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TAKING STOCK: Marriott

December 20, 2013

Dear Mr. Berko: My new broker recommended that I purchase 150 shares of Marriott International. I would like your opinion before I discuss this further with him. -- TR, Waterloo, Iowa Dear TR: You and your new broker are off to ...

NO BETTER VIEW: New foreclosure redemption law--Unnecessary, unfair, unworkable?

December 20, 2013

By Joon H. Sung Knock, knock. Who's there? Bank. Bank who? Bank on losing your redemption period if you don't let me in to check for damage. All right, I admit this joke was not very funny. However, it does illustrate a ...

COMMENTARY: The night before Christmas (criminal version)

December 20, 2013

By Rich Krisciunas 'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the court Not a lawyer was stirring, As I held down the fort. As a city attorney All my cases I'd won But I couldn't go home Til my work ...

MAY IT PLEASE THE PALATE: A holiday dish to please the fussy vegetarian

December 20, 2013

By Nick Roumel I'm going to begin this article with a footnote to the headline. The term "fussy vegetarian" is actually a redundancy. All vegetarians are fussy, except for my friend Bruce. As long as it doesn't have meat in it, he's content. When ...

TAKING STOCK: Wrong Goldman

December 20, 2013

Dear Mr. Berko: In early November, I got a call from a penny stock broker. He had emailed me an article by Goldman Small Cap Research about Endeavor IP, which generates licensing revenues from wireless communications patents it owns and other communications ...

EXPERT WITNESS: Mental health care in Michigan

December 20, 2013

By Michael G. Brock M-live recently ran an article that headlined: Survey of Michigan Physicians Finds Residents Are Drastically Underserved in Access to Mental Health Care.1 The author states that roughly two thirds of Michigan doctors in the ...