By Henry C K Liu

Recurring financial crises of past decades had clearly exposed the instability of globalized unregulated financial markets and the great danger that poses for the economic wellbeing of defenseless developing countries participating in such markets.

Finance and Banking

On July 21, 2010 (the "Enactment Date"), President Obama signed into law The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act"). The legislative changes mandated by the Act, which is named after Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), are intended to shield the financial system from ...

Dollar Continues Lackluster Performance Amid Disappointing U.S. Data

Euro Tumbles Against Most Major Currencies as Bank Lending Remains Tight, Euribor Pushes Higher British Pound Looks for Direction as Comments by Governor Mervyn King Raises Concerns of Stagflation Australian Dollar Dips Back Below 200-Day SMA as Traders Pare Bank Interest Rate Expectations Japanese Yen Rallies as Speculation for BoJ Intervention Subside New Zealand Dollar to Face ...

[cover] Solar Perplexus : Monterey County was poised for a rooftop Renaissance. Then Fannie and Freddie crashed the ...

An article on the county building departments bulletin board is a source of both pride and pain for Tim McCormick and Karen Riley-Olms. The headline reads: State attorney general sues feds over solar financing the very same Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program that McCormick, the county director of building services, and Riley-Olms, the countys PACE project manager, have been ...

Kindergarten Double Dip Economics

Double Dip used to pertain to ice cream cones, but now to dreaded return to economic recession. Green Shoots used to refer to gardening projects, then to deceptive economic viewpoints. My favorite is the second half recovery mantra, indicative of totally clueless.