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Urban Living: the new suburb
blah-blah started pck 25-Feb-08 Up | Dn | ! | What will happen to the McMansions? http://www.theatlant... | blah-blah |
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Eminent domain abuses
pckrt started pck 28-Dec-07 Up | Dn | ! | 500 people fighting to keep their houses http://www.pasadenas... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Connected developer takes property from family business, because he can http://www.opinionjo... | pckrt |
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Credit Crunch: Harder to borrow, higher rates
blah-blah started pck 08-Aug-07 Up | Dn | ! | Global savings glut meets U.S. consumer http://online.wsj.co... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | The return of PMI for low downpayments http://www.recordonl... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | First Magnus (big mortgage lender) halt new business, can't sell loans http://www.reuters.c... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | National City stops taking home equity applications http://www.marketwat... | blah-blah |
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Bloomberg 2008
blah-blah started pck 20-Jun-07 Up | Dn | ! | Bails on Republican party http://www.bloomberg... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Non-candidate does stump speech in CA http://news.yahoo.co... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Tax cut in the works for NYC http://news.yahoo.co... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | 51% of New Yorkers think he will run, but about 1/3 would vote for him http://www.reuters.c... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Waiting until March to decide, still unhappy with current canidates http://preview.tinyu... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Scott Adam's 2nd choice! http://dilbertblog.t... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Bloomberg pans current slate of 2008 hopefuls http://www.nysun.com... | blah-blah |
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Duke Case aftermath
blah-blah started pck 12-Apr-07 Up | Dn | ! | Charges dropped, attorney general throws Nifong under the bus http://www.guardian.... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Students file $30M suit against state, attorney and nearly everyone involved in case http://news.yahoo.co... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Former DA pleads not guilty to criminal contempt charges http://hosted.ap.org... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Duke pays off 3 exonerated lacrosse players http://www.boston.co... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Nifong admits to improper statements http://www.cbsnews.c... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Nifong in court for disbarment, "horrible consequences were entirely foreseeable" http://www.charlotte... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Gutless lemmings on our academic campuses http://www.gopusa.co... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | "I'm sorry" says Nifong, accused consider suing http://www.iht.com/a... | blah-blah |
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US/China Trade Relations
pckrt started pck 01-Apr-07 Up | Dn | ! | China protests tarrifs on glossy paper, signals shift in trade relaitonship? http://www.marketwat... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | China: Tarriff our goods? We'll put dollar in freefall. http://www.gold-eagl... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | New complaint filed about piracy and restrictions on book/movie sales http://www.washingto... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | More duties on the way for dumping? http://business.bost... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Decline in dollar linked to tarrif action http://www.bloomberg... | pckrt |
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Loose lending standards hurting more than just sub-prime borrowers
pckrt started pck 25-Mar-07 Up | Dn | ! | Renters evicted because landlords aren't paying http://www.msnbc.msn... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Prudent borrowers in high-forclosure areas suffer from declining home values http://www.nytimes.c... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | New Study on Mortgage Disclosures http://volokh.com/po... | samrobb |
Up | Dn | ! | Mass fraud results in bad loans, drop in surrounding property values http://www.washingto... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | US Housing Pricing Rollercoaster http://www.speculati... | blah-blah |
Up | Dn | ! | Foreclosure Spike Due To Natural Economic Forces, Not "Risky Lending?" http://www.consumeri... | samrobb |
Up | Dn | ! | Pinched by high house payments, other purchases put off, like food http://www.bloomberg... | pckrt |
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Sub-prime lender meltdown
pckrt started pck 22-Mar-07Iraq War sentiment
davetrainer started pck 19-Mar-07 Up | Dn | ! | US Military ill-prepared for other conflicts http://www.msnbc.msn... | davetrainer |
Up | Dn | ! | Iraqis aren't that happy either http://news.xinhuane... | pckrt |
Up | Dn | ! | Story HighlightsMore than half of Americans 50 and older now oppose war in Iraq http://www.cnn.com/2... | davetrainer |
Up | Dn | ! | Iraq War Statistics http://www.msnbc.msn... | davetrainer |
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