, 2008

The United States has been borrowing money from many nations, where we have been paying for their security with the American tax dollars. The many military bases cost millions of dollars each and every day, creating a huge economy for the nations involved, plus security for that nation. They, in return, loan America huge loans at very high interest rates, a win-win situation for their nation. The new proposed loan to bail America out of its financial mess is from China, which is also a win-win situation for them. ...more

February 11, 2008

We are aiding economies worldwide from the many military bases we have all over the world. The president now wishes to build another base in Iraq. Some of those who are running in 2008 support this same policy. We must have congressional over sight on the military industrial complex. We must close many bases overseas, many over 50 years old. These many bases could just as well be located in the United States, aiding the states where they are relocated. ...more

February 4, 2008

Despite the doom and gloom you might hear about the real estate market, people are still buying and selling homes, says Jeff Shaw, president of Century 21 Shaw Realty Group. ...more

November 25, 2007

The World Bank and IFC have been taken to task because of the immense corruption pervading almost every avenue of so-called aid to impoverished nations, notable in Africa. Numerous examples of corporate corruption have illustrated this egregious practice which has further victimized the impoverished. The American division of the World Bank employs that all American principle of capitalism in "encouraging" free enterprise world wide. Unfortunately, the bank officials ensure income and profit for themselves first, thus, leaving the recipients of the aid worse off than they were before this "aid." In fact, the promising entrepreneurs in these proffered programs toward free enterprise have been the very victims of exploitation. The World Bank president was asked why the bank was providing loans to China, India and Brazil, classified as middle-income nations, when they hold 100s of billions of dollars of U.S. debt, why they couldn't utilize these enormous sums to fund their own development of environmental projects, etc. instead of aiding impoverished nations. He replied that this is good business, China and India will spread the wealth. ...more

October 28, 2007