September 2012
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09/27/12The NFL Referees and Pension ReformThoroughly embarrassed by the scabs it attempted to trot out for three weeks, the NFL recently caved in on its demands and made a deal with the NFL Referees Association. |
09/26/12New Home Sales Down, but Detroit's Real Estate Market Keeps Going UpA true real estate recovery rightly includes more renters who rent their home from investors and are living within their means. Detroit is a great example of this. |
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09/25/12NFL's Union Busting Suffers Huge SetbackCurrent and former players were outraged and the blown call, or “toucherception” heard ‘round the world, seems to have galvanized NFL fans to demand that the NFL bring the real refs back. |
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09/20/12Forbes 400 List Perfectly Illustrates Rising Income InequalityForbes recently released their list of the 400 richest Americans today and despite what everyone is calling a slow or nonexistent recovery, the very rich have gotten significantly richer. |
09/18/12Federal Reserve Now Giving Away More Free MoneyBen Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, recently announced that the Fed would be instituting a process it calls quantitative easing to help stimulate the economy. |
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09/13/12Why the Banks Got Hit for $25 BillionThe mortgage mess we got into really began in 1977 with a law signed by President Jimmy Carter called the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977. |
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09/12/12Struggling Homeowners Get $25 Billion in Loan Modifications From Big BanksAn agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and five of America’s biggest banks will make real change for homeowners and help them keep their homes. |
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09/11/12Why GM's Strategy of Losing $49K per Car Actually Makes SenseThe weak sales are forcing GM to shut down the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant that makes the Chevrolet Volt—for the second time this year. |
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09/07/12President Obama Let Detroit go Bankrupt and It HelpedMitt Romney’s proposal was to give no federal aid to the struggling car giants, but President Obama did actually allow —and even assist—GM and Chrysler to go into bankruptcy. |
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09/06/12Why the NFL is Refusing to Pay Its RefsA league that makes $8 billion a year won't pony up on $62,500 for officials. |
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09/05/12Are You Better off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago? Short Answer: YesWhile your personal situation may or may not be better now than it was in September 2008, as a country we’re all doing better and the average person is doing better than they were then. |
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09/04/12The End of the SaleWhy there may be a lot less of them in the near future. Posted at 11:40 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
