Gov. Jay Nixon followed through on his threat to veto a tax-cut bill he says would have a catastrophic effect on school funding while benefiting lawyers and lobbyists.
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Read More »Gov. Jay Nixon followed through on his threat to veto a tax-cut bill he says would have a catastrophic effect on school funding while benefiting lawyers and lobbyists.
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Read More »The Federal Reserve is considering a requirement that the biggest banks add their bonds to pay packages for top executives.
Read More »Want to buy a trailer park? Freddie Mac wants to give you a loan.
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Read More »U.S. Senate Banking Committee leaders indefinitely delayed consideration of a bipartisan bill to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as rifts among the panel’s Democratic majority threaten to stall the measure.
Read More »The homeownership rate in the U.S. declined to the lowest in almost 19 years as rising property prices and mortgage rates held back demand.
Read More »Pending home sales are again on the rise, for the first time in nine months, according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors.
Read More »A U.S. Senate plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the most thorough yet for winding down the two mortgage financiers, faces a first test this week with its authors making last-minute changes to gather more support.
Read More »The Association of Institutional Investors, whose members include Pacific Investment Management Co. and Fidelity Investments, is pushing lawmakers debating an overhaul of the U.S. home-loan market to create an “unambiguous fiduciary standard” for certain mortgage-bond trustees.
Read More »Even as it deals with hot-button issues like campaign financing and affirmative action, the U.S. Supreme Court has patents on its mind these days.
Read More »The debate: Who owns the stuff in the cloud?
Read More »Missouri lawmakers on Thursday sent a bill to Gov. Jay Nixon dealing with where lawsuits involving railroads must be filed.
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