Monthly Archives: October 2009

The ‘Special’ Relationship

By Sue Langley
The bond between the United States and the U.K. has been the subject of a significant amount of media comment...

It Figures

$1,784 billion, trillion The amount being sought from Bank of America in a lawsuit brought by Dalton Chiscolm, who is...

It Figures

$4 Million The estimated cost to build a tsunami evacuation building, or TEB, on the Oregon coast. It would sit...

Declarations

Real Stuff “When the bubble burst, however, those risky mortgages defaulted in record numbers and investors were left holding worthless...

Lava-Listed on Hawaii’s Big Island

By Herbert A. Sample
Insurers’ Use of Lava Maps to Gauge Risk Doesn’t Set Well With Some Homeowners The U.S. Geological Survey’s 35-year-old maps...

Health Rates Rose Fast in West

Family health care premiums rose an estimated three to five times faster than earnings for workers in Western states from...