Category: Insurance

How DARE you question our credit?

11 January, 2011 (12:36) | Bankruptcy, CDSs, Credit default swap, Insurance, Municipal bankruptcy, Speculation, State bankruptcy, US News |

By: David A. Smith   Long, long ago, I learned that business operates by different rules than does society.  In social settings, asking direct or personal questions can be rude or offensive, but in business, it’s par for the course.   “Sal, it’s not personal, it’s just business.”   So it is with the emerging [...]

BAH, humbug!

9 July, 2010 (15:46) | Apartments, Housing, Insurance, Markets, New York City, Rent control, Rental, Subsidy |

By: David A. Smith   Can you have a reliable income even if you don’t have a job?   Oh, I say – how gauche to ask about one’s income   Inadvertently buried in a late-May New York Times human-interest article that is supposed to be about the hazards of apartment-hunting in Gotham is a [...]