Bonds to the Rescue (Washington Post) Stock investors are dazed, bloodied and terrified. Bond owners aren't exactly celebrating, but they're in much better shape. Yet it's not too late to buy bonds. You just have to choose them carefully....more...Paulson Taps Allison, Moffett to Run Fannie, Freddie (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Herbert M. Allison Jr. and David M. Moffett , picked to run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, face an uphill battle in bringing the mortgage-finance companies back from the brink of collapse....more... Hanover, Navigators Buoy Insurance Industry Takeovers (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Among property and casualty insurers, the steadiest profits are coming from the customer minnows, not the whales, helping to put more than a dozen companies in play....more... Sunday, June 08, 2003 (WestportNow) Newsweek: Martha Stewart Should Try for Danbury Prison The legal pundits are having a field day discussing the likelihood that Martha Stewart may go to prison. Now Newsweek has found one expert suggesting which prison and he picked Danbury....more... Small-scale farmers grapple with modern commerce (The Times and Democrat) DAYTON, Va. ? At the wholesale produce market in this Mennonite community, farming families arrive by horse and buggy and pallets are stacked high with freshly harvested Shenandoah Valley onions, corn, green peppers and squash....more... |