$275 Billion Plan Seeks to Address Housing Crisis
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/business/19housing.html?ref=us
and b) about the difficulties homeowners face when refinancing. The happy-ending-story in the following article confirms that it's much better to deal with a small local lender, rather than with a behemoth such as Wells Fargo.
Modifying Mortgages Can Be Tricky
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html
In yesterday's NYT there was also an interesting article about a campaign by Acorn (http://www.acorn.org/) to support homeowners in foreclosure when the sheriff comes to kick them out. Perhaps their initiative could give as an idea for an action item...
Effort Takes Shape to Support Families Facing Foreclosure http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/nyregion/18foreclose.html
And here are three articles on the wider world:One on the worsening situation in the European Union and on the short-sightedness of its leaders:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09df5532-fdf3-11dd-932e-000077b07658.html
One on proposals for green job by Al Gore and Ban Ki Moon
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0fa98852-fc45-11dd-aed8-000077b07658.html
And a forecast on the economy by analysts and investors who have been quite accurate in assessing the crisis. I don't agree with their prescriptions, but the data are interesting and I believe it's important to cosider all points of view:
Let the market do its job...
http://us.mg201.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.partner=sbc&.rand=4434nf540ilqn
Saturday - February 21st
ReplyDeletehttp://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/02/21-1
Obama administration has expanded the covert war run by the Central Intelligence Agency inside Pakistan, attacking a militant network seeking to topple the Pakistani government.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=CACRU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
An operation the American military at first described as a "precision strike" instead killed 13 Afghan civilians and only three
militants, the U.S. said Saturday, three days after sending a general to the site to investigate.
http://www.truthout.org/022009T
Unemployed workers outraged over charges to inquire on benefits.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18: Join us for a showing of the film, "Taxi to the Dark Side"
When: March 18, 7pm
Where: University of Michigan Campus, location to be announced. (ICPJ)
http://www.alternet.org/audits/127850/
Could a Sudden Collapse of Mexico Be Obama's Surprise Foreign Policy Challenge?
Free-trade politics and the drug war created a social crisis in Mexico, and a militarized response to it may push events to an explosion.