Random links
- Taking Sides in a Divorce, Chasing Profit
- A look at finance companies offering funding to obtain assetts in a divorce. "The state laws were written to make people think twice before pursuing a divorce. But Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich, a New Jersey lawyer who serves as a vice president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which sets ethical standards for divorce lawyers, said she welcomed the use of divorce financing as a workaround because, in her view, society also has an interest in helping people who are determined to separate." ... she welcome it... of course she does. It means more profit for her.
- Does Obamacare discriminate against men?
- "There are at least 7 new agencies and departments devoted solely to women while there is not one office for men or male specific ailments. Men’s health advocates long have pushed for an Office of Men’s Health to act as a companion to the Office on Women’s Health, established in 1991. Instead of rectifying that disparity, the new health care law intensified it."
- Companies Cling to Cash: Coffers Swell to 51-year high as Cautious Firms Put Off Investing in Growth
- "Rather than pouring their money into building plants or hiring workers, nonfinancial companies in the U.S. were sitting on $1.93 trillion in cash and other liquid assets at the end of September, up from $1.8 trillion at the end of June, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. Cash accounted for 7.4% of the companies' total assets—the largest share since 1959." Would government action be a cause of or solution to this sort of problem? e.g. fear of higher taxes might be one factor decreasing the likelihood that a company will make an investment.
- Fake Watchful Eyes Discourage Naughty Behavior
- I guess it's like the fake security cameras that some places might use... just subconsciously planting the idea that your behaviour is observed can chang it.