"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
This is in addition to their investment pool for local governments which has been frozen to prevent withdrawals after defaulted SIVs were found to be among their “investments.” “These were highly inappropriate investments for taxpayers’ money,” said Joseph Mason, a…
5.5% of the $1.63 billion PayPal fund is in “illiquid assets.” Yup, more SIVs. The rot continues to spread everywhere. Bonus points for those of you can describe which Circle of Hell the investment manager at PayPal will be plunged…
Red Pepper on the Respect / SWP rupture. The SWP will carry on in the original organisation. But without the strongholds of Tower Hamlets and Birmingham and national figures like Galloway and Yaqoob, not to mention a distinct lack of…
Our business trip in Montpelier VT got canceled yesterday so we’re back home again. We drove up Sunday night and awoke there this AM to a major snow storm. We got to the place of business only to find that…