Two plans to attack the credit crisis are careening into each other. The Obama administration is trying to reignite lending by enticing private lenders to buy the toxic assets that have been stuck on the balance sheets of banks. ...more

March 28, 2009

Finding financial aid for college this year promises to be tougher than any final exam. The quest for money that begins for students and parents every January has taken on new urgency in 2009 amid fears that loans and grants will be scarcer than in the past due to the recession. ...more

January 25, 2009

In a move that provides relief to thousands of renters who face eviction but draws the federal government even deeper into the housing market, loan giant Fannie Mae said Sunday that it would sign new leases with renters living in foreclosed properties owned by the company. ...more

December 15, 2008

Joe Perri had big college dreams. He wanted to pursue a degree in photography from an arts school. ...more

November 27, 2008

Fannie and Freddie are largest players in real estate mortgage lending industry. ...more

October 11, 2008

The stranglehold on the credit markets remained tight Friday after the House approved a revised $700 billion financial bailout, with investors nervous that the plan is at most a first step in repairing the faltering U.S. economy. ...more

October 4, 2008

A free event will give potential homeowners an opportunity to learn about the home-buying process. ...more

June 21, 2008

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the practices of a national helicopter flight school with a branch in Lakeland that filed bankruptcy and closed in February. ...more

May 24, 2008

LAKELAND - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the practices of a national helicopter flight school with a branch in Lakeland that filed bankruptcy and closed in February. ...more

May 23, 2008

The Senate moved Friday against the worsening mortgage crisis, voting to make it easier for thousands of homeowners with ballooning interest rates to refinance into federally insured loans. ...more

December 15, 2007