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OCZ Introduces Affordable Onyx Series SSD
in On Storage, on March 15, 2010
... speeds," writes Crave's Dong Ngo . "The Onyx SSD also has a durable and lightweight housing, according to the company, and like all other SSDs, it has no moving parts and therefore use...
Raidon Announces HyBrid Disk
in On Storage, on February 26, 2010
... for backup. "The device writes to an SSD while mirroring data to a 3.5-inch HDD in the same housing," writes TechSpot's Matthew DeCarlo . "While they aren't set up in a true...
IP Telephony Market to Stabilize in 2010
in The VoIP Weblog, on February 25, 2010
...eased a new report which predicts that the IP telephony market will stabilize in 2010. "The housing market is showing signs of improvement, and this may accelerate the growth of voice-over-IP s...
A Moral Conscience for Bankers?
in Bizinformer, on February 22, 2010
...intention of holding those loans. There were financial derivatives (whatever that is). There was a housing bubble fueled by subprime mortgages and a construction bust caused when the market collapsed....
Mortgage defaults down but not out
in Sox First, on February 21, 2010
...en 3 and 3.5 million in 2010. That will in turn put downward pressure on property prices and the US housing market will continue to suffer. Traditionally, construction has always been the sector that...
The clash of generations
in Sox First, on February 12, 2010
...ot;Young people have little chance of building up similar wealth. They are struggling to get on the housing ladder, though close to a fifth of people between 50 and 59 years old own a second home. Job...
Seen that? - GAMBLING ON CASINO STOCKS
in Play Las Vegas, on February 6, 2010
...ough when the price of gas started going up, along with all other forms of energy. But now with the housing slump, job losses and food price increases, it's understandable that the casinos aren...
Carbon and credit derivatives link
in Sox First, on February 4, 2010
...39; Last year, I wrote a column warning that carbon could become a bubble that would make the US housing debacle look like a picnic. "In the end, an emissions trading market has one key proble...
1925 Bugatti Brescia Rescued From Lake Earns 260,500 Euros for Charity
in Classical Drives, on February 1, 2010
... the kind of wealth that would allow someone to buy an old car that had spent 84 years of its life underwater even though it was brand new when it took that dive into the deep. Come to think of it, I ...
Seven time bombs for the economy
in Sox First, on January 24, 2010
...will take a long time. 3. It might only be temporary. Think about it. The construction industry, housing and credit bubble created all the growth that created the recovery following the tech meltdo...
Seen that? - Barbuda
in Hidden Travel Gems, on January 19, 2010
... Those of you who have ventured under the waves know the dreamlike feeling of watching the underwater world moving all around you. Some people speak of scuba diving experiences with an almost...
Climate change, human rights and class actions
in Sox First, on January 6, 2010
...to Knox, human rights law can be brought to bear on climate change issues which affect food supply, housing as well as safety. States that are signatories to human rights conventions will need to addr...
Five lessons we need to learn from 2009
in Sox First, on January 2, 2010
...when you compare it to asset bubbles running out of control. Central banks like the Fed ignored the housing bubble and the results were disastrous. And finally, innovation does not result in a more e...
Goldman Sachs encouraged AIG's self-destruction
in Sox First, on December 13, 2009
... from AIG on almost half of the $80 billion of dodgy US mortgage assets that AIG insured during the housing boom. According to the WSJ, Goldman Sachs was acting as an insurer for the banks worried t...
Surviving climate change with houses that float
in Sox First, on December 10, 2009
...this points to 12 prototype habitats for the future , planned buildings which include a Hydropolis Underwater Hotel in Dubai, a Waterpod floating homestead, an undersea resort, a floating airport for...
One in four American children on food stamps
in Sox First, on November 30, 2009
The deep divide in American society becomes wider. Wall Street is booming but, as the New York Times tells us, one in eight Americans and one in four children are now on food stamps. The NYT reports: "More than 36 million people use inconspicuous plastic cards for staples like milk, bread...
One in seven US home loans at risk of foreclosures
in Sox First, on November 20, 2009
...ome on Government funding, both for the construction and for managing foreclosures. And until the housing sector is fixed - and that would require a turnaround in employment - the US economy will re...
