Posts Tagged ‘robosigning’

S&P, the Fed, IKEA, etc.

This is going to be a quick series of links–it’s a beautiful day out and I want to enjoy the last couple of hours of daylight! (1) Now that stock volatility has returned, it’s time to start monitoring the Brokers With Hands On Their Faces Blog. It’s hilarious. (Hm… the lead photo for today is ...Read more.

Murdoch, Gang of Six, etc.

(1) Laffer’s Latest Curve-ball: Subscriber Kris W. alerted us that the dumb op-ed Arthur Laffer co-wrote for the WSJ a while back, which John Miller critiques in his July/August Up Against the Wall Street Journal column, is posted all over the web on anti-union websites and elsewhere. In connection with the NLRB’s recent decision against ...Read more.

Foreclosure Trouble, etc.

(1) “Foreclosuregate” and the too-big-to-fail banks:  The blogosphere is abuzz about the trouble the big banks seem to be in with respect to foreclosures.  What’s gotten people going is the scandal that has been called “foreclosuregate” and “the Robo Signing Scandal,” wherein the big banks have evidently falsified or fabricated missing paperwork in order to ...Read more.

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