The federal financial crisis commission has questioned experts, executives and officials in the nation’s capital and New York. It has studied their e-mails, transcripts of insider conversations and documents on practices that led to the near collapse of the American financial system.
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Help coming for homeowners
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.
Clean-energy summit engages multiple topics
Nearly 30 policymakers and private investors met Tuesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to discuss boosting the renewable-energy sector.
Hong Kong company wants Las Vegas Sands Corp. sites on Cotai Strip
Macau casino operator SJM Holdings asked the Special Administrative Region’s government for permission to take over two development sites on the Cotai Strip that are currently controlled by Las Vegas Sands Corp., in which the company has invested more than $102 million.
Chapter 7 not final chapter
Life as Renne Fortier knew it changed in January 2009.
GULF Spill pushes BP Back from the edge
At a celebration of BP’s centennial last October, CEO Tony Hayward boasted to guests that the oil company “lives on the frontiers of the energy industry.”
Nuclear power industry takes off-the-shelf approach to plants
ATLANTA — Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactors much like a consumer buys a light bulb: right off the shelf.
Oh caller, where art thou? GloPos knows, GPS or no
Most of today’s smart phones use global positioning system technology, which can virtually pinpoint the location of the phone anywhere on the globe.
Clean energy summit lacks big names this year
Event will launch parade of economic, fiscal studies