Month: January 2008

AP: A “heavy loss” by bond insurer MBIA Inc., and the prospect of new downgrades in the bond insurance industry.

Not a pretty mosaic–but you should see at Bill Gratsch’s Blawg’s Blog a collection of recent reports and articles on the new […]

If you’re new to this blog, great corporate clients and everything about them is our main event: getting and keeping as clients […]

Do see “CWA: 2007 Judicial Review“, by Cleveland-based Robert Casarona, in Stevens Publishing’s Water & Wastewater News.

AP: “Worst year since 2002.”

DENVER (AP)–Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward […]

McCain, Clinton Win Florida Primaries WASHINGTON (MarketWatch/DowJones)–John McCain of Arizona won a closely fought battle with Mitt Romney to win Florida’s Republican […]

Wednesday. No more advice, ideas, news or rants today on clients, marketing, Rudy, lawyering, IP, taxes, enforcement of judgments in Argentina, China […]

British-US study.

Visit our Federal Election Commission Campaign Contribution Summary, first created in 2002, and regularly checked and updated. If you don’t cough up […]

Baltimore Sun: Giuliani’s concession: A bad day in Florida AP: McCain Beats Romney in Florida GOP Race. Sydney Morning Herald: “Guiliani who? […]

Just kidding. At this level, Banks don’t care. Great lobbyists, we must admit–and we’d even work for your retail arms if you […]

Just kidding. Banks don’t care. Great lobbyists, we must admit (“we are not worthy…”). Lowest-drawer employees. Peasant customers. You can even generalize […]

About last night. Believe what you will about Los Angeles. Like NYC and DC, it’s a magnet for talent, extra-hard work, big […]

Bilbo then disappears. Bilbo has actually put on his magic ring and slipped away. Back at his hobbit hole, Bag End, he […]

Happy Monday. It’s still Winter. Today, you’re just a shade of a tad Hungover. You hate your Job. Your entire Life. Your […]

You, with your longer hours and much higher standards (there are reasons beyond culture and morality Europe has remained much less off […]

You, with your longer hours and much higher standards (there are reasons beyond culture and morality Europe has remained much less off […]

You, with your longer hours and much higher standards (there are reasons beyond culture and morality Europe has remained much less off […]

You, with your longer hours and much higher standards (there are reasons beyond culture and morality Europe has remained much less off […]

And he’d just say shucks. It’s Sunday: the only day I spend any time alone, am quiet for long stretches, and won’t […]

Is this an interesting–and let’s face it, great–nation or what? AP. WAC? has followed national elections since 1968–and there has never been […]

“…the best choice for the [Republican] party’s presidential nomination”. [more]

NYT edit board endorses HRC. Well, if you’re her, it’s almost the ultimate–and you’d be celebrating, duck-walking, and doing the antler dance. […]

At his wry French Politics, Art Goldhammer briefly comments on the future of nuclear power, inspired by a Roger Cohen NYT piece […]

“To be clean is glorious–but you won’t make the Big Bucks.” The Economist: Don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air. […]

AP: President Bush likes it. Hill leaders like it. Now, get ready–and worry about too little too late. We need a $150 […]