Land Trust buys historic Rickman General Store (Franklin Press)
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee has purchased one of the best known and most beloved historic buildings in the Cowee Community of northern Macon County, the old T.M. Rickman General Store, according to LTLT executive director Paul Carlson.

Mercantile Bancorp: The Wall Street Analyst Forum Presentation Transcript (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
TRANSCRIPT SPONSOR Mercantile Bancorp Inc. The Wall Street Analyst Forum August 16, 2007 10:30 am ET Executives Ted Awerkamp - President and CEO Mike McGrath - CFO Dan Cook - CIO Presentation Moderator Okay.

Jackson County News (MainStreet Newspapers)
Notice of Sale Notice of Sale Under Power State of Georgia County of Jackson Because of a default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by a Security Deed executed by Tommy Pethel and April Pethel to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated December 2, 2005, and recorded in Deed Book 41-S, Page 460, Jackson County Records, said Security Deed having been last sold, assigned, ...

Watch List (Aug. 12-18): Midsummer Meltdown (CoStar Group)
This week's issue would tend to support the notion that housing and credit market woes are spilling over into commercial real estate: Reckson is seeing deals taking longer; condo builder Tarragon is trying to hang on; and a noted economist says we could...

Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau)
More information needed on immigration issue, Beebe says By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - Gov. Mike Beebe praised lawmakers Tuesday for tackling the illegal immigration issue in Arkansas but said more information is needed before any decisions can be made.

York County Deed Transfers (York Daily Record)
Aug 14, 2007 — The following deed transfers have been recorded recently in the York County Administrative Center. 110 Circle Drive, Springettsbury Twp.: Richard N. and Kathleen A. Mooney and Kathleen A. Williams to Jason R. Weber and Natalie M. Hale for $249,900.

Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau)
State Legislature discusses illegal immigration By Jason Wiest LITTLE ROCK - Immigrants, both legal and illegal, cost the state about $170 million a year, according to statistics state agencies provided Monday to a joint meeting of legislative committees studying the impact of illegal immigration in Arkansas.

Business briefs (Daily News Journal)
Murfreesboro banker Ed C. Loughry has been named a member of Leaders in Banking Excellence, a program that recognizes an elite group representing Tennessee bankers past and present who have excelled in the areas of banking, community service and civic involvement.

Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau)
State Democratic chairman working to keep party energized By John Lyon LITTLE ROCK - With Democrats holding every statewide office in Arkansas, 103 of 135 legislative seats and five of the state's six congressional seats, few could deny the party is in a strong position as the coming election year approaches.

Atlanta mortgage lender had little margin for error (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
If. In examining last week's demise of HomeBanc Mortgage Corp. — the latest casualty in the problem-plagued housing industry — its fortunes seemed to rest on a series of "ifs." [ Submit your comments below. ] The company would have remained golden if: