A brief summary of the decreasing expectations and standards for the AIG bailout since its inception. What standards are firms going to be held accountable for in the next inevitable wave of bailouts, and how is the American taxpayer going to fare?

Conventional wisdom is that the stock market will rally following a result in Tuesday's general election. While Ockham would welcome a market rally, there are at least two scenarios that might impact the markets negatively post-election.

Regardless of whether a new bailout bill passes, Americans will be taxed heavily in the course of the ongoing “rescue.” Federal Chairmen Ben Bernanke all but guarantees it...

Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. is a provider of outsourced e-government portals. Their focus is on building and managing official government websites and e-government services for state and local governments in the U.S. As part of the Internet Software and Services industry, the company trades on NASDAQ and has a market capitalization of $509.14M.