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...postponing the poll in order to improve the security environment in Sunni population centers. When their pleas for postponement were turned down, some like Yawer and Pachachi chose to participate, while others like the Islamic Party withdrew, although they didn't actively call for a boycott. The wild card in the pack is radical Shiite populist Moqtada al-Sadr, whose organization has mass support among urban Shiite youth in Baghdad. Sadr, who has twice tangled with U.S. forces in epic confrontations, has hedged his bets, with some of his known supporters joining the UIA list under Sistani's auspices, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Opponents: Insurgents, Boycotters, and Skeptics | 1/25/2005 | See Source »

...dozen listings online and visited two places in person. That night he made an offer. The process was painless, says Getson, 23, who moved into his Centreville, Va., home just five weeks after starting his search. "As a bonus," he adds, "I'm getting a Home Depot gift card for $1,000 that I'll use to redo some cabinets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Commission Squeeze | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

Consumers are beginning to reap the benefits of the heightened competition. Getson's $1,000 gift card came from LendingTree, which used the card, as it always does, to rebate half the fee it collects for referring business to brokers around the country. In this case, the rebate chopped the total commission on Getson's deal from 6% to 5.5%--an important chink in the Old Guard's armor, says Peter Sealey, a professor of technology and marketing at the University of California, Berkeley. "Slowly but surely, technology is coming into play in the real estate market," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Commission Squeeze | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

...world's largest financial institution; of pancreatic cancer; in New York City. Witty, widely read and dedicated to hiring minorities and women--he was known to sneak women into management posts by using only their initials in correspondence--he expanded bank branches worldwide and offered diversified services like credit-card lending, mortgage banking and real estate development. But his most popular innovation came in 1977 when Citibank introduced the first network of automated teller machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 31, 2005 | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

...Windows user who wants to switch teams and already has those peripherals (the Mini Mac will work with just about any recent brand). But BYODKM is not such a bargain if you're starting from scratch--especially if you want extras like a wireless Internet card, which will set you back another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: I'm Shrinking! | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

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