Web sites offer tools for troubled homeowners
Almost 6 million Americans are behind on their mortgage payments or in foreclosure, data this week showed, and many more are draining saving and retirement accounts to avoid joining those ranks. For the lucky ones, there is a loan modification in their future.Owner of NFL's Bucs sells $24 million mansion
The owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team has sold a Palm Beach mansion for $24 million. It's the town's most expensive home sale of 2009.AT&T's $140 Million among top U.S. payments for retiree health
Some of the most profitable U.S. companies led by AT&T Inc. were among the biggest recipients of a government program that paid $1.8 billion to help cover health-care costs for their early retirees, a report shows.Pro-Cuba embargo money flows to US lawmakers
Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years, according to a study released late Sunday night by a group supporting campaign finance reform.Goodman to be named as next U.S. magistrate
The worst-kept secret in the South Florida legal community at present is that Akerman Senterfitt shareholder Jonathan Goodman has been tapped to be a U.S. magistrate.Real estate Investors lose $3 million in deal gone awry
Several prominent sports figures and local journalists who contributed to a real estate development fund say they were blindsided by the man who put together the deal.Seminole Tribe appeals rejection of sovereign immunity defense
The Seminole Tribe is appealing a Broward judge's rejection of its sovereign immunity defense in a dispute claiming $12 million in unpaid bills on infrastructure projects.U.S. Supreme Court Voids Key Part Of Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 vote that a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with a new way of determining which states and localities require federal monitoring of elections.How The Bank Lobby Loosened U.S. Reins On Derivatives
While regulators won the power to reach deep into a $633 trillion market, Wall Street preserved its dominance in derivatives trading with one of the largest sustained lobbying attacks on a single Washington agency.Trending Stories
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