| Cleveland suit smells like a pig
Running a pig farm is a sloppy business. Lagoons of manure put a stench in the wind and may even contaminate the neighbors' wells. "Creating a public nuisance" is what they call it. And for pig farmers, public- nuisance lawsuits can be a cost of doing business. Last week, the city of Cleveland filed a public-nuisance lawsuit against some of the biggest pig farmers I know: 21 investment banks and lenders whose subprime-mortgage- lending practices have allegedly turned Cleveland into a sty. "The city has become the poster child for the national foreclosure crisis," the city's lawsuit reads. "An average of 20 Cleveland homeowners faced the grim reality of foreclosure every day in 2007." After suffering more than 7,500 foreclosures last year, Cleveland now has "entire streets, blocks and neighborhoods" of abandoned homes that have become "eyesores . . .
Inter Pipeline Fund Announces Record Third Quarter Results and ...
Successfully closed a $2.2 billion syndicated credit facility to finance the development and expansion of the Corridor pipeline system
- Subsequent to the quarter end, Shell Canada Energy's Orion oil sands project began transporting volumes on the Cold Lake pipeline system
(1) Please refer to the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of the MD&A.
Sustainability of Cash Distributions
On June 22, 2007, the Federal Government's Tax Fairness Plan (part of Bill C-52) became law. As a result, publicly-traded flow-through entities such as income funds, royalty trusts and limited partnerships will be subject to taxation commencing January 1, 2011. In recent months there has been considerable debate within the investment community and the media regarding the sustainability of current cash distributions paid by such entities once they become taxable.
Credit Card Industry Booming, Despite Treacherous Stock Market This ...
No, that's not your spouse (or even your accountant) talking. Rather, it's an admonition that may be a useful guide to navigating a treacherous stock market this fall — the time that has historically been less than an auspicious season for stocks … and this one looks particularly dicey. At issue: whether the shutdown in vast swaths of the credit markets will ripple through the rest of the economy. So far, officials from Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke have assured investors that the mortgage mess bears watching, but it's still pretty well contained. In other words, a few hundred thousand families, or perhaps a few million will lose their homes, but outside of that, the consumer economy will not suffer. That myth is increasingly showing cracks.
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