Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 01.10.16

 
By Stephanie Baum

A company has developed a robot to help autistic children learn social reference skills and is raising $1.25 million to produce more in a beta production run.

The Popchilla…

[Note from CAF: Given that the FDIC just picked up the BofA/Merrill derivatives position, you would think BofA would be a bit more sensitive to the branding of the federal credit!]

By Joe Weisenthal
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CNN is running the documentary ‘I.O.U.S.A.’ this weekend. We thought you might find our commentary from this summer regarding ‘I.O.U.S.A.’ of interest.

In the summer of 2006, Harry Blazer invited me to discuss the Solari investment model with him. We recorded our conversation, calling it The Essence of Solari.

When I worked in the first Bush Admini…

by James Bowen, National Chairperson of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/848045.html

In the late 19th century, changes in Ottoman law created a new cla…

* Freddie and Fannie had deep political connections
* Rahm Emanuel, Tom Donilon were on payroll

By Tim Reid, Margaret Chadbourn and Mark Hosenball

While presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was forc…