Now that the demand for loans is basically tapped out -- even as lending standards relax ever so slightly -- banks seem to have found a new way to screw with their customers. A savings account at an American bank now offers little more than the tiniest sliver of interest. Banks are rewarding financial discipline -- and Read More
In early December I moderated a panel discussion at Columbia University titled "Energy Efficiency: What Really Works." The panel featured five terrific experts on this issue: Bridgett Neely, Vice President of Energy Efficiency at New York City's Economic Development Corporation; Lloyd Kass, Director of the Energy Department at the New York City Housing Read More
The economic meltdown that began on Wall Street has spread to the rest of the nation and most of the world. Economic decline shapes the mindset of many American consumers as they start to hold their cash in the bank or hide it under their mattresses. On November 11, New York Times reporter Read More
