Posts Tagged ‘lobbyist’Companies Compete for Government Cash, Not CustomersThis post first appeared on Minyanville. It’s the government, stupid. As Washington expands its role in managing the day-to-day operations of American business, companies are increasingly turning their strategic focus to tapping federal cash and lending programs. And despite the strings often attached to government money, many are finding that Uncle Sam is the only [...] California, New York Lend a Hand to Struggling BorrowersThe real estate and mortgage industries are busy battening down the hatches for the inevitable tidal wave of regulatory reform. Meanwhile, Housingwire.com reports government officials are already hard at work trying to outdo each other as the protector of the “everyday common household victim” of our “national crisis.” Two illustrative examples of regulatory restructuring have [...] |