Christianity and the crash
in Sox First, on November 16, 2009
...ket meltdown? Probably not completely but according to Hanna Rosin at The Atlantic , it fueled the housing bubble that created the crash. In her piece, Rosin talks about a different strain of Christ...
Seen that? - Poseidon Resort, the Bahamas
in The Flyaway Weblog, on November 16, 2009
... that make them stand out. And I thought I have seen them all. Poseidon Resorts' plan for the underwater hotel in the Bahamas have exceeded my expectations and, even, my imagination. It has take...
Seen that? - YOU SHOULD FOLLOW CASINO NEWS
in Play Las Vegas, on November 13, 2009
...ough when the price of gas started going up, along with all other forms of energy. But now with the housing slump, job losses and food price increases, it's understandable that the casinos aren...
不再开车的生活
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-12
我爱车,也爱开车。有人对开车上下班感到很头大。我每日驾车上班的时候却是宝贵的独处时光,我会调大音量听我最喜欢的音乐,或是整理自己的思绪。 如今,30年来第一次,我的这一圣堂消失了。我不再有自己的车子,我也不再开车上班。 我现在成了城里人,住在华盛顿特区东南的国会山附近。我坐地铁上班。 像我这样婴儿潮时期出生的职业人士注定会发现自己的人生选择简化到广告营销中的模式。我的新生活显然让我成了一种潮流中的一分子。我是一个新城市主义者,一个生于婴儿潮时期、过着第三种生活方式的婴儿潮人,或者说是绿色运动中新的可持续生活方式的典范。我们这些人少开车,多走路,放弃郊区一座房子和两部...
Sen. Dodd's New Banking Bill Would Reshape the Financial World
in Bizinformer, on November 11, 2009
... Oversight and Government Reform. Greenspan was testifying before Congress in the wake of the housing crisis, problems with the creative structuring of financial derivatives, the credit crunch, record...
Most Americans to depend on government for handouts
in Sox First, on November 10, 2009
...chers, soldiers, bureaucrats, welfare and Social Security recipients, government pensioners, public housing beneficiaries and those who work for government contractors. The problem, Shilling says, is ...
Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
...ies backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages while at the same time placing bets that the US housing market would crash. As Boston University economics professor Laurence Kotlikoff told Gordon,...
Schon gesehen? - Die wichtigsten Wirtschaftsdaten für heute
in Das Börsen Weblog, on 28.10.09
...tel): L +0,2%; K +0,2% Empire State Manufacturing Index (für August): L +15,64; K 15,0 NAHB Housing Market Index (für August): L [...] Lesen Sie weiter Wirtschaftsdaten für die kommende ...
US housing probe and climate change
in Sox First, on October 26, 2009
...United Nations is sending in an investigator Raquel Rolnik to investigate the state of affordable housing in New York and six other places in the United States. Rolnick is a Brazilian architect and...
How the ratings agencies sold out investors
in Sox First, on October 19, 2009
...e: as long as you’re buying AAA-rated assets, you can say you’re being responsible. After the housing crash, though, we know how illusory those AAA ratings can be. It’s time for investors to face real...
Deciding What You Can Afford in a House
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 13, 2009
...for figuring out how much house you can afford to buy. While the National Association of Realtors Housing Affordability Index (that we talked about last time) assumes that with 20% down, you'll need...
California - America's first failed state?
in Sox First, on October 4, 2009
...nd forcing others to take unpaid leave. In a state made up of sprawling suburbs the collapse of the housing bubble has impoverished millions and kicked tens of thousands of families out of their homes...
Paul Allen versus Ninjas!
in The CIO Weblog, on September 22, 2009
...using for his visit to the Mediterranean aboard his mega-yacht Tatoosh is that he is there for an underwater "archaeological dig" but we here at the CIO Weblog know the real score; Paul Al...
World Habitat Day - Oct. 5
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 15, 2009
...at for Humanity is supporting this global observance, declaring that the lack of decent, affordable housing is unacceptable. According to the United Nations, more than 100 million people in the world...
