Archive for September, 2009

Well done?

Monday, September 21st, 2009

For Business Week.
Blurb: Builders are selling homes again. But many are being financed through a little-known, long-running government loan program that offers 100% financing and $0 down.
Lenders offered the same USDA-backed loans during the boom—only to see their businesses collapse during the bust.
AD: Christine Silver
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On Life Insurance

Monday, September 14th, 2009

And how it doesn’t quite do what it’s supposed to do anymore…
For Wirtschafts Woche. Germany. Things are not what they used to be there either…

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