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“Banks have seized homes in Orange County at a pace that dwarfs the darkest days of the housing downturn in the 1990s. Yet eager buyers have grabbed those properties, keeping the county’s foreclosure inventory in check, according to a special report from MDA DataQuick. Some economists see a second wave of foreclosures coming. The onslaught …
News release: “Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D‐Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R‐Iowa) today released policy options for financing reform of America’s health care system…Three areas of potential funding sources explored in the financing options are: savings achieved from within the health care system from reductions in current levels of spending; reevaluating current …
DOD Business Systems Modernization: Recent Slowdown in Institutionalizing Key Management Controls Needs to Be Addressed, GAO-09-586, May 18, 2009 Military Operations: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight and Interagency Coordination for the Commander’s Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan, GAO-09-615, May 18, 2009 Questions for the Record Related to the Implementation of the Department of Defense’s National …
AP Economic Stress Index, “A visual guide to the state of the economy using a unique formula made up of major economic indicators.” October 2007 to Present. Data topics include: Stress Index, Unemployment, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Interviews with people impacted. Related postings on financial system
CNN Transcripts – “ORSZAG: Well, I think what happened is the free-fall in the economy seems to have stopped and we’re, I guess the analogy there are some glimmers of sun shining through the trees, but we’re not out of the woods yet. We do have more work ahead.” Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Weekly …
[On May 15, 2009] “the President and Vice President released their 2008 financial disclosure reports. The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires high-level Federal officials to disclose publicly their personal financial interests. This is intended to ensure confidence in the integrity of the Federal government by demonstrating that officials are able to carry out …
National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD) – “Dear Mr. President: We write to convey the concerns of more than 19,000 franchised automobile dealerships on Main Streets all across America and the one million men and women who are directly employed in these local businesses. Together our associations represent every make and model of new …
“The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York is pleased to announce a pilot project to make digital audio recordings of court proceedings relating to Chrysler LLC, 09-50002, publicly available online. The audio files are accessible through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Registration for PACER access may …
Follow up to previous postings, Spain Announces Superspeed Trains and Vision of High-Speed Rail in America, see Stop This Train! by Tom Vanderbilt: “There is at least one technology in America, however, that is worse now than it was in the early 20th century: the train.”
News release: “Citizens for Responsibility of Ethics in Washington (CREW), along with 36 other organizations, has sent a letter to the White House urging that the White House’s Office of Administration (OA) once again become an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as had been the case in previous administrations.”
Cuba’s Undersea Oil Could Help Thaw Trade With U.S., by Nick Miroff: “Deep in the Gulf of Mexico, an end to the 1962 U.S. trade embargo against Cuba may be lying untapped, buried under layers of rock, seawater and bitter relations. Oil, up to 20 billion barrels of it, sits off Cuba’s northwest coast in …
New York Times Magazine: “Today companies are focusing on those customers most likely to honor their debts. And they are looking for ways to convince existing cardholders that if they only have enough money to pay one bill, its wiser to pay off their credit card than, say, the phone. Put another way, credit-card companies …
