You have a lot of people here [in the United States] consuming housing wealth.

These settlements send a strong signal to all landlords, management companies and home sellers that they have a legal obligation to inform tenants and buyers about potentially dangerous lead in their properties.

EPA's mission is to protect public health and the environment, ... We will take whatever steps are needed to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act.

If new instruments and vehicles arrive that allow us hedge some of our holdings, get in a [a housing market] more liquid fashion or get more diversified then we're ready to take advantage of it.

In the U.S., the markets that are most risky are those where there is a higher proportion of buyers using adjustable loans and interest-only loans.

Just because you pay 5 percent less than somebody else doesn't mean it is a good price.

The EPA has determined that the best course of action is to trap the material in place until a long-term solution for the PCB contamination issue in St. Clair Shores can be developed. This effort will reduce risk of PCBs entering the environment.