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...Potts, a leading company law advocate, drew attention to the famous case of Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company....
...Foreign investors, who can include wealthy individuals as well as foreign pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and real-estate companies, have directly invested nearly $4.2bn in the...
...He points to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s statement on Sunday morning television shortly after the rescue, saying the purpose was to “allow the government to liquidate” the company....
...Nancy Mueller Handal, managing director at Metlife, a large insurance company, says nearly one-quarter of the group’s assets are invested in mortgage-backed securities....
...Toll Brothers, a luxury homebuilder which has several developments in New York, is offering buyers the safety net of mortgage insurance....
...Having said that there is a question over whether some of the insurers, which include the monoline insurers as well as other large insurance companies such as AIG, will be able to honour their insurance....
...As of July, the National Association of Realtors says, it would take a record 11.2 months to work through the supply of previously owned homes....
...“The currently market is saturated,” says Wetzel, past president of the Builders Association and broker-owner of Re/Max Midway....
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