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A lawsuit challenging the permitting of a waste incinerator in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, failed in the D.C. Circuit last Friday, as the court of appeals ruled the Sierra Club de Puerto Rico was almost 36 years too late in bringing its Clean Air Act challenge. The incinerator plant, which is expected to release 0.31 tons […]

The future is now! Wait. Scratch that. When it comes to digital advertising, the future was yesterday. Legal marketing embraced the power of the World Wide Web years ago and digital legal advertising has been growing ever since. But not all digital attorney advertising is made equal. Here are FindLaw’s nine best tips for lawyers […]

When you bring someone onto your team, whether they’re an attorney or legal secretary, you’re making an investment. And you want to make sure you get the most out of it. That means not only finding great candidates, but keeping your top talent around. But hanging on to top talent isn’t easy. About a quarter […]Read More

The Lagos State House of Assembly has warned Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the State to ensure total compliance with queries in the report of the Auditor-General. The House said it would ensure the enforcement of the law that requires strict compliance with the Auditor-General’s report as it begins an audit compliance exercise of the […]

Following the crisis in the Mile 12-Ketu area of Lagos State last week, the State House of Assembly has called on the state government to consider  relocating  the market. Reacting to the crisis that occurred in the market last week, where some people lost their lives and properties were destroyed, the House said, under matter […]

As noted yesterday morning, “Goldman does it again” when just hours after Goldman said the “bearish cash for iron ore was intact,” the commodity recorded its biggest surge in history crushing anyone short, and soaring 20% across the globe. That however has not dented Goldman’s conviction that the commodity rally is overdone (we actually agree […]Read More

Those algos who scrambled to paint yesterday’s closing tape with that last second VIX slam sending the S&P back over 2,000, forgot one thing – the same thing that China also ignored – central bankers can not print trade, something we have repeated since 2011. The world got a harsh reminder of this last night […]Read More

Global Stocks Drop on Renewed Concerns About China (WSJ) Iron Ore’s Rally Stalls as Goldman to Citigroup Forecast Retreat (BBG) EU and Turkey close to groundbreaking migrant deal (FT) Carney’s `Brexit’ Stance Under Fire as BOE Accused of Bias (BBG) Oil edges lower after Kuwait dents hopes for output freeze (Reuters) OECD Leading Indicators Point […]Read More

By late January, Tim Leissner was irritated. Irritated that Goldman wouldn’t support his move to Los Angeles to be with his famous wife Kimora Lee, irritated that the firm wouldn’t let him give an internship to the son of a shadowy, as-yet-unnamed go-between in a deal to finance a controlling stake in an Indonesian copper […]

Back in late February, when crude prices had just hit a 13 year low, one catalyst unleashed a furious short-covering rally: a WSJ report which cited a delayed SkyNews interview with the UAE energy minister, according to which OPEC would freeze, if not cut production. Since then we learned, courtesy of the Saudi oil minister […]

Via Dana Lyons’ Tumblr, Last week’s stock market breadth was extraordinarily positive; similar signals historically have seen the market either launch higher or flame out, depending on the prevailing climate. A lot of market talk lately has been focused on the recent improvement in the stock market’s breadth (we wrote about one unusual such display […]Read More

Back in October, when Iran test-fired a next-generation, surface-to-surface ballistic missile dubbed “Emad,” Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said the following about the future of Iran’s vaunted missile program: “We don’t ask anyone’s permission to enhance our defense power or missile capability and will firmly pursue our defense plans, particularly in the field of missiles.” The […]Read More