Subsidizing renters with gobs of greenbacks if they buy a house turns out to be a pretty popular program.Thanks to the tax credit for first-time home buyers, as well as cheaper home prices and lower

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says the business community can help reduce crime by hiring ex-cons.Fitzgerald believes that a steady job can help parolees stay away from the criminal activity that

Van Hoisington and Lacy Hunt have figured out what few others have; namely, that excessive debt and falling asset prices have conspired to render the best efforts of the Federal Reserve impotent.Plea

1) Do We Need Debt to Recover?This is a good question. Do we? According to the Wall Street Journal, citing a recent study of all nine post-World War II U.S. recessions by Barclays Capital, the answer

View the list If you’re like us, then you know that 4th of July fireworks aren’t always confined to the skies. Given the hot dogs, beer, and suburban angst, it’s the holiday most l

Sam Bronfman II, Georgiana Bronfman, Edgar Bronfman Senior In 1975, in a story that played out in all the tabloids, a Brooklyn fireman named Mel Patrick Lynch allegedly kidnapped Edger’s el

1) Point of Recognition Edges Closer"The United States today is in a short-term deflationary phase caused by forced liquidations, de-leveraging, going out of business sales, and other temporary

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The buyers were aggressive today, and the market had a performance-anxiety feel to it. The S&P rocketed up 3.20% to close at 778. Professor Jeff Cooper talked about the importance of 774 today, w

Greetings from New York, where as a German/Irishman, I’m celebrating St. Patrick’s Day as I do every year: Getting half in the bag, starting a fight with myself, singing half of Too Ra Lo