Real estate broker: It’s a buyer’s market
Mark Caudell, managing broker for Coldwell Banker of Arab, knows all too well how the housing market declined in the last two years. “Last year was rock bottom,” he said.

Home value havoc not over
Sinking property values already have wrought havoc in metro Detroit, but the worst may be ahead. For home sellers, it could mean more price slashing.

Bill has plenty of rules and critics
NEW YORK — To keep taxpayers from having to bail out giant banks again, lawmakers faced two choices: design rules to try to prevent them from failing, or shrink them so that if they do fail, they won

Bank overhaul bill has plenty of rules and critics
Who wins, who loses in bank overhaul bill? Some say we’re safer, some say banks still too huge

G20 headlines from around the world
A roundup of the topline coverage of the summit in the 19 countries attending

What you need to know about the U.S. financial reform bill
Janet Whitman clarifies the sweeping package of financial regulatory reforms agreed on by U.S. lawmakers Friday

Business Highlights
Mortgage rates at lowest point since mid-1950s

Housing crisis hurts credit scores
Long-term effects could lead to changes in lending industry Gail MarksJarvis: Foreclosures and bankruptcies will dog consumers for years, and lenders are rethinking they way they dole out money to even the best borrowers.

Worrying Signs in India’s Microfinance Boom
Savita Ramesh Rathore stands at the door of her dimly lit workshop in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum, filled floor to ceiling with bundles of ancient clothes, and talks about the cost of her son’s wedding last year. “Jewels, clothes, food, the town hall,” says Rathore, 50, who makes towels from discarded [...]

Questions and Answers – 23 June 2010
Budget 2010—Grant to Pacific Economic Development Agency; Rest Homes—Standard of Care; Economic Position—Current Account Deficit; State-owned Enterprises—Requests for Additional Capital