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...worth last year. Since that process has obviously continued in the first two months of this year, that number could be close to 25%. At its core, the information is a considerable warning that the ability of Americans to become consumers again is still severely compromised. It is another clear sign that the balance sheets of large financial firms which have exposure to mortgages or any type of consumer credit are likely to be faced with more losses, even if they are unexpected. That seems possible since all of the bank losses of the last two years were unanticipated...
...Edward Humes makes clear in his new book Eco-Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet, a high income-tax bracket gives the rich another advantage: a platform on which they can advance the causes that matter to them. And believe it or not, a surprising number of super-wealthy Americans are using their money to fight for what Humes calls "a secret plan to save the earth." (See the top 10 green stories...
...book, Humes profiles an assortment of eco-barons, from businessmen to inventors, and discovers that what binds them is, he says, a "clear view of the insanity attached to the way we live." Doug Tompkins, who founded the clothing line Esprit - and then left it behind for conservation in the 1990s while it was still wildly successful - is the quintessential eco-baron and the source of Hume's best writing. Tompkins was always an outdoor adventurer - even while heading up Esprit, he would regularly disappear for months-long trips to the forests of South America - so when he burned...
...When we initially started the studies we did not expect to find such widespread contamination. The nature of the remediation is likely to be long-term and very complex.” While Power said it was her belief that the reasons for emptying the building were made clear to the tenants, Central Barber Shop’s Alfred Iannacone, or “Fred the Barber,” as he is known to customers, disagreed. “I don’t really know what’s going on,” he said...
...youngest columnist, writing online and blogging before appearing in print opposite liberal Paul Krugman. “We were looking for a conservative writer,” said New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal. “He has a fresh perspective, and writes from a clear philosophical and ideological point of view. He can be critical of Republican policies.” Atlantic Associate Editor and former Crimson Managing Editor Marc J. Ambinder ’01 met Douthat through The Crimson, where, Douthat “established himself as the premier conservative voice on campus...