Buy vs. rent choice harder
MSNBC - In buying a home you pay real estate transfer taxes, lawyer’s fees, mortgage application fees and other closing costs that altogether come to 5 percent of the property’s sales price. And assume that if you were to sell the home you’d pay a 6
British tycoon denies government charges
BusinessWeek - I deny all of them,” he said in a statement issued by his Zimbabwean lawyer. He did not specify who he thought was behind the entrapment, but said the charges would not affect his close ties with President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party. “The
Genius of fraud’ or scapegoat?
Globe and Mail - And this tone must imbue the entire organization with a sense of ethics, responsibility and integrity. Even a whistleblower line can help — assuming it is legal in your jurisdiction (assume nothing- ask your lawyer) — it can give good people a
What I’d do if I were mayor’s lawyer
Detroit Free Press - As you have probably heard (unless you spent the last week in a hot tub), Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in a bit of trouble. He testified last summer that he did not have an affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. But last week, a pair
SocGen shareholders file suit against co for insider trading - lawyer
Forbes - PARIS (Thomson Financial) - About 100 shareholders at Societe Generale have filed suit for insider trading and manipulating share prices after the French bank revealed multi-billion-euro losses, a lawyer has said. Earlier, Jerome Kerviel, the Societe
Slaying victim named son — the accused killer — to get insurance
Boston Globe - His lawyer is trying to have the case moved to juvenile court and says the boy was insane at the time of the killing. The insurance company, meanwhile, is caught in the middle. “Both Aaron Congdon and the estate of Bernard Congdon are potential adverse
Former Anderson partners settle with SEC on Enron
Forbes - Duncan’s lawyer said his client has made every effort to cooperate and take the appropriate responsibility for his role as Arthur Andersen’s partner responsible for the Enron audits. “After six years of government investigation it was time to get
