This post offers: 1) A brief explanation of what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do and why they are so important; 2) Why they are in trouble; 3) And overview of the government's plan.
It is good news that the CFTC is awakening from its reverie and beginning to deal with the core issues of oil trading. But it is still too much of a hit/miss operation with a degree of insouciance.
It's time for both customers and companies to wake up and smell the calories, and maybe Starbucks should stick with what it does best: coffee.
I have discovered plenty of legitimate opportunities offered by reputable firms, aimed at people who for one reason or another don't want to toil in a traditional workplace.
Most execs certainly see the need to do more than what the government is asking. And many forces are coming to bear on companies, making green a profitable (not optional) path.
If you can afford a fee, which can also usually be put on a credit card, consider a no-fee apartment a happy surprise, much like the aforementioned rent stabilized lease.
Note the words used to describe almost every economic area of activity -- soft, weak and declining. There is only one area of strength -- energy and mining. That alone should tell you a great deal about the current state of the economy.
According to Vanity Fair, the outfit Cindy McCain wore Tuesday night cost a whooping $313,100. The McCains have received $313,413 thanks to George Bush's tax cut.
Don't do business with any investment advisor who will not agree in writing that she will act in a fiduciary manner in her dealings with you.
Science does not belong to the right wing or the left, and the hijacking of science policy by ideologues has had a chilling effect on innovation.
Over the last six decades, whether rich or poor, everyone has done better with Democrats in the White House.
If Beijing were to choose a representative for its "Green Olympics," China Sinopec would win gold.
Why is it that our media hardly ever gets it right and lets the oil industry and the speculators run roughshod over our pocketbooks?
