Dear Dave, Is there anything wrong with buying large ticket items using 12 months same as cash financing? It seems like an easy way to buy expensive items. More

Bert Mathews, a principal and broker with NAI Nashville, helped establish a district council of the Urban Land Institute here in Nashville. More

March Madness concludes with a crescendo. More

With their profits threatened by what they claim as a bevy of money-hungry, out-of-state trial lawyers, the nursing home industry is trying to impose limits on damages a court could award their patients for pain and suffering. More

Vanderbilt alumnus named to senior fundraising post More Tractor Supply names Gardner its new VP Lyric Street Records promotes two staffers Communications firm adds former Nissan official as VP FirstBank makes key additions cj Advertising names six new members

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve should broaden its oversight to include Wall Street investment firms in a shakeup of the supervisory system set up during the Great Depression. More

Dear Dave, I just found out that my mom co-signed my son’s new car loan. He defaulted, and now she’s making the payments. Does this mean she owns the car that was financed with the loan? If not, how do I go about taking over the car? I want to sell it. —Patty More

Bells Bend residents have been working since October to develop a community plan that preserves the area’s landscape, but those plans may be water under the bridge thanks to the massive May Town Center proposal. More

The battle of Bells Bend has a Civil War feel to it. More

Tomorrow, the committee attempting to bring the NCAA Women’s Final Four to Nashville holds its first organizational meeting in its drive make a bid on the annual basketball tournament. More