Iowa AG slams report on campaign contributions

by The Library of CongressIowa Attorney General Tom Miller dismissed a recent report on his 2010 campaign contributions from those involved in the banking industry, calling it "false and misleading at its core." The National Institute on Money in State...

Building Permits Rise In All 4 Regions

According to the Census Bureau, seasonally-adjusted, single-family Housing Starts rebounded in March, increasing 8 percent over February’s 2-year low. We can’t put too much faith in the data, however, because for the second straight month, the government...

Fitch downgrades 12 classes of Wachovia CMBS

by The Library of CongressFitch Ratings downgraded twelve classes of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates held in the Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust – Series 2007-C30 due to the possibility of higher loss expectations on underlying commercial...