Sep 16th, 2005 · Many communities in the Gulf Coast wonder how they will meet debt payments on outstanding bond issues. That could make it harder to make good on old debts and borrow the new money local governments need to bring devastated areas back to life.
Sep 15th, 2005 · A strike by more than 18,000 union machinists shuts down commercial airplane production at the Boeing Company. The strike is in its 14th day, and machinists say they're willing to hold on for a better deal on pension payments and health care costs.
Aug 10th, 2005 · A Delaware judge rules that the Walt Disney company's board of directors were within their rights when they approved paying Michael Ovitz $140 million in severance pay.
Jun 22nd, 2005 · Federal banking regulators have begun an investigation into the credit card payment processing company whose security breach put millions of American cardholders at risk for fraud. One of the security steps the firm might have taken, but did not, is encrypting the data.
Jun 16th, 2005 · Melissa Block talks with Stephen Labaton of The New York Times about an investigation into payments made to Republican lobbyists retained by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. According to Labaton, the CPB has said for many years that it's not allowed to hire lobbyists to push for measures.
Jun 3rd, 2005 · With the housing market remaining strong across much of the country, some homeowners are being cheated out of their homes. It's called equity stripping, and those who have the hardest time making their mortgage payments are often the most at risk.
May 17th, 2005 · Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about warnings by federal banking regulators to banks and other lenders to be more selective about distributing home equity loans. Rising interest rates may put more borrowers at risk of missing mortgage payments.
Apr 22nd, 2005 · Medicaid, designed to help poor seniors, is the single biggest source of payments for long-term health care. On any given day, there are more than a million American seniors living in nursing homes -- most of them at taxpayers' expense. Now, the federal government says some who are benefiting from Medicaid actually could afford to pay their own way.