Bob Morris on Apr 29, 2009, 5:27 am Financier Danny Pang was arrested for structuring, a charge often used as a placeholder while the feds investigate further. The SEC has already accused Pang of a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors for hundreds of millions. Structuring is deliberately funneling payments through a bank at just below the minimum $10,000 limit that triggers automatic [...] Bob Morris on Apr 29, 2009, 5:24 am I never thought they'd be taking my mug shot Just indicted on $360 million fraud, Nadel is already in jail after getting caught while on the run for two weeks in January. Bob Morris on Apr 29, 2009, 5:21 am Marc Dreier having a seriously bad day $300 of $700 million is still missing. Bob Morris on Apr 28, 2009, 10:37 pm Self-Portrait Of The Artist With Liquid Refreshment, from a master of the artform, Julian Beever. Bob Morris on Apr 28, 2009, 9:20 pm This solar tower plant in Spain is the world’s largest. The sun reflects off the mirrors onto a receiver in the tower which makes steam from water to power a turbine and create electricity. Bob Morris on Apr 28, 2009, 4:14 pm The AirPod has three wheels and runs on compressed air As ultra-small cars become more popular and their prices keep dropping, we could be faced with enormous numbers of new cars on the road. AutoBlogGreen explores what that could mean and presents ways to lessen the carbon load and cut down on traffic. If [...] Bob Morris on Apr 28, 2009, 2:32 pm Philip Markoff, AKA the Craigslist Killer, was apparently using CraigsList to look for transsexual sex too. Police have reported a preliminary match between the murder weapon and a gun found under his bed. Bob Morris on Apr 28, 2009, 11:35 am The feds are focusing on Joseph Cassano and others “focusing on a discrepancy between public statements of likely losses and the reality” Cassano lost hundreds of millions for AIG with his misguided trading, something which was directly responsible for the collapse of the company. Bob Morris on Apr 28, 2009, 8:15 am The new, improved Google Profile is a handy way to list all your blogs, social networking sites, etc. You might want to grab your name now while you still can. My Google Profile I’m also active on Twitter, Facebook, and FriendFeed. Friendfeed aggregates your blog and social networking sites into one place. Plus, you can [...] Bob Morris on Apr 28, 2009, 6:15 am concentrated solar-thermal power Solar thermal stores the heat from the sun in tanks filled with molten salt so they can generate energy at night. Fascinating stuff, and a proven technology too. And now Arizona will be getting the world’s largest such facility. Right now concentrated solar-thermal power is still expensive, but as more come [...] | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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