Posts with tag may 21 2011

Harold Camping, the evangelical Henny Penny of the Apocalypse, has got that feeling again. This time, the 90-year-old prophet is claiming that the world will "probably" end Oct. 21, 2011. What are the odds he goes 0-2? (Let's not revisit his predictions throughout the '90s for the moment.) To hedge your bets on the eve of... Continue Reading »

As we all know by now, last weekend's predicted end of the world didn't happen. (In fact, in real estate terms it was just the opposite: data released Monday showed a spike in new home sales.) But the notion of the Rapture got our Daily Finance colleague Bruce Watson thinking about what would happen to all those homes left... Continue Reading »