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- Cockroaches Quickly Lose Sweet Tooth To Survive
For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept...
- Moody's Sees Home Prices Dropping 10% In U.s.
Found via Naked Capitalism.Sales of repossessed properties probably will rise 25 percent this year from 1 million in 2011, according to Moody’s Analytics Inc. Prices for the homes could drop as much as 10 percent because they deteriorated as they were...
- John Mauldin: What Happened To The Jobs?
The US jobs report came out this morning, and it was simply dismal. This week we look at not only the jobs report but also “what-if” proffers for the US and global economies. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s jump in. First, there were only 18,000...
- Showdown In The Sunshine State - By Megan Mcardle
Found via Simoleon Sense. TWO OF WALL STREET'S SAVVIEST VALUE INVESTORS, BRUCE BERKOWITZ AND DAVID EINHORN, PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR RIGOROUS ANALYSIS. NOW THEY'RE LOCKED IN A SCORCHED-EARTH DISPUTE OVER THE VALUE OF SOME FLORIDA REAL ESTATE....
- Black Monday And Black Swans
Remarks by John C. Bogle Founder and former chief executive, The Vanguard Group before the Risk Management Association Boca Raton, Florida October 11, 2007 ...
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Florida Attorney General Report on Fraudclosure
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- Cockroaches Quickly Lose Sweet Tooth To Survive
For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept...
- Moody's Sees Home Prices Dropping 10% In U.s.
Found via Naked Capitalism.Sales of repossessed properties probably will rise 25 percent this year from 1 million in 2011, according to Moody’s Analytics Inc. Prices for the homes could drop as much as 10 percent because they deteriorated as they were...
- John Mauldin: What Happened To The Jobs?
The US jobs report came out this morning, and it was simply dismal. This week we look at not only the jobs report but also “what-if” proffers for the US and global economies. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s jump in. First, there were only 18,000...
- Showdown In The Sunshine State - By Megan Mcardle
Found via Simoleon Sense. TWO OF WALL STREET'S SAVVIEST VALUE INVESTORS, BRUCE BERKOWITZ AND DAVID EINHORN, PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR RIGOROUS ANALYSIS. NOW THEY'RE LOCKED IN A SCORCHED-EARTH DISPUTE OVER THE VALUE OF SOME FLORIDA REAL ESTATE....
- Black Monday And Black Swans
Remarks by John C. Bogle Founder and former chief executive, The Vanguard Group before the Risk Management Association Boca Raton, Florida October 11, 2007 ...