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  • Business Highlights Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:32PM___
  • Yahoo! Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:05PMYahoo! Inc. today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.
  • Home construction jumps in June after dismal spring Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:00AMWASHINGTON (AP) — Builders broke ground on more single-family homes and apartments in June, helping the battered construction industry gain a little life after a dismal spring. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders began work on a seasonally adjusted 629,000 homes last month, a 14.6 percent increase from May. ...
  • BofA Posts Record Quarterly Loss on Costs of Bad Home Loans Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:12AMBank of America Corp. posted the biggest quarterly loss in the lender’s history after Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan booked more costs tied to defective mortgages and revenue continued to slide.
  • Bank of America Has Record Loss on Bad Loans Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:39AMBank of America Corp. (BAC) posted the biggest quarterly loss in the lender’s history after Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan booked more charges tied to defective mortgages and improper loan servicing.
  • Is it a good time to be a buyer or seller of agricultural land? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:50PMA number of factors have come together to provide unique circumstances that can be beneficial for both buyers and sellers of agricultural land. Strong demand for land, interest rates at almost all time lows and long term federal capital gains tax rates not seen since 1933 are all involved.
  • Mid-Day Update: Stocks Broadly Lower as Sovereign Debt Concerns Flood Street; Gold Gains Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:46AMHere's where markets stand at mid-day: -NYSE down 139.15 (-1.69%) to 8,087.89 -DJIA down 174.49 (-1.4%) to 12,305.24 -S&P 500 down 19.45 (-1.48%) to 1,296.69 -Nasdaq down
  • Steve Forbes Interview: Restructuring Expert Harry Wilson Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:18AMWilson's Background[forbesvid id="fvn/inidaily/ini-fullvideo-harry-wilson-greece-debt-ceiling-moodys-credit-rating" showid="80"]Steve Forbes: Harry, very nice of you to join us. Harry Wilson: Thanks for having me. Forbes: Before we get into specifics of debt crises and the like, can you describe your background of being a work out specialist and therefore have a lot of grounding in terms of how ...
  • PacWest Bancorp Announces Results for the Second Quarter of 2011 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:00AM--Net Earnings of $12.8 Million-- --Net Interest Margin Increases to 5.57%-- --Credit Loss Reserve at 3.52% of Net Non-Covered Loans and 157% of Non-Covered Nonaccrual Loans-- --Noninterest-Bearing Deposits at 36% of Total Deposits and Core at 76%-- --Tangible Common Equity Increases 7.2% or $30.5 million--
  • Eight European banks fail stress tests Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:07PMEight European banks have failed a test of their ability to withstand a long recession.
  • Crunch bank tests fail to quell doubts Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:22AMLONDON, July 16 — Eight European banks have failed a test of their ability to withstand a long recession and will have to raise just €2.5 billion (RM10 billion) of capital, significantly less than expected. The European Banking Authority said five banks in Spain, two in Greece and one in Austria flunked the “stress test,” which made 90 lenders ...
  • Civil service pay: goading the masses, cuddling IMF Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:44PMTHE MDC have chosen a political response to a security issue. This column had given them a good tip on how to handle the matter, namely that they take up the matter through appropriate channels whose creation they themselves agitated for when they joined the coalition government.
  • Eight European banks fail stress test, credibility questioned Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:06PMEight European banks have failed a test of their ability to withstand a long recession and will have to raise just 2.5 billion euros ($3.5 billion) of capital, a significantly lower figure than expected.
  • Eight European banks fail test, credibility questioned Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:54PMLONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Eight European banks have failed a test of their ability to withstand a long recession and will have to raise just 2.5 billion euros (2.2 billion pounds) of capital, a significantly ...
  • Independent Bank Corp. Reports Q2 Net Income of $11.1M Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:13AMStrong Loan and Deposit Growth Drives PerformanceROCKLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Independent Bank ...
  • Debt hole in Labour policy - English Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:01PMFinance Minister Bill English says there is a "big debt hole" in the middle of Labour's capital gains tax policy.
  • Mixed response to Labour policy Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:24PMLabour aims to sell its capital gains tax plans as a way for New Zealanders to "own their future", in contrast to National's asset-sale programme.
  • Labour's capital gains tax a gamble Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:15PMLabour has several hooks to overcome in its bid to boost the government's tax take by more than $25 billion. read more
  • Labour promises surplus by 2015 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:04PMLabour finance spokesman David Cunliffe says the party's tax policy would see a return to Budget surplus by 2015 – the same year as the Government plans – and would see debt hit zero as quickly as National intends.
  • Hidden Yen Signal & Gold Breakout Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:06AMTake a short break from all the hubbub in the United States over the faltering USEconomy, the reckless politicians pretending to come to a USGovt budget agreement (small or large), and the tacit admission by USFed Chairman Bernanke that indeed QE3 is very likely.
  • Alliance Financial Announces Second Quarter Earnings Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:00AMAlliance Financial Corporation , the holding company for Alliance Bank, N.A., announced today a 16.3% increase in net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared with the second quarter of 2010. Â Net income was $3.5 million or $0.73 per diluted common share in the second quarter of 2011, compared with $3.0 million or $0.64 per diluted common share in the year-ago quarter and $3.3 ...
  • Joint Hearings on Tax Code and Debt Break New Ground Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:47PMTwo powerful committees responsible for the federal tax code began a series of meetings today to examine ways in which the tax code incentivizes individuals and corporations to incur debt.
