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...with the collapse of Lehman Brothers, upheaval in the credit markets and the AIG crisis, which sent tremors of fear far and wide. Consumer spending dried up, and shoppers abruptly disappeared. Retailers found themselves sitting on huge inventories of unsold goods, and many frantically started chopping prices to clear shelves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Shopping: This Year It's a Game of Chicken | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...June, GM announced that it would sell or eliminate four of its brands, including Pontiac, Saab, Hummer and Saturn. "We've been very clear that those brands were going to be sold or shut down," said a GM official, who asked not to be identified. "The expectation is that if you don't sell it, you close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This the End of the Line for Saab? | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...always doing something for somebody,” Leckerling said. “If there is a tree down across the road, he’d be the guy to go out there and clear it out, not hoping everybody would think he was such a great person, but because he had a commitment to helping people...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cabot Alum Dies at Age 26 | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...little under three minutes into the extra period, BU ended the contest. The game-winning goal emerged from an attempted wrap-around shot. The play drew Richter out, leaving Connolly free on the backside. When the shot missed the target and floated to Connolly, the forward had a clear look on goal...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls to BU in Overtime Thriller | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...recently, he has had to apologize for posting sexually explicit images on a private website that was inadvertently made available to the public. He was given a warning by judicial ethics authorities, who found he had not violated any ethics rules. While his orders in the Golinski dispute make clear that the unequal treatment of gays raises significant constitutional questions for him, he did not tip his hand as to how he'd ultimately decide those issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California Judge Challenging Obama on Gay Rights | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

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