Local fans along for historic ride - Times Union
ELMONT — Frank and Debbie Panucci of Loudonville were 20-year-old newlyweds when they squeezed near the rail to watch Affirmed outduel Alydar in the Belmont Stakes in 1978. “It was unbelievable,” Frank Panucci recalled. “The roar of the crowd that

The middle class is sinking into a deep morass of debt - Daily Breeze
Including ours. Like the Joneses, we took out a second mortgage. We could’ve bought a condo in Hawaii with the line of credit bestowed upon us - $270,000. Luckily, we didn’t. Luckily, we only bought enough stucco to cover the walls, and then pretty

Lenders limit or freeze home equity credit - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Counting on money from your home equity line of credit to pay for home renovations or college expenses? Watch out. Some banks are starting to restrict or freeze access to emergency cash. What’s particularly exasperating is that lenders aren’t even

Looking for heartache? Take a chance on commercial property - San Francisco Gate
If I had a dime for every time I heard a story about the vulnerability of residential tenants, I could quit saving for my retirement. Yet recently I heard a tale from some friends about their attempt to open a deli that made me realize how little I

Letters: Your opinions on business news - St. Petersburg Times
Story Tools Progress Energy is back at it again. It wants to raise the cost to pay in advance for everything it does. A few years ago, it had an amazing quarterly profit of more than $87-million and since then has had increases each quarter. Progress

Local fans along for Triple Crown ride - Times Union
ELMONT Frank and Debbie Panucci of Loudonville were 20-year-old newlyweds when they squeezed near the rail to watch Affirmed outduel Alydar in the Belmont Stakes in 1978. “It was unbelievable,” Frank Panucci recalled. “The roar of the crowd that day