Study: Blacks are less segregated than ever before
By:USA TodayJanuary 31, 2012
Black segregation from other racial groups has hit its lowest point in more than a century — declining in all 85 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas — but social and income inequality persist.
Texas Heat and Drought Caused by Global Warming, NASA's Hansen Says
By:Inside Climate NewsJanuary 31, 2012
For three months last summer, temperatures in Texas soared higher than at any time in recorded history, and the state is still coping with the most expensive drought in its history. But can the 2011 Texas heat wave be attributed...
How Credit Unions Support Community Development
By:US News and World ReportJanuary 30, 2012
In many ways, credit unions are just like regular banks. They offer checking and savings accounts, loans, credit cards, and all the other financial products you’d expect, but there’s one characteristic that really sets them...
Startups Report From Shoestring Publishing Shows New Trends in Small Business Startups
By:PR WebJanuary 30, 2012
A new report from Shoestring Publishing shows that more people in the USA are starting their own businesses since the beginning of the recession in the USA, according to Justin Douglas from Shoestring. He says, "an increase of...
City tops most affordable housing list
By:Windsor Star - CAJanuary 30, 2012
Even with housing prices expected to go up slightly in Windsor in 2012, the city still offers the best bang for a housing buck, according to an international survey. Windsor ranked as the most affordable housing market of any...
The Bank That Works
By:ForbesJanuary 30, 2012
As financial services continue to struggle with credibility--and profitability--John Stumpf's Wells Fargo is quietly doing what banks are supposed to: opening accounts, making loans and issuing mortgages. He may even have a...
New Fraud Investigation Group Issues Subpoenas to Financial Companies
By:NY TimesJanuary 28, 2012
WASHINGTON — A new law enforcement group examining securities fraud from the housing bubble and financial crisis has already issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial companies for information related to their actions in the market...
Fifth Third invests $200,000 in five community groups in Akron, Cleveland
By:Cleveland.comJanuary 27, 2012
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Fifth Third Bank is awarding $200,000 in five Northeast Ohio non-profit community groups, the bank announced Thursday. The investments are going to three Cleveland-based groups: Esperanza Inc., Neighborhood...
More affordable housing becoming available locally
By:Dayton Daily NewsJanuary 27, 2012
Fully renovated and affordable homes for middle-income families are hitting Montgomery County’s housing market. In 2009, The Housing Source, a program of CountyCorp, started buying abandoned or foreclosed properties, mostly...
City to finance affordable housing projects through tax credits
By:Chicago TribuneJanuary 27, 2012
The city's Department of Housing and Economic Development has allocated $30 million in federal tax credits to help finance 41 affordable housing projects, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration said Thursday.
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