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The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
“In hindsight, it was spot on.” -Jeffrey Brown, former top official at the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, one of the first agencies to raise concerns about risky lending. > A brutally damning article about the warnings the Bush administration received and ignored was published this morning by AP. The AP summed up the philosophy of the [...]
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Infectious Greed (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
I’m working on something longer about the troubles at pension insurer Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, but this P&I quote from Jeffrey Brown at the University of Urbana-Champaign was just too good not to share: Why would an insurance company invest in the same asset that they’re insuring? Why indeed.
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
PBS "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" From the transcript of Thursday's "NewsHour": JEFFREY BROWN: And, Robin, one last issue that this raises is a concern recently, even in the last few days, about whether some in the media have essentially started to treat this race like it's over. ROBIN ABCARIAN: Yes, I mean, I do think that's a legitimate concern. And I have worried about that myself. The...
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Baltimore Crime (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
... 24, 700 block of W. Lexington (9/14) 158. Lloyd Milton, 2100 block of Boston St. (9/14) 157. Jeffrey Brown, 34, 1500 block of Wadsworth Way (9/11) 156. Dominic Faw, 29, 200 block of N. Eutaw St. (shot 1995, d. 3/22/08) 155. Robert Wilson, 23, 2000 block of Boone Street (9/9) 154. Andre Harris, 23, 200 block of Harmison Street (9/6) 153. Shirley Johnson, 44, 1100 block of Woodington...
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Baltimore Crime (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
... 24, 700 block of W. Lexington (9/14) 158. Lloyd Milton, 2100 block of Boston St. (9/14) 157. Jeffrey Brown, 34, 1500 block of Wadsworth Way (9/11) 156. Dominic Faw, 29, 200 block of N. Eutaw St. (shot 1995, d. 3/22/08) 155. Robert Wilson, 23, 2000 block of Boone Street (9/9) 154. Andre Harris, 23, 200 block of Harmison Street (9/6) 153. Shirley Johnson, 44, 1100 block of Woodington...
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Baltimore Crime (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... 24, 700 block of W. Lexington (9/14) 158. Lloyd Milton, 2100 block of Boston St. (9/14) 157. Jeffrey Brown, 34, 1500 block of Wadsworth Way (9/11) 156. Dominic Faw, 29, 200 block of N. Eutaw St. (shot 1995, d. 3/22/08) 155. Robert Wilson, 23, 2000 block of Boone Street (9/9) 154. Andre Harris, 23, 200 block of Harmison Street (9/6) 153. Shirley Johnson, 44, 1100 block of Woodington...
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PoliGazette (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
The good news is, LIBOR is down. Karen Petrou, I mentioned LIBOR, that lending rate between ranks has dropped to its lowest level in over a month. That’s a good thing, right? KAREN SHAW PETROU, Federal Financial Analytics: That’s right. JEFFREY BROWN: Why? KAREN SHAW PETROU: LIBOR means the rates that banks charge each other. And we can’t get [...]
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Baltimore Crime (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... 24, 700 block of W. Lexington (9/14) 158. Lloyd Milton, 2100 block of Boston St. (9/14) 157. Jeffrey Brown, 34, 1500 block of Wadsworth Way (9/11) 156. Dominic Faw, 29, 200 block of N. Eutaw St. (shot 1995, d. 3/22/08) 155. Robert Wilson, 23, 2000 block of Boone Street (9/9) 154. Andre Harris, 23, 200 block of Harmison Street (9/6) 153. Shirley Johnson, 44, 1100 block of Woodington...
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Baltimore Crime (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
... 24, 700 block of W. Lexington (9/14) 158. Lloyd Milton, 2100 block of Boston St. (9/14) 157. Jeffrey Brown, 34, 1500 block of Wadsworth Way (9/11) 156. Dominic Faw, 29, 200 block of N. Eutaw St. (shot 1995, d. 3/22/08) 155. Robert Wilson, 23, 2000 block of Boone Street (9/9) 154. Andre Harris, 23, 200 block of Harmison Street (9/6) 153. Shirley Johnson, 44, 1100 block of Woodington...