February 28, 2012

The Federal Housing Administration will increase two fees charged to borrowers as it tries to bolster its finances and attract private lenders back to the mortgage market.

One percent of patients account for more than 25 percent of health care spending among the privately insured, according to a study.

The loss of its contract with Starz for movies may hurt Netflix less than originally thought, because more than half of its streaming audience is watching TV series.

A combination of forces has pushed the cost of borrowing so low that many investors effectively are paying to lend money to the government.

Some critics say the loans only allowed governments throughout the state to put off dealing with soaring employee retirement costs.

In light of increasing concussion research, nonprofessional hockey organizations are seriously considering rules changes that would effectively end brawling by players.

Federal regulators plan to announce this week that automakers will be required to put rearview cameras in all passenger vehicles by 2014 to help drivers see what is behind them.

The creators of the influential art-house movies “My Dinner With André” and “Vanya on 42nd Street” are planning a filmed version of Ibsen’s “Master Builder.”

“Khovanshchina”, Mussorgsky’s sweeping epic of political fragmentation and religious fundamentalism in the Russia of the late 1600s, is back on the Met stage, fiery finale and all.

The arrest, the first of a member of City Comptroller John Liu’s inner circle, is part of a widening investigation into his fund-raising practices.

The disclosure came as an independent panel concluded that the Dover Air Force Base mortuary should have more oversight, training of employees and inspections.

A statue from the Khmer kingdom of ancient Cambodia, pulled out of an auction at Sotheby’s, remains in New York while parties argue the legality of its removal from the country.