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How To Choose The Right Mortgage

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:54:38 -0400

If the sub-prime mortgage crisis has you nervous about borrowing money to buy a house, relax. Author and CNN financial editor Gerri Willis explains what you need to know to choose the right mortgage for your financial situation.

Sub-Prime Mess Means Digital Woes v2

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:12:58 -0400

Sub-Prime Mess Means Digital Woes The sub-prime mortgage mess has many implications: new barriers to getting a mortgage, the tumbling stock market, and yes, maybe trouble getting investment dollars for that cool start-up. In the digital economy, the shake-out in the mortgage industry could make a big hit on online advertising with troubled marketers in the home finance market, like Countrywide. Larry Dignan at ZDNet weighs in with an analysis as does Rafat Ali over at PaidContent. To understand how this all has happened, here's my interview John Vogel at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Professor Vogel is an expert on the real estate industry. He gives a sobering overview on the root and implications of the sub-prime crisis. I was up in Hanover, New Hampshire earlier this month for this interview. Here at Beet.TV, we're going to explore more business strategy and finance issues in the weeks ahead. These things affect us all. Stay tuned. -- Andy Plesser Coming clean: The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is a public relations client of Plesser Holland. Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Context of a Gaffe, What Responsibility and Faith Can't Do

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:49:36 -0400

Saturday, July 12th, the Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library in Denver in the wake of his remarks into a live microphone concerning Senator Obama. He didn't wait to be asked about his gaffe, but expressed contrition and moved on to discussing the context of the conversation. The Reverend expressed frustration with a focus on Faith-Based initiatives and personal responsibility when there are some services that only the larger entity of government can provide. Large scale disasters, economic and having to do with aging infrastructure, the Reverend stressed, can not be fixed by Church daycares and strong fathers. He particularly stressed the wide-spread impact of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, it's disproportionate impact on people of color, and infrastructure failures on the Mississippi from the bridge collapse in Minneapolis to the levee failures in Louisiana.

U.S. Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:58:26 -0400

A rundown of the U.S. financial crisis stemming from sub-prime mortgages.

ALDE workshop on The International Financial Crisis

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:19:23 -0400

Video summary of the ALDE workshop "The International Financial Crisis: Its causes and what to do about it?" Event date: 27/02/08 14:00 to 18:00 Location: Room ASP 5G2, European Parliament, Brussels This workshop will bring together Members of the European Parliament, economists, academics and journalists as well as representatives of the European Commission to discuss the lessons that have to be drawn from the recent financial crisis caused by the US sub-prime mortgage market. With the view of the informal ECOFIN meeting in April which will look at the financial sector supervision and crisis management mechanisms, this workshop aims at debating a wide range of topics including: - how to improve the existing supervisory framework, - how to combat the opacity of financial markets and improve transparency requirements, - how to address the rating agencies' performance and conflict of interest, - what regulatory lessons are to be learnt in order to avoid a repetition of the sub-prime and the resulting credit crunch. PROGRAMME 14:00 - 14:10 Opening remarks: Graham Watson, leader of the of the ALDE Group 14:10 - 14:25 Keynote speech by Charlie McCreevy, Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, European Commission 14:25 - 14:40 Presentation by Daniel Daianu, MEP (ALDE) of his background paper 14:40 - 15:30 Panel I: Current features of the financial systems and the main causes of the current international crisis. -John Purvis, MEP EPP -Eric De Keuleneer, Solvay Business School, Free University of Brussels -Nigel Phipps, Head of European Regulatory Affairs Moody's -Wolfgang Munchau, journalist Financial Times -Robert Priester, European Banking Federation (EBF), Head of Department Banking Supervision and Financial Markets -Ray Kinsella, Director of the Centre for Insurance Studies University College Dublin -Servaas Deroose, Director ECFIN.C, Macroeconomy of the euro area and the EU, European Commission -Ieke Van den Burg, MEP PSE -David Smith, visiting Professor at...

The Big Lie

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:35:12 -0400

The Technostructure deceives and hides its intentions through a variety of methods. The deceptions are necessary because its activities serve the interests of only a small percentage of the people. The recent sub- prime mortgage scandel and the method used to financially bail out the very profitable banks and mortgage companys while permitting the poor and working poor to loose the very basis of their existance. The Big Lie will be explained and elaborated. Our listeners are encouraged to listen to WZBC 90.3 FM Sundays from 6-10 am for Truth and Justice Radio.

Taking Advantage of a Bear Market

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:58:41 -0400

How should you reevaluate your long-term investment plan in light of the current recession and sub-prime mortgage crisis?

How To Deal With The New Airline Baggage Rules

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:39:58 -0400

Even if you're a frequent flier, it's hard to keep up with the latest rules and regulations from the airlines. Here's advice on how to deal with the new baggage rules from Travelocity's Genevieve Brown.