Personal Finance
Australia’s AMP makes fresh bid for AXA Asia Pacific
(AFP)
AFP - Australian wealth manager AMP made a new bid Monday for AXA Asia Pacific worth at least 13 billion dollars, saying the deal could create a major new player in the country's financial services landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
White House, GOP look for middle ground on taxes
(AP)
AP - The White House and Republican lawmakers set the terms for a looming tax debate Sunday, coalescing around a possible temporary extension of existing income tax rates that would protect middle class and wealthy Americans from sharp tax increases ne... Read the rest of this entry »
Program uses job-loss coverage to lure home buyers
(AP)
AP - With job-loss fears keeping many on the housing market's sidelines, California's real estate agents' association has devised a scheme that uses unemployment insurance to lure wavering buyers into the fray. Read the rest of this entry »
Obama taps NC official to regulate Fannie and Freddie
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama will nominate a state bank regulator to be director of the U.S. agency that oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the White House said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
NC bank commissioner named to run federal agency
(AP)
AP - North Carolina's banking commissioner has been nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the federal agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read the rest of this entry »
The Only Holiday Savings Article You Will Ever Need
(The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - I'm going to let you in on a little-known technique used by those of us who have been on the consumer finance beat for a while. Around this time every year, we dig into our article archives, dust off the previous year's "How to Surviv... Read the rest of this entry »
ALL BUSINESS: Tales of robo-signers hit YouTube
(AP)
AP - It isn't just Justin Bieber videos or stunning plays in a middle-school football game that are getting attention on YouTube these days. Add to the list a former hotel maid explaining how she signs thousands of mortgage documents a year without a c... Read the rest of this entry »
7 Ways to Become Your Own Retirement Planner
(U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - I support the concept of being your own retirement and financial planner or at least being in full control of the process. It is your money at risk and your retirement future being planned. You are best qualified to understan... Read the rest of this entry »
Big ideas for cutting deficit, but they’d hurt
(AP)
AP - Voters who demanded Washington rein in the nation's spiraling debt are getting a message from President Barack Obama and leaders of his deficit commission: It'll hurt. Read the rest of this entry »
Mortgage rates fall to fresh lows this week
(AP)
AP - The mortgage rate bar is even lower, but few homebuyers are making the jump. Read the rest of this entry »