TEMPE, Ariz.—-While the number of reported identity theft cases to the Federal Trade Commission continues to climb, law enforcement officials struggle to solve cases left in the wake of criminals taking over identities and racking up debt, ruining credit and financially tarnishing good names.
Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries, a State Department official said Sunday.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the U.S. financial system is in much better shape these days and there is more stability in the overall economy.
As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get. Homeowners from New York to Florida and in the Gulf Coast region are again seeing premiums rise and coverage change.
As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get. Homeowners from New York to Florida and in the Gulf Coast region are again seeing premiums rise and coverage change.
Hawaii bankruptcy filings continue to grow as the state’s economy falters. The Office of the U.S. Trustee reports that preliminary data show the number of bankruptcy filings increased 60.4 percent in May from the year-earlier period.
As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get. Homeowners from New York to Florida and in the Gulf Coast region are again seeing premiums rise and coverage change.
We first heard the term decades ago: The “Sun Belt” was just starting a run of phenomenal growth — and no wonder. It conjured a sunny state of mind as well as a balmy place on the map.
General Motors Corp. will sell most of its Opel unit and other European assets to Canada’s Magna International Inc. in a deal German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday would protect the assets from GM’s likely bankruptcy.
Germany’s economy minister said Saturday he thinks a plan by Magna International Inc. to acquire General Motors Corp.’s Opel unit carries high risks, and that an “orderly insolvency” could still be the best bet to save the German-based carmaker.
