Super-SIV sunk
The plan to offload all those sinking SIVs into a a special fund where they could be hidden (AKA The Save Citi plan) is dead. No investors could be found for the estimated $350 billion of now toxic SIVs. So…
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 December 2007
Geek The Vote 2008
Popular Mechanics details science and tech positions of the presidential candidates.
Climate Savers Computing Initiative
The Climate Savers Computing Initiative is a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses and conservation organizations dedicated to improving the power efficiency and reducing the energy consumption of computers. The Initiative’s goal is to reduce computer power consumption by 50…
When income and housing prices diverge
The black arrows in 1979 and 1989 indicate real estate bubbles. But they were just little bitty things compared to the whopping divergence between income and housing prices we have now. So, onto the primary question, “what would be required…
Profits before health
If Cigna hadn’t put profits before the health of those they insure, they wouldn’t have contributed to the death of an innocent or be facing a public relations nightmare. Attorney Mark Geragos said he plans to ask the district attorney…