Municipal investments gone bad

As the city of Northampton prepares to enter the bond market to finance its new police station, some cautionary tales seem worthy of consideration. The city plans to sell municipal bonds and pay interest to investors in order to build the station, then pay down the...

Dow Chemical and the world's water

Only 2.5% of the world's water is suitable for drinking. The following video is not an endorsement of Dow Chemical and its corporate citizenship. It presents nonetheless an interesting view of where the world is with regards to potable water, this as the city of...