Business Institutions

What determines whether you can get a loan? Bankers traditionally have taken into account the “five C's of lending”: capacity, collateral, capital, conditions and character. When dealing with a community-based bank, the last is especially important....

With each passing day, I regret more and more having voted for President Obama. One can't judge a book by its cover, nor can one judge a politician by his speeches, no matter how articulate. In August, Mr. Obama told the Justice Department to ignore...

Disregarding White House opposition, the Senate unanimously approved new sanctions on Iran as part of its defense bill Thursday night, then passed the bill -- which already faced a veto threat because it requires military custody for certain detainees...

Bank of America Corp's Countrywide Financial unit agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $335 million to settle civil charges that it discriminated against minority homebuyers, a historic settlement for the Obama administration in the wake of the subprime...

TALLAHASSEE — Las Vegas Sands, which has been lobbying for the destination casino bill for the past several years, released a public letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi this morning from Sands VP Andy Abboud as a counter to Bondi's comments in...

$1 coins: The U.S. Mint will stop making $1 coins to save taxpayer money....

Capping a diplomatic huddle in Tokyo with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Japanese central government officials pledged Thursday to buy less Iranian oil in a nod to Washington's campaign to sanction Iran over its nuclear program....

Africans call for World Bank reform after Africa's candidate for World Bank president is passed over: African financial leaders called for the reform of the World Bank and its process for selecting its leader, dominated for six decades by the US, after...

President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having "serious reservations" about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. The bill also applies penalties against...

What I want to know is why Sun Community Federal Credit Union is charging $5 at the end of the month if we don’t have a certain amount of cash in our checking account. I can understand our savings. I just don’t get it. I know it’s just...

On the day last week that Bank of America announced sweeping cost-cuts, including the elimination of 30,000 jobs, executives at BlueRidge Bank celebrated a milestone for the three-year-old financial company. The Frederick-based community bank opened a...