The Manhattan Airport Foundation
Because it makes good sense to turn Central Park into an airport.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month July 2009
Seven banks seized today by FDIC
Six related banks in Georgia, One in New York. 58 so far this year. The number of closings seems to be accelerating too.
FASB discovers own cojones
The too often overly compliant Financial Accounting Standards Board could actually be growing a spine and may recommend that financial instruments be recorded at fair market value and not marked-to-fantasy. This is a serious big deal. Banks will fight to…
McCain lawyers did investigate Obama citizenship
“There was a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser, which would be very difficult to invent or plant 47 years in advance.” Well, to a Birther, this will just prove the Vast Hideousness of the conspiracy. Like the 9/11 Truthers,…
Why am I not surprised? Madoff had early ties to organized crime
One of Madoff’s early Wall Street mentors, who supplied him with over-the-counter business, reputedly had close ties to the Chicago mob — “the genesis of Bernie’s career,” adds a source.