Boone County: The decade in news
Tuesday Dec 29 | via Campbell County Recorder
By Paul McKibben and Justin Duke * pmckibben@nky.com and jbduke@nky.com * December 29, 2009 Growth, growth and more growth marked the past decade in Boone County, driving the need for several new schools, roads and municipal facilities. Comment?
Settlement for Countrywide Financial ID Theft Victim...
Monday Dec 28 | via Insurance Journal West
A federal judge in Kentucky has given preliminary approval to a settlement between Countrywide Financial Corp., and millions of customers whose detailed financial information was exposed in a security breach. Comment?
News briefs from around Kentucky at 4:58 a.m. EST
Friday Dec 25 | via Clover Herald
Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning was the only senator to miss the Senate's historic Christmas Eve vote on health care legislation. Comment?
Ed Hatchett recommended for KACo post
Wednesday Dec 23 | via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY
Barren County native Edward B. Hatchett is being recommended by a search committee to be the next executive director of the Kentucky Association of Counties. Comment?
Sunday Dec 20 | via Examiner.com
In Issues Brief - 12/04/09 I discussed the fallout from the credit crunch weasels, the original pigs at the trough. Comment?
Expenses reform 'options' outlined
4 min ago | via This Is Lancashire
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?
Kitsap Home Prices Rise, But Have a Long Way to Go
4 min ago | via Kitsapsun.com
Home prices in Kitsap County were 8.3 percent higher in December than a year ago, but remain tens of thousands of dollars less than what homes sold for before the Big Bust. Comment?
Macklowe finds partner at Drake site
6 min ago | via The Real Deal
Developer Harry Macklowe has brought on CIM Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, to pay off the creditors at the former Drake Hotel site , a move that would allow him to effectively take control of the space. Comment?
Highest-priced liens slated for foreclosure auction
6 min ago | via The Real Deal
The cooperative apartment of convicted fraudster Alberto Vilar in a building just north of the United Nations had the highest lien of any New York City apartment scheduled for auction in 2009, according to PropertyShark.com. The top five apartments in New York City scheduled for auction in 2009 by PropertyShark.com were ranked by the amount of the ... Comment?
Pimcoa s Bill Gross Sees 2010 as Year of Reckoning
7 min ago | via FirstAdopter.com
Bill Gross was interviewed in Time . Excerpts below: Where do you see the economy going over the next 6 to 12 months? The economy should be relatively strong in the first half of 2010 then weaken in the second half. Comment?