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Leaning house parts, trapped animals, and lots of bad electricity. Check out our latest frightening discoveries from the field, courtesy of the ASHI Reporter...Read More
BusinessWEEK - Frank Aquila - As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on July 21, "the economic outlook remains unusually uncertain." The shallow U.S. recovery has left investors, consumers, and business executives all asking whether we are headed for yet another r...Read More
Wall Street Journal - Michael Casey - The Federal Reserve’s promise to keep its target interest rate near zero for an “extended period” could have the counterproductive effect of encouraging a Japan-like deflation trap, according to Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bu...Read More
Realty Times - Richard Thompson - The phrase "absentee landlord" in a homeowner association context conjures up images of the "tenant from hell" and an owner who could care less. However, generally speaking, both the landlord and tenant want the highest and best returns on th...Read More
Propublica - Marian Wang - Citigroup has agreed to pay the SEC $75 million to settle charges that the bank hid exposure to more than $40 billion [1] in subprime CDOs. (That works out to roughly $1 fine for every $500 worth of hidden exposure.) Read the full SEC complaint [2]. Read More
HousingWIRE - Jon Priot - Foreclosures increased in 154 of 206 US metro areas in the first half of 2010 over the year-ago period, according to RealtyTrac, which analyzed foreclosure data in metropolitan areas with 200,000 people or more.
Calculated Risk - Early this week Morgan Stanley put out a piece entitled “Slam Dunk Stimulus,” in which MS analysts argue that changing mortgage refinance “requirements” (for GSE or government mortgages) would “inject a significant amount of stimulus into the US household s...Read More
Reuters - Nick Carey and Matthew Bigg - Even as a kid, "Bobby" as he was then known "was completely unflappable," remembers Charles Brent, Dudley's hometown friend in southern Mississippi in the 1960s.
NYTimes - Sewell Chan - Like a mantra, officials from both the Bush and Obama administrations have trumpeted how the government’s sweeping interventions to prop up the economy since 2008 helped avert a second Depression.
Gallup - Dennis Jacobe - During the ups and downs of this U.S. recession, Americans' faith in small business has grown, while their faith in big business has not. Three times more Americans now say they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in small business (66%) than say ...Read More
Wall Street Journal - Dawn Wotapka - One of the nation’s last sources of no money down financing for home loans appears to be making a comeback: Legislation that restores a Department of Agriculture home-buying program is headed to President Barack Obama’s desk for signature. Read More
