Tag Archives: Greed

Riverstone Residential – Park Plaza – Portland State students sue over bedbugs – Video

by Anne Yeager January 20, 2010 PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland State senior Jeff Rudnicky is in a bad situation. He has no place to call home and no money in his wallet. “It’s a difficult situation to say the least, … Continue reading

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New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is lead plaintiff in Chinese drywall suit – Video

By Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune Saints coach Sean Payton is the lead plaintiff in a 591-page class action lawsuit against Knauf Plasterboard Tainjin Co. Ltd., a Chinese company that manufactured drywall that is believed to be corroding homes and making … Continue reading

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ToxicTrailers.com – selloff of FEMA trailers unfair – Many trailers tested high in formaldehyde

Friday, January 15, 2010 Becky Gillette FEMA|GSA are now auctioning off 100,000 FEMA trailers in large lots for an average of $100 for units the government paid tens of thousands for. Many of these trailers tested high in formaldehyde, and … Continue reading

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Chinese Drywall, the U.S. Housing Bubble, and Civil Justice – The Pop Tort

January 06, 2010 The “hot mess” that is the Chinese drywall fiasco seems to be getting hotter by the day—at least according to blockbuster investigative piece by Tim Elfrink in today’s Broward-Palm Beach New Times. While the story is striking … Continue reading

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BlackRock’s Black Mark: Stuyvesant Town – PEU Report

January 9, 2010 Twenty thousand New York apartment dwellers are in limbo as complex owners, BlackRock Realty and Tishman Speyer Properties, defaulted on their loan. Efforts to renegotiate $3 billion in debt have been unsuccessful to date. They anticipated missing … Continue reading

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