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On Nov. 30, the departments of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development announced that they would no longer take kindly to mortgage firms that don't make modifications lasting. Teams of officials are headed to the nation's largest lenders for a closer look at what's going on, and...
Lately, the People’s Republic has been in the bad habit of making ever larger investments with questionable African regimes. A week before Obama’s tour, during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao promised to lend Africa $10 billion in low-interest...
While this sounds rosy enough, even interest-free money isn’t ever really free. Rather than use its economic leverage to stamp out corruption or push for human rights, as the West does, China’s demand is instead a request that African markets open up to...
Harvard has recently undertaken several measures to reduce its carbon footprint. A 500-kilowatt photovoltaic solar array—approximately 2 1/2 football fields long—is in development for the rooftop of The Arsenal, the largest building at the Harvard-owned Watertown office complex. Harvey added that this...
Meanwhile, as the President gathers lawmakers, chief executives and union heads on Thursday at the White House for a jobs summit, business groups are pushing for an array of tax cuts. The National Federation of Independent Business would like to see a payroll tax holiday. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce...