10 fun Tumblr blogs to follow CNN In 2010, having just lost his job in finance, Brandon Stanton set out to create a sort of photographic census of New York City. Three years later, he's approached more than 10,000 people, taken 5,000 photos and, in the process, showcased the diversity ...
Bernanke Must Come Clean on 'the Big Lie' Says Whalen Yahoo! Finance (blog) You've had a series of financial bubbles instigated by the Fed that kept lowering interest rates over time," he says, noting that the unprecedented monetary intervention of the Bernanke-era might be reflating some assets (stocks, real estate) but has ...
Deadly Tornadoes Drive Up Storm-Shelter Demand Yahoo! Finance (blog) In Bill Stegman's office on the eastern side of Dallas, the phone is ringing and ringing and ringing again, with only short breaks between callers. It goes on for some 30 minutes, virtually uninterrupted. He says it's been like this for hours. The ...
House prices quadrupled during the typical mortgage term Telegraph.co.uk (blog) House prices quadupled during the last quarter century and soared by more than 60pc in real terms after inflation is taken into account. No wonder bricks and mortar remain the biggest asset owned by many members of my generation. But home ownership ...
Morocco gets ready for sukuk [updated] Financial Times (blog) Only a few African countries such as Sudan and the Gambia have issued sovereign sukuk, according to S&P, but several have started considering the financial instruments, including South Africa, Egypt and Tunisia. The introduction of sukuk in Morocco ...