A big week for the US economy
in Sox First, on September 13, 2009
...en on Wednesday, watch out for details of how inflation is tracking followed by data on the sick US housing market on Thursday. Indeed, Thursday will be a double whammy with weekly jobless claims numb...
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in Wangtam, on 2009-09-13
...irefox Extension | "turning PACER around" • Oddsem - Holdem Odds Calculator • Skype Shutters Skype Extras Developer Program ...
The new normal
in Sox First, on September 4, 2009
...ible hand of free enterprise is being replaced by the visible fist of government and the old normal housing models in the US which encouraged home ownership are no more. So what can we expect? Obviou...
No relief from foreclosure mess
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 24, 2009
...The news on housing foreclosures isn't getting any better. In fact, it's getting worse. According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, one in every eight U.S. households with mortgages wa...
Bone-setting Glue Derived from Cloned Sandcastle Worm Genes
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 20, 2009
...es). For further reading: Marine Worm's Glue May Aid Bone Repair Screws Lose: A Worm's Underwater Glue Could Help Repair Bones Bone-setting Glue ...
Trying to time the bottom
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 17, 2009
...Did you see the housing crash coming? There were certainly enough warning signs. Maybe the better question is this: Did you see the housing crash coming and did you do something about it? In other wo...
Is renting the new American Dream?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 15, 2009
... dream. I've long argued that renting actually makes better sense for many people. During the housing boom, though, everyone wanted to own a house. People viewed homes as quick money-makers. Of c...
Foreclosures dogging the middle class
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 14, 2009
...Remember when the number of housing foreclosures first started to boom? We liked to say it was because of all those greedy homeowners who took out high-risk subprime mortgages to get into homes they c...
Mortgage rates on the rise, again
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 12, 2009
...There was one positive of the housing slump: Mortgage interest rates kept going down. Now that the housing market is in the early stages of a fragile recovery, mortgage interest rates are no longer f...
Family to lose home because of seven cents
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 10, 2009
...helped give a boost to the mortgage crisis with all the bad loans the company passed out during the housing boom. The story gets even more interesting when you consider that the family's home lo...
More good news for the housing industry
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 6, 2009
...dents in June signed contracts to buy homes. It's just one more piece of evidence that the U.S. housing market is finally recovering from its long slump. And that's good news for the rest of ...
What to do when those mortgage payments get hard to make
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 6, 2009
...ke when your monthly income is slashed. It's why the United States is seeing a record number of housing foreclosures today. But what should you do if you fear you might soon fall behind on your m...
Loan modifications not fast enough for foreclosures
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 5, 2009
...million homeowners in the next few years. But there's one problem with all this: The rate of housing foreclosures is far surpassing the number of loan modifications , according to a story in Bus...
Mortgage companies falling down on loan-modification help
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 4, 2009
...Mortgage lenders have received their share of grief for the country's housing and financial crises. Many blame the companies for passing out risky mortgage loans to borrowers who never should have...
Is the housing bust over?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 30, 2009
... A growing number of economists are joining the chorus: A housing recovery has begun. To that, we can all add a hearty "Hallelujah!" The latest economic type to opine that the housing ...
Putting the presidential squeeze on the mortgage firms
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 29, 2009
...parently more than 200,000 loan modifications taking place now. But at the same time, the number of housing foreclosures across the country remains at record levels. The Obama administration says tha...
Loan-modification program not meeting its goals
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 28, 2009
..., the program hasn't had the impact that administration officials had hoped for. That's why housing foreclosures continue to soar to record levels. That's why administration officials hav...
Making mortgages easier to understand
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 24, 2009
...Mortgage lenders have taken a lot of the blame for the collapse of the housing market. They approved borrowers who couldn't pay back their mortgage loans. They pushed other homebuyers to take out ...
More data that show an upswing in housing market
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 23, 2009
...cally hear the real estate agents screaming for joy. Yes, there is yet more evidence today that the housing market is in the midst of a recovery. Yes, it's early in the process. And, yes, again, i...
