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...even the home lender of last resort is increasingly ditching those with low scores in favor of people with better credit. In the last seven months of 2009, the most recent data available, the FHA, which doesn't make its own loans but provides insurance for lenders that do, backed just $8.3 billion in loans to borrowers with a credit score of 619 or worse. That's down from $39 billion in the same time period a year before. (See a report card on the stimulus programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Subprime-Lending Business Survives, Even Thrives | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...rules of fair competition between our economies," French Prime Minister François Fillon said Wednesday, March 10, during a visit to Berlin, where members of the German government echoed his belief that the Pentagon was going to award the contract to Boeing no matter which company had the better bid. "The American government, I'll say here and now, forced EADS to quit the competition." (See pictures of the aircraft NASA, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force are teaming up to develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europeans Cry Foul Over a Defense Contract | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Shoes matter a lot too, don't they? Yes, they really do. You can kill your entire outfit with shoes. Everybody looks better in a heel, and I know once you reach a certain age you don't want to wear a seven-inch heel or a five-inch heel or maybe even a four-inch heel, but if you could just wear a little heel, and sometimes a platform shoe could be a little easier. If you wear a pump with a platform, it could be easier to walk on, and then a thicker heel could be easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Never Look Fat Again — Without Dieting | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...pump milk and exclusively bottle-feed. The criticism came swiftly: lactation consultants warned that she would never be able to express enough milk. Doctors told her she would not bond with her baby. Her friends and family suggested that for all her trouble, she would be better off switching to formula. Byrd held firm. (See pictures of pregnant-belly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mothers Who Opt for Breast Milk, Not Breast-Feeding | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...more than a year, and donated 200 oz. to a local milk bank in Austin, Texas. "Some of us moms are a little neurotic, and the pump really works for us," Williamson says. "We can see what the baby eats, and it makes us feel so much better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mothers Who Opt for Breast Milk, Not Breast-Feeding | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

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