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Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 31, 2006 A look back at 2006 By Len Butcher As I sit here waiting to go out for dinner this New Year’s Eve, and welcome in 2007, I thought it appropriate that I take a look back on 2006. Like all years, a lot of things happened, with me and the world at large. Personal things I will keep to myself, but for events [...]
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Friday, December 29, 2006 Grinch-style Christmas at Harrah's? By David McKee Christmas 2005 at Harrah's Entertainment was said to have been an extravaganza, with ice skaters and all manner of frou-frou. This year's Christmas party, I'm told, was a low-budget affair. Supposedly it consisted of a two-person version of The Nutcracker, two or three prize giveaways and was over by 9 p.m. (And to think that [...]
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Thursday, December 28, 2006 National housing outlook picks up By Ian Mylchreest The latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors are cheering news for the industry, reports USA Today. For the third month out of four, sales of existing homes rose. This time, the November sales topped the previous month by 0.6 percent.
The NAR's chief economist tells the paper that this means the housing slump [...]
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 New home sales were up in November By Ian Mylchreest New government figures released Wednesday show that home sales rose 3.4 percent in November after a 3.8 percent drop in October, reports the New York Times. The more important figure is that it's still a big drop-off from the late 2005 figures. Sales in the West fell 9 percent but that's not such good news because [...]
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 SEC rejigs option rule By Ian Mylchreest One man's technicality is another man's giveaway on corporate governance, it seems. The Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox says the regulator is merely tweaking the rule on disclosing the full value of executive options but, reports the New York Times, others are much more skeptical and see it as a giveaway to companies trying to obfuscate [...]
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 Car title lenders face scrutiny By Ian Mylchreest There are some straws in the wind that legislatures across the country are thinking of more stringent regulation of the car title loan business, reports USA Today. The business thrives in Las Vegas like the pay day lenders but elsewhere in the country it is getting scrutiny for the high interest rates that these loans attract.
The industry [...]
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 No-talent Rosie needs to keep her mouth shut By Len Butcher Can anyone be more annoying than CNN’s Nancy Grace? For a while, I didn’t think so, but then along came Rosie O’Donnell, who easily grabbed that honor from Nancy, and added “obnoxious” to it. I’d forgotten how much I disliked this woman from her days as the gushing, fawning, phony host of her own afternoon [...]
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Friday, December 22, 2006 California real estate market bottoms out By Ian Mylchreest Golden State real estate agents are saying that the market there has leveled out and they think it will pick up next year, reports the Los Angeles Times. This could be good news for the local real estate industry because so many of our sales start out with a home being sold in California to fund the new [...]
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Friday, December 22, 2006 Quick Hits for Friday By Steve Sebelius WARNING: The following item contains a link to photographs that may be inappropriate for underage web surfers. But let's be honest: The kids already know how to find all of this stuff. But the Various Things & Stuff legal department makes us put a disclaimer on here. So, proceed with caution, or wild abandon, as [...]
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Thursday, December 21, 2006 The search for civilization continues… By Steve Sebelius As we understand it, District Court Judge Douglas Herndon's ruling on the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act only grants a preliminary injunction against enforcement with respect to the criminal penalties for smoking violations. The act itself will be allowed to go into effect, but as a civil construct, not a criminal one. Smokers who break [...]
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