Mid-America Acquires in Dallas

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. lately acquired Times Square at Craig Ranch, in Dallas, Texas MSA.

Banks' self-dealing super-charged financial crisis

Faced with increasing difficulty in selling the mortgage-backed securities that had been among their most lucrative products, the banks hit on a solution that preserved their quarterly earnings and huge bonuses.

Big banks' self-dealing fueled meltdown

Over the last two years of the housing bubble, Wall Street bankers perpetrated one of the greatest episodes of self-dealing in financial history.

The age of no more tears investing

Investors lined up around the block last week to get a piece of Johnson & Johnson's newest debt offerings, even though the yields were small enough to fit on a Q-tip. Ditto for new debt from IBM, Wal-Mart and a host of other investment-grade corporations.

Mid-America Acquires Asset

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc., an apartment-only real estate investment trust, has recently acquired Verandas at Sam Ridley - a 336-unit upscale property in Nashville MSA , for $32 million.