President Declares Major Disaster For Mississippi

"WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Mississippi to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms...

Will the bond market be the next shoe to drop? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

The more immediate problem may be the bond market where prices anticipate falling interest rates that just may not be realistic or obtainable now that inflation is out of the bag.

AUSTRALIA: Home buyers lose out in tax change

Though he isn't mentioned, this writer draws upon the work of Dr. Terry Dwyer, one of the leading experts on taxation law in the world." By Natalie CraigThe Age Business Section, May 17, 2008–A SURPRISE change to tax on property sales in the federal budget could increase...

Tribute to a Poet Laureate - by lawdog

"As read at City Lights Bookstore as part of LaborFest 2004, and on Tasha's Place on TalkShoe 5/12/08Sometimes I lose my perspective. I forget what a truly incredible place San Francisco is, and how very fortunate I am to rub shoulders with the artists who have always been...

Whose money is it anyway?

" The governor of the Bank of Canada says he will take a tough stand with financial institutions that wind up near bankruptcy because of poor decisions. Mark Carney says the central bank won’t be bailing out Canadian financial institutions like the U.S. government (The...

BC incomes dropping

This is not good news at a time when stuff is getting pricier."Thanks to ‘exx’ for posting the link to this story - According to statscan the median income in BC has been steadily dropping despite the ‘boom’ we’re currently in.  Younger Canadians in general are...

Add Driving to Home Cost

" The real cost of housing is significantly higher than we think when transportation is factored into the equation, according to a joint study by the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Center for Transit Oriented Development.Based on $2.941 per gallon AAA estimates...