  • Questions And Answers July 12 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:43AM1. Hon PHIL GOFF (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister : Did his Minister of Finance refer to him a Treasury report dated 4 March 2011 and entitled Extending the Mixed Ownership Model which says with respect to privatising shares in publicly-owned ...
  • David Baines: A public disgrace - More readers speak out on abuse in the exempt securities market Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:50PMIn my Saturday column, I published a series of letters from readers who expressed concern that Victoria financial planner David Michaels, although not registered to sell securities, has been able to sell tens of millions of dollars worth of high-risk, illiquid investments to his clients, many of whom are elderly.
  • The great rent-versus-buy debate: Readers weigh in Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:12PMDifferent perspectives on whether retirees selling the family home should rent instead of buying again
  • More on whether it makes sense to sell the family pile Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:12PMReaders weigh in on the question of rent-versus-own
  • Home Prices: 5 Cities Where They'll Rise This Year Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:49PMSurprisingly, a Florida housing market makes the list.
  • Q2 Mortgage Counts Fall 24 Pct. Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:19PMA slide in mortgage activity between April and June, coinciding with a plunge in home sales, adds up to a housing market in Shelby County that’s...
  • Report: Local housing market expected to stay sluggish Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 12:30AMPortland’s housing market is projected to be among the lowest-performing major metropolitan areas in the nation during the second half of the year, according to an analysis released Friday by Clear Capital, a Truckee, Calif., real estate data services company. Clear Capital projects that ...
  • Landlord tax deductions, for beginners Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 12:05AMThere are significant tax advantages for a landlord. In contrast, single family and condo homeowners who are not landlords can...
  • HDFC kicks off result season with 22% net jump Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:36PMHousing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) on Friday said its net profit for the quarter ended June rose 22 per cent to Rs 844.53 crore from Rs 694.59 crore in the corresponding period last year.
  • Is the housing market stuck in neutral? Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:11PMRosezanne Hope-Ross found out about falling house prices the hard way when she and her ex-husband lost $150,000 on one house."Who would've thought?" says the Auckland executive, remembering the financial nightmare she faced four...
  • Deals of the Day: The Tech IPO Boom’s Big Winners — Accel, Sequoia and Redpoint Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:34AMDeals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.
  • Ten Alps PLC - Preliminary Results and Board Change Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:03AMTen Alps PLC - Preliminary Results and Board Change
  • European Stocks Are Little Changed; PPR Advances as RWE Retreats Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:21AMEuropean stocks were little changed, erasing earlier gains, as the bonds of the euro area’s weakest economies declined amid renewed speculation that the region’s sovereign-debt crisis will spread. Asian shares climbed, while U.S. index futures dropped.
  • Capital Gains: Tried and true Aussie policy Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:04PMWhy is it that we say we want to catch up with Australia but keep turning up our noses at the policies they have been using for years?
  • Cogeco Cable Posts Strong Results Stemming from Solid Growth in the Canadian Operations and Increases its Dividend ... Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 5:00AMMONTREAL, QUEBEC-- - Today, Cogeco Cable Inc. announced its financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2011, ended May 31, 2011.
  • Solid Results and Higher Dividend for COGECO Stemming From Continuous Growth in Canadian Cable Operations Despite a ... Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 5:00AMMONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 07/07/11) - Today, COGECO Inc. (TSX: CGO - News ) ("COGECO" or the "Company") announced its financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2011, ended May 31, 2011. For the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2011: -- Revenue increased by 13.3% to reach $375 million in the quarter, and by 8.1% to reach $1,068.4 million in the ...
  • Tweet Town Hall Word for Word Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:29PMLeading the event 140 characters at a time was Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Pres. Barack Obama.
  • Twitter Town Hall: The complete transcript of Barack Obama and Jack Dorsey Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:03PMTwitter Townhall went on for over an hour.
  • Real Estate in Provence Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:10PMIn the current market, homes often sell for 10 to 15 percent below the asking price.
  • Fear of new tax scares landlords into quitting Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:15PMLandlords have already become so afraid of a capital gains tax that an industry leader says they are bowing out of the market.David Whitburn, president of the Auckland Property Investors Association, said prospective residential...
  • An appeal for a 68-year old Fil-American mother in jail in Borongan, Samar Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 11:16AMYesterday morning, I got a letter from someone who introduced herself as Josie Studer. She is a Filipino-American, based in the United Sates but comes home often to her parent’s hometown in Hernani. Eastern Samar. She was asking help for the release of her 68-year old mother who was arrested last June 26 as she [...]
  • Nothing's too good for baby Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 5:26PMBut making a profit from cashed-up mums and dads has proved tougher than expected, writes Michael Evans.
  • House prices continue slide Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 7:40PMMelbourne property values in GFC-like downward slide, recording the fourth-largest drop across the country.
  • Post-GFC property blues Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 5:01PMBrisbane houses lose more value this year than at the height of the global financial crisis.
  • Australians must increase productivity: Treasury head Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 3:55PMTreasury Secretary Martin Parkinson is warning Australians face declining living standards if they do not increase productivity.
  • House prices falling at worse rate than 2008 Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 3:39PMMelbourne property values have continued their six-month downward slide, recording the fourth-largest drop across the country.
  • Check your home loan benefits Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:40PMRebates will be considered income if the property is sold in less than five years.
  • Brisbane's post-GFC property blues Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 12:11PMHouses lose more value this year than at height of the global financial crisis.