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Home prices up nationwide
Josh Brown Aug 8, 2012
Why the reason for the jump in home prices and has the housing market really rebounded?
Cayman Islands could tax foreign workers
Jeremy Hobson Aug 6, 2012
The British territory has $91,000 registered companies, including 235 banks. But now, because of pressure to plug a budget hole, the government is proposing a 10 percent income tax on foreign workers.
Scant agreement on link between taxes and growth
Stephen Beard Aug 1, 2012
Politicians bicker over whether low taxes bring high growth or not, but globally, the evidence appears to be inconclusive.
Atlanta puts new tax for transit to a vote
Jim Burress Jul 30, 2012
A proposal to add a penny to Atlanta's sales tax would mean billions raised for transit projects, winning the backing of business leaders but attracting a strange mix of opponents.
Arthur Laffer on income inequality, raising taxes
Jeff Horwich Jul 26, 2012
The father of supply-side economics explains why he's against raising taxes on the rich, and the problems with being so against income inequality.
Home prices firm up but lenders stay skittish
Heidi N. Moore Jul 24, 2012
Housing prices continue to firm up, but banks still aren’t confident in the housing or job markets to loan to anyone but the safest borrowers.
Americans weigh in on fixes for the U.S. economy
Frank Newport Jul 19, 2012
Gallup's Frank Newport digs into the latest polling data on the cure for our economic ailments.
Housing construction showing signs of recovery
Josh Brown Jul 18, 2012
Groundbreaking on new homes jumped up last month at the fastest pace in three years. Housing starts were up 6.9 percent from May and 24 percent from a year ago.
Weekly unemployment dip due to auto industry
Diane Swonk Jul 12, 2012
This morning the Labor Department reported the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell by 26,000 last week to 350,000, the best number since March of 2008. Analysts point to the auto industry's seasonal production schedule as the source of the weekly dip.
With new foreclosure data, a look at the housing market
David Gura Jul 12, 2012
We're getting some new data this morning about the housing market. The foreclosure listing company RealtyTrac says there was an uptick in foreclosure activity last month, but it's down compared with a year ago. Which brings us to the eternal question: Has the housing market finally hit bottom?
