Obama's latest pretext for attacking Israel (665922)
The Obama administration, via Hillary Clinton, has harshly rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for Israel's announcement, during a...

Shadow Housing Inventory Still Looming
Renae Merle at the Washington Post throws cold water on the idea that the nascent economic recovery (is anyone still calling it that...

IMF Official: World's Regulatory Supervision Shockingly Inadequate
From Tom Abate at the San Francisco Chronicle: Financial leaders dissect meltdown What is quite shocking, [John Lipsky, a senior offi...

Investigators face several pesky questions in probe of runaway Toyota Prius
SAN DIEGO - Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate...

Markets in everything (665528)
NYT. Putting unemployed dogs to work sniffing for bed bugs: Increasingly, real estate lawyers are urging buyers in contract to inspect ...

Commercial Real Estate Risk Remains Key Concern for U.S. Banking Sector
Fitch s rating outlook for the U.S. banking sector remains negative, although many of the factors that put negative pressure on ratin...

Report: Obama to Nominate Janet Yellen as Fed Vice Chairman
From Bloomberg: Yellen Said to Be Obama s Pick for Fed Vice ChairmanI suggested Dr. Yellen as a possible candidate for Fed Chairman l...

‘Hail Mary to Warren Buffett: Untold Details of Lehmans Fall
Doubtless, historians will be going over the mammoth 2,200 page report from the Lehman bankruptcy examiner for years to come.But we blo...

Foreclosure Programs: Sugar Coating the Evidence of Continued Housing Troubles
February foreclosure data from RealtyTrac showed the third monthly decrease in overall foreclosure activity in a row. But, in the end, ...