(Phys.org) —New research from the University of Georgia and Miami University helps explain how a 1997 amendment to the Texas Constitution that relaxed restrictions on mortgage lending boosted statewide retail sales and ...
Economics & Business
Mar 5, 2013
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Eliminating or curtailing the mortgage interest deduction (MID) would initially result in declines in housing prices and investment but would have only modest aggregate macroeconomic effects in the long run, according to ...
Economics & Business
Jan 16, 2013
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(AP)—The online movement known as Anonymous has made an unusual appeal to British police: "Stand with us."
Internet
Oct 25, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) underestimates the risks of defaulted mortgages, NYU economist Andrew Caplin concludes in a new study co-authored with economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Economics & Business
Oct 22, 2012
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A new crowdfunding platform that lets investors back individual people rather than specific ideas or projects will be piloted at the University of Michigan and four other universities this fall, company officials announced ...
Business
Aug 8, 2012
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LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
Telecom
May 14, 2012
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Default risk on home loans is now at its lowest level in seven years, says a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Economics & Business
Mar 20, 2012
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If we want to prevent the next financial crisis, a new model of corporate governance is needed to replace shareholder primacy in financial institutions. Gates Scholar Mike Marin explains why.
Economics & Business
Mar 20, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people behave morally while others do not? Sociologists at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Northridge have developed a theory of the moral self that may ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2012
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(AP) -- A criminal investigation into mortgage swindlers who lured their victims with deceptive online ads is widening.
Internet
Nov 21, 2011
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