Business & Economics
Business & Economics
The Fed at the Buzzer
The other March Madness? The Federal Reserve, in complete crisis mode, is widely expected to cut the federal funds rate this week, but one of its own is taking issue. Lee Hoskins, a former president of the Cleveland Fed, writes at Forbes and (aided by Robert P. Murphy of the ...
Business & Economics
Gold Jumps 3% on Fed’s “Sunday Special” as Stocks, Bonds & Currencies Enter “Genuine Panic”
Gold Jumps 3% on Fed’s “Sunday Special” as Stocks, Bonds & Currencies Enter “Genuine Panic” PHYSICAL GOLD PRICES leapt more than 3% at the start of world trade on Monday – and the US Dollar and Asian stock markets sank – on news that the Federal Reserve will today start ...
Business & Economics
Memo To The Fed: Stop Those Rate Cuts
The markets rallied last Tuesday in response to the Fed’s growing assistance to holders of mortgage-backed securities. Yet many onlookers are convinced that an aggressive cut in the federal funds rate at the upcoming March 18 meeting is still necessary to avoid a painful recession. In our view, further loosening ...
Business & Economics
Report compares state tort environments.
A report released by the not-for-profit Pacific Research Institute ranks the best and worst state tort systems in the United States. “U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report” valuated the tort laws of each state, in addition to taking into consideration tort costs and litigation risks. North Dakota was found to ...
Business & Economics
Legislature slow to pass bills in 2008 session Rural Action Commission online
The 2008 Legislature may be remembered as the least productive in memory, which around the Capitol means the memory of Senate Secretary McDowell Lee who has been in or around the Legislature for nearly 60 years. The House and Senate have passed only 12 bills in the first 13 working ...
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Essay 4: The U.S. Digital Divide Hysteria
Who can keep up with this new media?, March 14, 2008 The idea of the digital divide in the U.S., like everything technology-related, has already become outdated. There continues to be a misguided belief that in the U.S. there is a huge gap between techno-haves and techno-have-nots. While this may ...
Business & Economics
2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
Insurance Journal (San Diego, CA), March 14, 2008 Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst. The free-market think tank Pacific ...
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California a “sinner” on lawsuits
California is listed as a “sinner” when it comes to the risk and cost of liability lawsuits, according to a new state-by-state study by the conservative, San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute. The state is ranked 34th among the 50 states in a complex system developed by PRI that considers laws ...
Business & Economics
Study: Pa.’s Tort System Nearly The Worst
A policy institute yesterday released a report that ranked Pennsylvania’s legal climate the sixth worst in the nation in terms of both state policy and cost of litigation. The San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute compared the scope and impact of litigiousness on each state and determined that, judging by the ...
Business & Economics
Group ranks Nevada 36th in tort reform
A San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that supports limiting jury awards against corporations has ranked Nevada near the bottom in the nation for tort reforms. The Pacific Research Institute ranked Nevada as 36th in the nation for tort costs and litigation risks in its 2008 state-by-state study of tort reform. North ...
The Fed at the Buzzer
The other March Madness? The Federal Reserve, in complete crisis mode, is widely expected to cut the federal funds rate this week, but one of its own is taking issue. Lee Hoskins, a former president of the Cleveland Fed, writes at Forbes and (aided by Robert P. Murphy of the ...
Gold Jumps 3% on Fed’s “Sunday Special” as Stocks, Bonds & Currencies Enter “Genuine Panic”
Gold Jumps 3% on Fed’s “Sunday Special” as Stocks, Bonds & Currencies Enter “Genuine Panic” PHYSICAL GOLD PRICES leapt more than 3% at the start of world trade on Monday – and the US Dollar and Asian stock markets sank – on news that the Federal Reserve will today start ...
Memo To The Fed: Stop Those Rate Cuts
The markets rallied last Tuesday in response to the Fed’s growing assistance to holders of mortgage-backed securities. Yet many onlookers are convinced that an aggressive cut in the federal funds rate at the upcoming March 18 meeting is still necessary to avoid a painful recession. In our view, further loosening ...
Report compares state tort environments.
A report released by the not-for-profit Pacific Research Institute ranks the best and worst state tort systems in the United States. “U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report” valuated the tort laws of each state, in addition to taking into consideration tort costs and litigation risks. North Dakota was found to ...
Legislature slow to pass bills in 2008 session Rural Action Commission online
The 2008 Legislature may be remembered as the least productive in memory, which around the Capitol means the memory of Senate Secretary McDowell Lee who has been in or around the Legislature for nearly 60 years. The House and Senate have passed only 12 bills in the first 13 working ...
Essay 4: The U.S. Digital Divide Hysteria
Who can keep up with this new media?, March 14, 2008 The idea of the digital divide in the U.S., like everything technology-related, has already become outdated. There continues to be a misguided belief that in the U.S. there is a huge gap between techno-haves and techno-have-nots. While this may ...
2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
Insurance Journal (San Diego, CA), March 14, 2008 Florida ranks the worst in terms of tort costs and litigation risks, while North Dakota ranks the best. In a separate ranking, Colorado has the best tort laws on its books, while Rhode Island has the worst. The free-market think tank Pacific ...
California a “sinner” on lawsuits
California is listed as a “sinner” when it comes to the risk and cost of liability lawsuits, according to a new state-by-state study by the conservative, San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute. The state is ranked 34th among the 50 states in a complex system developed by PRI that considers laws ...
Study: Pa.’s Tort System Nearly The Worst
A policy institute yesterday released a report that ranked Pennsylvania’s legal climate the sixth worst in the nation in terms of both state policy and cost of litigation. The San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute compared the scope and impact of litigiousness on each state and determined that, judging by the ...
Group ranks Nevada 36th in tort reform
A San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that supports limiting jury awards against corporations has ranked Nevada near the bottom in the nation for tort reforms. The Pacific Research Institute ranked Nevada as 36th in the nation for tort costs and litigation risks in its 2008 state-by-state study of tort reform. North ...
