Remember those crazy casino style multi-billion dollar bets called credit derivatives and credit default swaps that AIG, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, etc. took out? The ones that guru investor Warren Buffet rightly called “weapons of mass financial destruction” because they brought our entire economy to the brink of collapse? Thankfully, Congress is finally doing something […]
[Additional note: The parenthetical addition in the title above is mine. I feel that Dave’s excessive modesty caused him to be a little too mild and generic and I want to make sure people notice this (plus, he immediately stacked those distractingly weird surfers on top of it). This is a fine piece and I
The AP is reporting on RI’s unemployment trends, which indicate that we’re nearing bottom.
People’s Power and Light (PP and L), a local non-profit dedicated to ‘making energy more affordable and sustainable’, is holding its annual meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 6pm at Save the Bay Center. The meeting agenda is dominated by a panel discussion entitled “Federal Stimulus Funds and State Funds for Sustainable Energy”. PP
The Governor’s Energy Review Committee held a meeting at RIC’s Roberts Hall last night to present it’s draft plan to distribute the $14.5m in stimulus funds the state has received for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG). The meeting materials are available here. The plan is due to the feds on June 25, and,
So easy to fall prey to the ridiculous notion that we’re a poor state, as purveyed by the Governor and crew. But then… the castles go on the market.