Excellus BlueCross BlueShield to raise health insurance premiums by 8.8 percent
No doubt Alex Tabarrok and Matthew Yglesias will be delighted to hear this news: Excellus…
November 2009
writejesse Gold prices hit all-time high
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve already heard this news. But I figure…
Wow. Just wow.
The Wall Street Journal says a manic buying frenzy is underway in Asian real estate:…
Blogger yearns for more inflation
At Marginal Revolution, blogger Alex Tabarrok writes: “I wish Arnold Kling were correct that inflation…
Gold vs. long bonds: a market rumble?
At the Wall Street Journal’s MarketBeat blog, Joanna Slater posits “a prizefight underway in markets,…
Homebuyer tax credit to be extended, expanded
The extension and expansion will fuel the already-hot market for low-end homes: Debbie Miller also…
Car rental prices up nearly 50 percent in past year
Canadian Press: Compared with a year ago, rental prices increased nearly 50 per cent on…
Shocker: small business’ health insurance premiums are accelerating
Missed this tidbit when it appeared in the NY Times two weeks ago: Insurance brokers…
CalPERS to raise long-term care insurance premiums a mere 15-25 percent
According to the CalPERS web site, California’s state retirees are going to pay a lot…
Fannie Mae to rent foreclosed homes back to borrowers
And you thought all those Fannie Mae foreclosures were just about to hit the market.…