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...cost mortgages available to people making new home purchases. That would do little to help people who are already behind on their mortgage, or at risk of facing foreclosure. And many economists argue housing prices won't stop falling until foreclosure rates come down. On Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that he thinks the government should do more to stop foreclosures. He named a number of possible programs, including a plan floated a few weeks ago by Sheila Bair, who heads the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, for the government to pay mortgage servicers $1,000 per modification...
...know this has been a horrifically grueling year for you; I also know that you, Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke are doing your utmost and don't get a lot of sleep, even on weekends. I've been watching this astonishing (and dispiriting) U.S. financial meltdown mostly from afar. But I've been watching pretty closely nonetheless, and a couple of things occur to me. (See photos from the financial meltdown...
...Coleman said, breaking into laughter. After the event, Public Speaking Club executives said they were immensely pleased with the outcome. Attendance was high and the contestants were funny, they noted. “I laughed a lot—that part I liked the best,” said Ben Reno-Weber, who helped organize the contest. “HBS doesn’t have enough opportunities for a good belly laugh...
...Ben Franklin-inspired” protest...
...shit and she’s definitely just waiting around for some law school student to swipe her off her feet one night at Om.” “But she knows me,” his soft-spoken and probably much less alt friend Ben J. Gleeson ’10 typically adds, “We’ve known each other since our freshman seminar.” (He often adds a few more mumbled comments that I just can’t quite make out, no matter how hard I press...