Spruce Street fix might be paid for by neighborhood improvement district

Rebuilding Spruce Street with new surface and storm drainage would cost about $471,400. And it might be paid for by neighborhood residents through a limited improvement district. Next to determine: Who will be in the limited improvement district. Town Administrator King Fitch said districts, or LIDs, or usually comprised of residents whose homes face an improvement. But in this case, more ...

Guide to financial overhaul law

Two years after the global financial system nearly collapsed, a vast revamping of regulation has been signed into law. The measure targets the risky banking and oversight failures that led to the last ...

Regulation Key Part Of Financial Reform Law

Two years after the global financial system nearly collapsed, a vast revamping of regulation has been signed into law.

A step-by-step guide to US financial reform

Two years after the global financial system nearly collapsed, a vast revamping of US regulation has been signed into law.

Most changes from financial overhaul bill won't take effect soon

Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules since the Great Depression.