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...Crimson look forward to Ivy League play this week against Cornell, it will be up to the offensive line to continue their dominance up front. And though their strong play may not be immediately recognized by the fans, the players around them certainly know just how valuable of an asset the linemen...
...What do you think would be the consequences if the government didn't do the bailout? The consequences are the same whether we do the bailout or not. The difference is who pays for it. We're having a contraction from deflation of an asset bubble that was overpriced. We're just going through that cycle. With the bailout, you delay it, make it bigger and put it on your children. It's essentially delaying pain. Without the bailout, this generation pays for it and we know what the bill is. That money's not coming back...
...also being dented by sliding property prices. India's property market, which has seen 30% to 50% annual price growth in recent years, is weakening. "The sustained climate of high interest rates, combined with an equity bear market, has been putting downward pressure on pricing across real estate asset classes," says Raj Inamdar, chief investment officer at SRM Realty Advisors in New Delhi. China, where construction of commercial and residential projects has been especially rampant, may be facing "an imminent bust of a real estate bubble," Merrill Lynch warned in a September report. A recent survey of households by China...
...Steep declines in asset values pose not only a worry for economic growth, but also social stability, as ordinary folk watch their personal wealth evaporate. In China, the property sector accounts for 10% of national employment. Analysts believe that Beijing cannot afford a major collapse in the property market and will step in to aid developers and home buyers. Beijing already lent a hand to the faltering stock market in September by waiving taxes on some stock transactions to stimulate trading and ordering state agencies to buy up shares...
...Lenders are scrambling to keep delinquency and defaults in check. Some banks are extending repayment periods and converting credit-card debt into personal loans at slightly lower interest rates so borrowers can remain current. Under pressure from investors and regulators to improve their deteriorating asset quality, banks are also curtailing riskier lending, such as small-ticket personal loans, and making more of an effort to verify creditworthiness...