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Geithner has found a way around his critics, or better, has found a way to dupe them. Instead of cowering, be goes to Congressional committee meetings wearing his Brooks Brother's suit like chain maille. He has learned his lesson, and he has learned the secrets of dissembling and being reticent on important issues. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tim Geithner Thumbs His Nose at Congress | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...Penn said since customers are becoming increasingly eco-conscious, businesses are following suit...

Author: By Liyun Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Local Stores Celebrate Earth Day | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...undue, might we remark on what interesting garments you have chosen to don this evening? In our day, business casual practically meant a three-piece suit. Well, it is true that cravats and waistcoats are only adopted now by a particular kind of man. But if you would just remove your Converse sneakers from the white linen—if you could just—ahh, here is the bill...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Just Sign Here | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...civil lawsuit against a number of alleged loan-modification scam artists on behalf of scores if not hundreds of people, most of them facing foreclosure, who claim they paid upfront fees as high as $3,000 to have their mortgage terms improved so they could keep their homes. The suit alleges those services, which numerous non-profit organizations will do for free in tandem with lenders, were never delivered. (Read "Despite the Crash in Prices, Affordable Housing Still Lacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mortgage-Fraud Crackdown Gathers Steam in Florida | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

...targets of the suit, which seeks restitution for the plaintiffs, is Keep Your Property, Inc. The North Miami Beach firm allegedly bilked Floridians like Leslie Brown, a 73-year-old Jamaican immigrant and former dockworker. When faced with foreclosure on his Ft. Lauderdale home last fall, he says he paid $2,200 along with other large fees to Keep Your Property, which promised to get his sky-high mortgage interest rate lowered so he could continue making house payments. "I was so happy, I was sure they would take care of it," says Brown, a widower who has since lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mortgage-Fraud Crackdown Gathers Steam in Florida | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

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