Dealing with the 'R' word.
It wasn't all that long ago when revenues were growing by double-digit percentages--and profits were reaching all-time industry highs. It was almost impossible to keep track of all of the pest management firm acquisitions and mergers taking place. Outside the industry, the economy was booming. * Stock...

The Hypotenuse Comes Dancing.
opposed to the drink opposed to the man taking the drink against the far wall, the woman speaking to the child sure and they drink they all drink after which they fish god made...

McCain thinks Bush pretty much on track with bad economy, failed war.
DETROIT -- George W. Bush's failed presidency has produced unprecedented dissatisfaction for the battered American people. More storms will rage this spring in a troubled economy hurtling into a serious recession. The nation lost 80,000 jobs in March--250,000 in the first quarter. Unemployment is at 5.1 percent...

What would George Bailey Do? Any plan to right the housing market should put families first.
HENRY POTTER: Have you put any real pressure on these people of yours to pay those mortgages? PETER BAILEY: Times are bad, Mr. Potter. A lot of these people are out of work. POTTER: Then foreclose! BAILEY: I can't do that. These families...

The deregulation of usury ceilings, rise of easy credit, and increasing consumer debt.
I. INTRODUCTION Few laws regarding economic regulation have a longer history than usury laws. (1) Strong attempts to limit usury punctuate Western history. Within the last century, however, these attempts have quickly unraveled. A convergence of factors in the industrialized world has produced the groundbreaking phenomenon of...

California Residential Foreclosures.
California Residential Foreclosures Fred Crane Zyrus Press PO Box 17810, Irvine, CA 92623 9781933990231, $19.95, www.zyruspress.com Real Estate is one of the true ways for one to truly make themselves a millionaire--"California Residential Foreclosures: The Complete Guide to Equity...

The new tycoonery.
The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics by Jonathan Chait Houghton Mifflin. 304 pages. $25. Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense...

Open letter to Clinton.
Dear Sen. Clinton: It looks like Sen. Barack Obama is self-degrading just enough to nail down the vice presidency. Lately he's had to do some extra talking about Rev. Wright and his grandmother. These are really embarrassments that do affect a few finicky voters. Obama...

Sir Ronald Wilson: an appreciation.
[Sir Ronald Wilson (known by his own wish to all as Ron Wilson) was short in stature and long in energy. He was a person who devoted himself passionately to all causes in which he believed. Most of these were derived from or constituted by his religious faith and...

Outlook: 2008 and beyond.
With the subprime crisis still raging, foreclosures still skyrocketing and home sales volume and value just now starting to rebound, the lead feature in this issue of Valuation tackles the question on every appraiser's mind: where (and how) do appraisers fit in during this declining market? Included in the...