Credit Default Swaps and Moral Hazard
In the insurance business, "moral hazard" is famously a problem ... when an Insurance Company had imprudently set up shop in the city."Help me out here if I'm wrong, but don't credit ... mortgage business) could be either bad or good for the economy, in that it could send signals [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 02:12:00
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Thank you Taxpayer. Sincerely, Merrill Shareholders
From the Wall Street Journal In the end, investors and financial institutions could face as much as $2 trillion of losses from bad U.S ... from commercial real estate, credit cards, auto debt and business debt, and Goldman’s loan-loss estimate ... rescued both Merrill and Countrywide without government assistance. Mr. Lewis had also argued [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 09:02:01
Obama’s Blunders
Obama is looking pretty weak and without convictions before even being sworn in. The biggest concern I think every one has ( ... projected a lot of hopes and wishes (and fantasies). His handling of the Blagojevich incident was a bad ... the $3,000-per-job credit last week as one of five individual and business tax incentives aimed at winning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:23:57
Is Obama’s Stimulus Plan Unfair to Some Small Firms?
President-elect Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus proposal is drawing cheers from many business owners and business groups, happy to see potentially lucrative tax breaks targeted at businesses bruised by the bad economy ... stores in late 2007. But her bank still froze her credit line in December – saying it wanted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:46:19
Is Obama’s Stimulus Plan Unfair to Some Small Firms?
President-elect Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus proposal is drawing cheers from many business owners and business groups, happy to see potentially lucrative tax breaks targeted at businesses bruised by the bad economy ... stores in late 2007. But her bank still froze her credit line in December – saying it wanted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 16:41:00
Show me the money
A good friend and entrepreneur was chatting with me on her phone, while in the post office checking her mail ... . She also includes information on how to make a payment online with a credit card. On the due date ... . A recent study found that businesses wrote off $152.5 billion in bad debt in 2007, based on IRS [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 13:24:04
Goldman Sachs Predicts Loan Losses Will Top $2 Trillion
Despite all the hoopla about stimulus plans and bailouts rescuing Americans’ home equity and retirement accounts, ... — the losses that investors and financial institutions are potentially sitting on from bad loans… ... of $780 billion. Add in losses from commercial real estate, credit cards, auto debt and business [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 23:05:05
Why Internet Marketers Love The Global Recession!
Internet marketing experts are thriving today as never before; ... out the storm on credit. Credit card companies are lowering limits and/or raising the interest rates ... -to-Consumer business is just as bad, if not worse. Millions of jobs have evaporated in the past year alone [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 05:02:24
Are You Using the Bad Economy To Get Better?
Small_Business_Productivity Everything seems so bleak for small businesses right now, from mounting bankruptcies and layoffs to squeezed credit. But all these woes may actually be sparking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:31:12
Are You Using the Bad Economy To Get Better?
Small_Business_Productivity Everything seems so bleak for small businesses right now, from mounting bankruptcies and layoffs to squeezed credit. But all these woes may actually be sparking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:57:00
Friday Stories: Hero Pilot, Bad Birds & A-Rod
Stories I’m watching this Friday: Everyone lives, the pilot averted disaster by ditching in the river, and ordinary humans acted like heros ... American help in the oil business Peru must not have a great credit score MarketWatch: 6 brutal facts you need to realize about your retirement Good for you, bad for phone companies: possible cell phone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 03:49:36
How To Find Cash Advance Loans Online
by Trinity Taggart If you have extra expenses this month, it may be difficult ... about one business day. If you have decided that you would like to take out a loan of this type ... online, and about private student loans bad credit. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 04:46:24
BANKS FACE ANOTHER BAD YEAR IN 2009
Rising loan losses, the threat of more regulation and tougher competition adds up to another year of poor profits for banks BY DAVID ELLIS ... a significant deterioration in the health of their credit cards and home equity loan portfolios ... and business loans are starting to surface as well. “There is loan quality deterioration across [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 15:14:10
Growing numbers avoiding or delaying paying tax
Growing numbers of people and businesses are avoiding or delaying paying taxes as the "credit crunch" bites, ... . The auditors estimate that up to 1.5 million working adults had a personal or business tax debt in April ... , introduced risk profiles on taxpayers to target those who could be bad payers and tailored debt collection [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 08:28:37
Is It A Good Or Bad Thing That So Many Companies Are Going Out Of Business?
What exactly will 2009 bring us in terms of businesses closing down for good? ... $2.56 trillion in consumer debt, with the average household’s credit card debt amounting to $8,565 ... filing for bankruptcy or are already in it, so we won’t know if some of them make [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:00:00
Host Unlimited Bandwith - The Good And The Bad
It seems that almost everyone you come across has their own web page ... wishing to conduct business on line, you should think about such things as shopping carts, credit card ... on the web, you should seek advice from someone technically competent to guide you on what’s needed to effect [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:28:07
Delaware: Another Credit Crunch Casualty
When Corporate America suffers, Delaware suffers. The tiny state’s business-friendly laws have made it the legal home of many U.S ... attention from Washington for bad decision making. That’s why it gets so much positive press on the value [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:09:25
Delaware: Another Credit Crunch Casualty
When Corporate America suffers, Delaware suffers. The tiny state’s business-friendly laws have made it the legal home of many U.S ... attention from Washington for bad decision making. That’s why it gets so much positive press on the value [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:05:40
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