…bubble was the reckless “fog the mirror” mortgages, sold to just about anybody, bundled into phony “AAA-rated” mortgage bonds, and in turn sold to equally reckless “investors.”  Lending is much…

…took pride in the county’s AAA bond rating, fiscal discipline and low taxes. Under their leadership, Ottawa County prospered. It had one of the lowest unemployment rates in Michigan and,…

…or rating agencies. It is estimated that decreasing the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA would cost the federal treasury $100 billion a year in additional…

…the fight over the protective order designed to keep Trump from attacking witnesses. Links: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.28.0_5.pdf https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-ohio-2786.pdf https://www.npr.org/2023/08/03/1191901829/trump-indictment-arraignment-news https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/doj-seeks-protective-order-after-trump-publishes-post-appearing-to-promise-revenge https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-indictment-campaign-election-interference-11cc4d1015c36e6ba078c00805d99838 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-largely-sides-with-trump-defense-on-protective-order-in-2020-election-case https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1191362886/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-sbf-crypto-fraud https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-lawyer-john-lauro-indictment-defense-rcna98509 https://www.politico.com/interactives/2023/trump-criminal-investigations-cases-tracker-list/#jan-six https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hunter-Biden-Special-Counsel-Letter-FINAL-2.pdf https://miller.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/miller.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20to%20AG%20Garland%20RE%20Hunter%20Biden[1].pdf https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4149061-house-gop-blasts-appointment-of-hunter-biden-special-counsel https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4149931-hunter-biden-attorney-on-special-counsel-david-weiss https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-united-states-long-term-ratings-to-aa-from-aaa-outlook-stable-01-08-2023 https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/08-11-2023/gop-funding-meeting/ https://apnews.com/article/utah-biden-fbi-assassination-threat-f9b31d6cd8e432870e4f8949cdb45b92…

…gas prices are already starting to retreat and experts predict sharper drops to come. The national average for regular gas dipped to $3.77 a gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. That’s 11…

…AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a pedestrian struck by a vehicle traveling at 23 miles per hour faces a 10% risk of death. At 46 miles per hour, this rises to…

…trucks usually require more gas or electricity than sedans, and their insurance premiums are higher, too. AAA recently found that those factors together have raised the typical cost of owning…

…and Allstate pulled back from California’s homeowner market, and Farmers, Progressive and AAA pulled back from the Florida market, which is seeing some of the highest insurance rates in the country. State-run “insurers…

…were safe because the securities had a AAA credit rating.” In the run-up to September 2008, AIG securities lending business grew substantially, going from less than $30 billion in 2007…

…was lowering the US score to Aa1 from Aaa. A gauge of the greenback fell 0.6%, US stock futures slid and Treasuries’ yield curve steepened on Monday. A weaker dollar…