Banks Weigh Regulator Options
By Amy Wyeth
Five Massachusetts banks in the past four years have changed their federal regulator, making the leap from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. – the regulator for 148 of the state’s 205 banks – to the Federal Reserve.
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Tower Report Spurs Council Into Action
By Thomas Grillo
A long-awaited and highly critical report on Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s plan to transform a city-owned parking garage into the Hub’s tallest skyscraper has prompted the Boston City Council to launch an investigation.
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Transfer Tax Plan for Islands Returns
By Aglaia Pikounis
Proposals to charge taxes on property sales on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have resurfaced, a year after those initiatives failed to win enough support at the State House.
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Flurry of New Bills Reflects Concerns Over Identity Theft
By Amy Wyeth
Everyone, it seems, has an idea these days on how to deal with identity theft problems – and they got their day in General Court last Tuesday when the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure considered 35 bills addressing everything from credit cards to credit scores.
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