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It looks like Royal Dutch Shell will end up paying about $600 million in connection with global class action lawsuits and enforcement that were triggered

Overview I have had several requests to comment on the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This afternoon I read hundreds of pages of

Nation State or Investment Syndicate? One of the instructive features of the housing bill is the nature of creditor politics that is a subtext on

Your House Is Bigger than My House When I was Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner, then Secretary of HUD Jack Kemp asked

The Profits of Playing Ball The housing bill brings up a number of important questions about the risks and rewards that result from government subsidy

Where Is the Collateral? Any government official asked to come up with a workout plan for troubled financial institutions, large portfolios of financial assets and

What will be the successful business models of the future? This is an important conversation and our ally at Gaia Emerging has some thoughts. This

This Friday, we will experience a solar eclipse. Here are links to learn more: NASA Eclipse Web Site Solari Eclipse of August 1, 2008 –

If a Single Household Loses $250,000, a Community Loses $3.3 Billion As someone who lives in a rural community where everyone knows everyone else, I