Alaskan land giveaway disintegrates into foreclosures
Oct 5, 2009 | via Tampa Bay Online
Reality trumped the dream for most winners of a land giveaway in Alaska's rugged interior. Comment?
Alaska Real Estate: US Housing Slump Heads North
Sep 2, 2009 | via Nu Wire Investor
A stiff 30% drop in the tourist trade, and the credit crunch, have brought two decades of growth to an end in the Alaska real estate market. Comment?
Cozying up is the new moving up
3 min ago | via MarketWatch
Our computer is conveniently located next to the baby's changing table just in case we have to check e-mail while desoiling Eve. Comment?
Expenses reform 'options' outlined
3 min ago | via Ashbourne News Telegraph
Parliament's new standards watchdog will offer a set of options for reform of MPs' expenses when it launches a public consultation, its chairman Sir Ian Kennedy has revealed. Comment?
Mixed economic data, higher dollar press stocks
3 min ago | via Rock Hill Herald
Investors turned cautious on the second trading day of the year as a pair of economic reports gave mixed signals about how the recovery was going. Comment?
Case for government manipulation
3 min ago | via MarketWatch
The unusual circumstances that led the U.S. market to rally powerfully in 2009 might be explained by secret government moves to buy stocks, according to Charles Biderman, the founder and chief executive of TrimTabs, a research firm that tracks liquidity flows in the market. Comment?
Housing purchases declining again
5 min ago | via Deseret News
The number of people preparing to buy a home fell sharply in November, an unsettling new sign that the housing market may be headed for a "double-dip" downturn over the winter. Comment?