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Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers

Oct 13, 2010
How do you foreclose on a home when you can’t figure out who owns it because the original mortgage is part of a derivatives package that has been sliced and diced so many ways that its legal ownership is often unrecognizable?The Titanic that is the U.S. housing market has just sprung its biggest leak.

Again With the Offshore Drilling

Oct 12, 2010
After clamping down and imposing a ban on offshore drilling in the wake of last spring's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that the moratorium is over and, as he put it, "We are open for business."

Netanyahu Urges Settler Restraint

Sep 26, 2010
With a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank about to expire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging Israeli settlers to show restraint. President Barack Obama has prodded Israel to extend the moratorium, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says Israel must choose between peace and the continuation of Jewish settlements.

The Cost of Not Drilling

Aug 22, 2010
Previously undisclosed documents have measured the economic impact of the U.S. federal moratorium on deep-water oil drilling at 23,000 jobs lost and billions of dollars in frozen investment. Federal officials went ahead with the ban, now tied up in court, because they distrusted industry safety equipment and standards.

Deep-Water Drilling Ban Idles Workers

Jun 18, 2010
The Obama administration's moratorium on deep-water drilling is affecting not only the oil companies but also the tens of thousands of workers who depend on the rigs for their livelihood and are now being laid off. To make matters worse, some of the rig owners are exploring moving their operations to other countries.