Is buying nearly as affordable as renting? Don't believe the hype
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 22, 2009
... I first started covering residential real estate during the housing boom years. At that time, every real estate agent I interviewed would always run down a list of reasons why owning a house made...
More real estate culprits still making money off industry
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 21, 2009
...d most real estate appraisers, by the way, are honest, hard-working folks — cause much of the housing industry's problems by overinflating the values of homes to make loan officers happy. Wh...
Some mortgage villains faring quite well
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 20, 2009
...business. It's clear that a big reason for the country's current economic mess are all the housing foreclosures taking place across the nation. And why are so many people unable to pay their ...
Why a carbon tax is better than cap and trade
in Sox First, on July 18, 2009
...he price of permits, a carbon market bubble would have the potential to make the meltdown in the US housing market look like a picnic. We have no idea how to regulate the market, cap and trade is so c...
Home construction starts rise. Another sign of a recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 17, 2009
... Is the long housing slump nearing an end? I suppose that depends on whom you ask. But there are a growing number of signs that, while things definitely still are not rosy in the housing industry,...
Act now for first-time homebuyer tax credit
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 16, 2009
...uyer tax credit of $8,000 isn't permanent. It was designed to provide a short-term boost to the housing market. Did it do this? There's some debate on that point, but spring housing sales were...
Is the arrow still pointing down for the housing industry?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 15, 2009
... It seems as if we've all been waiting since 2007 for the housing market to hit its bottom. I know I'm tired of watching my home's value continually go down. I'm also tired of all ...
Suddenly more bullish on housing?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 14, 2009
...e industry suffers through a catastrophic slump, U.S. residents still profess faith in the value of housing? You'd think that most homeowners today — and potential homeowners — would ...
An X-shaped recession
in Sox First, on July 14, 2009
...9;t start spending until they have money in their pockets and feel secure. And when their homes are underwater and when they are losing jobs, it's hard to see where the money or sense of security ...
Downpayments still keeping homebuyers away
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 13, 2009
...l, homes aren't cheap. Who has $10,000 or more just lying around for a downpayment? During the housing boom — which ran through a portion of 2006 — many lenders required borrowers to ...
Do you still have faith in Obama's stimulus plans?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 10, 2009
...ment rate is stuck at 9.5 percent, and is likely to climb higher before it falls. At the same time, housing foreclosures are still at record levels. And housing prices, though they've inched upwar...
Why it matters if your neighbor's struggling to pay the mortgage
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 9, 2009
...mply put, you don't want your home surrounded by foreclosed properties. Foreclosures drag down housing prices for everyone else. If you need to sell your house, it's awfully hard to compete w...
Housing slump boosts population in New York City, other big cities
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 3, 2009
... The housing slump has certainly had some unforeseen consequences. For instance, it may have actually helped boost the number of people living in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. A story b...
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
... it's supposed to. It's fairly obvious why there are fewer mortgage brokers out there: The housing industry is still a disaster area. Home sales, though they've been inching up a bit,...
Are you ready for a mortgage loan?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 1, 2009
...urs, is a strong one. Of course, the American dream has taken a bit of a hit these days, what with housing values plummeting and a record number of homes falling into foreclosure. Still, there are a ...
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
...t afford. Lenders always convinced buyers, though, that they'd be able to refinance. After all, housing prices are constantly rising, right? Unfortunately, during the housing slump, housing price...
Would you walk away from your mortgage loan?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 29, 2009
...If your home lost half of its value — not too unbelievable of an occurrence in today's housing market — would you be willing to simply walk away from your mortgage? Would you have any ...
Home sales rise again. Is this a housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 25, 2009
... of whom have seen their residences languish on the market for months. But is it a sign that a true housing recovery is in progress? Unfortunately, the best answer I, or anyone else, can give is "...
Don't believe the homeownership hype
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 24, 2009
...omes historically have risen in value. There's no denying that. But if you look at the world of housing, you see that these price appreciations don't necessarily equal high profits for homeown...
Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 23, 2009
...general public, to finger the poor and the agencies who work with them as the real culprits for the housing mess the country is now experiencing. You can see an example of this at The Business Insid...
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