http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com Background Check and Comparative Intelligence News and Commentary Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:33:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is the letter of the law and sometimes social conscience can supersed the letter of the law.   In this case, the Chicago Sheriff's Department has suspended all efforts to evict renters from housing where the mortgage had reached foreclosure.   According to the article on Chicago's CBS Channel 2 News, ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/when-the-police-revolt-chicago-sheriffs-wont-do-evictions/ Okay, so the country rages about bailouts and severance packages, causing at least some politicians to exhibit a rare display of conscience.   People resent bailing out the privileged and those who squandered their money.  Nevertheless, the bailout package passed both houses, mostly out of an act of desperation than a ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/are-you-running-your-business-like-the-failed-financial-groups/ Government agencies will be closed in observance of Columbus Day on Monday, October 13, 2008. Please expect minor delays for some court records for county criminal and county civil searches, as well as some statewide court research.  http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/courts-closed-monday-october-13-for-columbus-day/ I believe it was the ever controversial global financier George Soros who offered what was to me the sanest remedy for the financial crisis.   Rather than have the government buy a lot of bad paper, worthless loans, etc., he proposed something quite simple. Soros proposed that since a cash infusion was ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/fed-tries-to-stave-off-financial-crisis-by-lending-money/ It seems come election time politicians and those who curry favor with them are suddenly concerned about small businesses.   Much focus for the better part of a year is on the corporate giants, the multi-national corporations, and then when your vote is needed we get to hear how small business ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/is-the-bailout-good-for-small-business/ Nobody likes a strike.  Well, almost nobody.   Sometimes in the entertainment industry when movies are flopping and the audience stays away in droves from the new television season, a strike is a good way to reduce overhead.   All under the guise of labor difficulties.   Let them stay out there, is ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/strikes-they-can-hurt-in-more-ways-than-one/ Unless you are Rip Van Winkle, you realize these are tough times for the economy.   All the wrong things are down, such as manufacturing, exports, retail, and all the wrong things are up, prices for goods, unemployment, energy costs.   Pretty crazy. In these times reputable people and reputable people in business ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/some-businesses-in-tough-times-can-lose-their-sense-of-ethics/ We all like our thrills.   But with this economy, the nerve jolting impact of the daily market reports should be enough to keep our heart rates up.   The stock market alone leaps and dives, as it was reported in Yahoo Finance, in "a roller coaster fashion."   Congress will sign the ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/with-an-economy-like-this-who-needs-a-rollercoaster/ The market has crashed, the economy is on the skids, and nobody knows what to do.    Perhaps we should follow the example of one person and return to the isolated parts of Northern California where gold was originally discovered in 1849. Apparently there is still gold in them thar' hills, and ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/10/the-market-crashes-time-to-go-goldmining/ Anymore, when you read the business section of your local newspaper it looks more like the true crime section rather than mere financial news.    The financial news is bad enough, but then you have to bear witness to all the scam artists and outright thieves in white collars who have ... http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2008/09/are-unscrupulous-employees-ruining-your-business/