Obama Bank Overhaul
Obama is expected to call on lawmakers to approve an overhaul of the US regulatory system. The White House would give the central bank the Federal Reserve new powers over huge financial firms and the ability to seize banks whose collapse could threaten the economy. When Will the Spending Stop? ...

Weekly CFO Buys Highlight: Rocky Brands Inc. ...
According to GuruFocus Insider Data these are the largest CFO buys during the past week. Rocky Brands Inc. MainSource Financial Group Inc NewBridge Bancorp StarTek Inc. and Citizens First Corp. Rocky Brands Inc. (RCKY): EVP CFO and Treasurer James E Mcdonald Bought 11000 Shares EVP CFO an ...


Non Tarp Banks Are Doing Better
Paul R. La Monica finds that stocks that didn’t take TARP money have done better than the ones that did. I've dug up with the help of research available on TARP tracker Bailoutsleuth.com at least 54 publicly traded banks that explicitly refused to take part in TARP. And it's worth po ...

Rooting for higher oil prices
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gold is getting close to $1000 an ounce again even as oil prices continue to fall.Plunging oil prices are not really good news. So as heretical as this may sound it might actually be time to start rooting for oil prices to head higher again.At first blush the fact tha ...

Regional library receives grant
The Barry-Lawrence Regional Library received a $10000 grant from the William T. Kemper Foundation and a $2000 grant from the Commerce Bancshares Foundation for the capital campaign to build the new Monett Branch Library. Mike McCracken president of Commerce Bank Cassville made the presentation ...