North Dakota and South Dakota are getting a total of more than $24 million in federal money to help needy families pay their heating bills through the rest of the calendar year as both states' energy assistance programs appear in good shape as winter prepares to set in.
The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a new program to support state and local housing finance agencies. The plan will help the agencies finance mortgages for first-time homebuyers and develop rental housing.
Their offense languishing, unable to make much headway even against the NFL's worst defenses, the Washington Redskins called in some help Tuesday for coach Jim Zorn.
Dial back the pie-in-the-sky projections.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is encouraging companies that buy failed banks with troubled home loans to extend temporary help to people who have lost their jobs and can't pay their mortgage bills.
The government set expectations sky-high earlier this year when President Barack Obama launched an effort to help up 7 to 9 million homeowners avoid foreclosure.
Maake Kemoeatu sat in the shade off to the side of Carolina's practice field Tuesday, his right leg extended and wrapped in an air cast. A pair of crutches rested on a folding chair next to him.
After over a year of various industry initiatives, the slow pace of rewriting unaffordable loans remains at a crawl, threatening a fragile recovery. By msnbc.com's John W Schoen.
The Obama administration wants to shame the mortgage industry into doing a better job of helping borrowers avoid losing their homes to foreclosure.
The government's $50 billion program to ease the mortgage crisis is helping only a tiny fraction of struggling homeowners, and a list released Tuesday showed which lenders are laggards.
Speaking at a high school in Mesa, Ariz., about a month after taking office, President Barack Obama launched an effort to keep as many as 9 million homeowners out of foreclosure in a major federal effort to stabilize the U.S. housing market.
LeBron James walked off the court, head down, brushing off a few pieces of confetti. He ignored the few taunts by Magic fans and took one last look at the crowd without muttering a word.
Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.
Cash-strapped states are getting help from Washington to keep track of how they spend the $787 billion in federal stimulus money aimed at boosting jobs and the economy.
Online job advertisements fell by 131,000 in April and the drop has resulted in a decline of more than 1.32 million advertised vacancies in the last six months.
The good news: The government is offering a big discount on health insurance for laid-off workers.
A New York-based nonprofit research group says 100,000 fewer job advertisements were posted online in March.
Michigan's Tobacco Quit Line has quit.
Philip and Gloria Spigner saw their monthly mortgage payments climb from $800 to $1,300. Carol and Butch Dycus have received foreclosure notices though they say they're not behind on their payments. And Tony Jumper's mortgage hasn't changed, but 26 people were laid off this week from his job.
Cutting corners on tax preparation costs might sound penny-wise and pound-foolish in a year when people are desperate for the biggest refunds or smallest tax bills possible. But it doesn't have to be.
President Barack Obama's new mortgage relief plan, launched Wednesday, aims to help up to 9 million borrowers qualify for more affordable mortgages and stay in their homes.
Thinking small might help Taiwan's computer industry emerge from the global downturn as an even bigger global player.
Between the $75 billion foreclosure plan President Barack Obama revealed on Wednesday and the $787 billion economic stimulus he signed a day earlier, the government is promising a range of programs aimed at getting new help to homeowners.
A New York-based nonprofit research group says over 1 million fewer job advertisements have been posted online since November.
Luis Molina is not a lawyer and he has never played one on TV.