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BBVA's expected purchase of troubled Texas lender Guaranty Financial Group will boost its southern U.S. strategy, but analysts are keeping close tabs on the bank's capital levels.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria , Spain's second-largest bank, is expected to win a government-run auction of troubled Texas lender Guaranty Financial Group Inc , sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

First lady, Michelle Obama, is on the spotlight again for her fashion, this time however not many people not many people are in favor of the mid-thigh shorts she chose to wear on a family holiday to the Grand Canyon.

Retired police officer Bob Ritz has health insurance that covers his medical and dental care in the United States.

Heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson says he still has no idea how to handle the accidental death in May of his 4 year-old daughter, calling it a

U.S. home loans failed at a record pace in July despite ongoing federal and state programs to avoid foreclosures, which have severely strained housing and the economy.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the agency he leads allocated nearly $38 million in funding economic stimulus package funds to all states to help their emergency preparedness plans in case of energy supply disruptions.

Despite weakening second home purchases in 2008, the long-term demand looks favorable for the second-home market because there are large numbers of people in the prime years for buying a second home.

Former corporate executive Don Yows took an entry-level job that set his career in information technology back by two decades.

Driving south through the Navajo reservation on Highway U.S. 89, our anticipation heightens as the San Francisco Peaks come into view. While my wife and I have made this journey many times, we still marvel at the magnetic pull that draws us to northern Arizona each year.

Long after President Barack Obama's first term ends in 2013, millions of U.S. families will still be paying the price for the recession.

The colossal water cistern set in a clearing in a hilly, heavily forested area can hold 25,000 liters of water — enough to irrigate a major food farm.

Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.

Final bids are due by the end of Friday for the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes in federal bankruptcy court in Arizona, even as the team disclosed it continued to lose money last season.

Insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc said on Monday it would acquire the northeast U.S. operations of Health Net Inc for about roughly $510 million to expand its presence in that region.

Insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc is in talks to buy the U.S. Northeast operations of rival Health Net Inc, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.

A so-called blank-check company said it has acquired two Nevada community banks in what it called the largest such recapitalization of a banking company in U.S. history.

Canadian copper miner Quadra Mining Ltd said quarterly production at its Nevada-based Robinson mine and Arizona-based Carlota mine was below expectations, and cut its full-year production outlook for both mines.

The Intermountain Power Agency said on Thursday it will not continue efforts to seek an air permit for a third 900-megawatt coal-fired power unit at its plant in Utah.

A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday denied a request by a committee of asbestos personal injury claimants to delay the sale of General Motors Corp pending its appeal.

It was a good kick-off for the summer season. The pending home sales index figure that was released earlier this month marked a third straight month of rising pending sales. That is certainly welcome and encouraging news.