Annual Reports

Q. I live in a newly constructed development that is still managed by the builder. The homeowners-association expenses total about $5,000 per month for water and mowing for a relatively small common area and the entranceway to the development. My...

Federal regulators charged an upstate New York-based regional grocery chain with fraud, claiming Tuesday a multimillion dollar accounting scheme made the company's finances look better than they were. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court, the U....

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sarah Palin requested and received an extension of the deadline for revealing her personal finances, until the day after her only debate with Democrat Joe Biden. The Republican vice presidential candidate received a four-day extension...

Forks Township Emergency Squad was sued Friday by a neighboring ambulance company, which charges it is owed more than $14,000 in unpaid bills. Palmer-based Suburban Emergency Medical Services covers advanced life support calls for Forks Township and...

Making the rounds on the Sunday morning talk shows, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson repeatedly said today's financial problems were long in the making. He should know. He was part of the Gold Rush that has brought the global financial system to the brink...

Diebold Inc. has been given more time as it seeks to maintain its listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the company said Wednesday. The maker of ATMs, voting machines and business security systems said the NYSE has granted an extension through Oct. 31....

There were no shoving matches at the door, no showdowns at the dais. Not a catcall was uttered. Instead, Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday delivered the annual state of the union report to Congress only in written form, skirting the sort of...

U.S. multinationals have been raking in money from around the world lately, a welcome offset to depressed sales at home. That's why the strengthening dollar and recent news of weakening economies overseas are bad omens for the future of U.S. corporate...

This week's column is the third installment of the review of new laws affecting community associations after Oct. 1. The Florida Condominium Act spells out many procedures that need to be followed, some are rather complex and not required of any other...

Anne Arundel County did not err in awarding a $10.8 million artificial turf contract to a politically connected landscaping company with no experience working with turf despite "deficiencies" in the firm's bid, according to an audit released yesterday....

You can't blame investors for being a bit paranoid about fund management, thinking that the brass always puts shareholder interests last. The problem with that line of thinking is that it's tough to figure out those times when management really is out to...

The head of California's largest union local has stepped aside in the wake of Times reports that the organization and a related charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to firms owned by his wife and mother-in-law. Tyrone Freeman, president of a...