| FHA-Backed Loans: The New Subprime (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News) |
| As if they haven't done enough damage. Thousands of subprime mortgage lenders and brokers -- many of them the very sorts of firms that helped create the current financial crisis -- are going strong. Their new strategy: taking advantage of a long-standing federal program designed to encourage homeownership by insuring mortgages for buyers of modest means. |
| 11/21/2008 |
| Economic Uncertainty Is Slowing The Flow of All-But-the-Best Projects (Engineering News-Record) |
| Next year may turn out to be one of the toughest years in recent times for developers of new office, retail, hotel and other commercial projects. A variety of negative forces, including the economic slowdown, overbuilding and unavailable funding, are making it increasingly difficult for all but the most 'sure-thing' projects to advance to financing and construction, according to developers, real ... |
| 11/20/2008 |
| Verdict a dilemma for Vilar arts center (Rocky Mountain News) |
| The performance hall in the heart of Beaver Creek now bears the name of a guilty man, putting supporters of the arts and music scene in an awkward position. Philanthropist and investment adviser Alberto Vilar, who poured more than $10 million into the Vail Valley and helped transform the community into a cultural hub, was convicted Wednesday of defrauding his clients. |
| 11/19/2008 |
| WNC families feel the pinch of recession (Asheville Citizen-Times) |
| ASHEVILLE – Call it the invisible bubble. For years, the Asheville area has been somewhat insulated from economic downturns by a sort of economic shield — a burgeoning real estate market spurred by retirees and booming tourism and health care industries that provide thousands of jobs. |
| 11/16/2008 |
| Comments for 2012: No Planet X (Universe Today) |
| Because of the huge number of comments on this article, it was slowing down the server. I've created a separate thread here where people can continue their discussions on the story. © Fraser for Universe Today, 2008. | Permalink | 268 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh |
| 11/19/2008 |
| 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers (New York Press) |
| "How come you guys are such haters?" someone asked us recently. Shocked and insulted, we shook our heads. Our biggest issue thus far—last September's Best of Manhattan issue—was a compendium of positivity. On any given week we're founts of compassion: lovers, not haters; uniters, not dividers. |
| 11/19/2008 |
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