Grandchildren of Palm Beachers Lorraine and the late Jack Friedman are suing the trustees of the couple’s trusts, alleging they lost substantial amounts through investments with Bernie Madoff after repeated warnings to divest.

WASHINGTON — Thousands of first-time homebuyers will be able to get short-term loans so they can quickly make use of a new $8,000 tax credit to pay for some of the costs of buying a home.

WASHINGTON - Parents should be particularly elated about one section of the freshly adopted credit card law that could keep young people out of debt.

Beginning Monday, state troopers will automatically get insurance information on vehicles every time they make a stop. The insurance verification system, which began last July 1, had primarily been used in crash investigations.

Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about the loss of her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery? Valerie Nash, laid off in Tennessee, thought about her diabetes.

A newly released state audit of the Long Island Power Authority found the debt-laden authority “lacks documented procedures for issuing debt” and failed to list $107 million in contracts in a 2007 procurement report, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office said Saturday.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get.

Updates to FEMA flood risk maps for York County that determine which homeowners are required by federal mandate to carry flood insurance are likely to take effect next month.

A $105.5 million debt timebomb is putting pressure on Ports of Auckland owner Auckland Regional Holdings to inject cash into the company for the first time.