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The good news is that the top-line numbers about new houses are a little misleading. Yes, new-home activity is picking up, but that's partly because a lot of the excess inventory from the boom has been cleared out, and builders are now looking at emptier coffers than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homebuilders Are Back At It — Should We Be Worried? | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

Living here in the same conditions as the average citizen has been a struggle to say the least—with only a few hours of functioning electricity and questionable water flowing each day. Though it is true that, like many other central African nations, Equatorial Guinea is struggling with...

Author: By James A. Mcfadden | Title: A Tale of Two Guineas | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

Although Ahmadinejad has retained the presidency, his future remains shaky. He faces double-digit inflation, shrinking government coffers that may not support his expensive populist programs, and spiraling unemployment, particularly within the restless youth population. The regime's obstinacy on the nuclear issue may bring further debilitating international sanctions, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Street Protests Continue with Ahmadinejad New Term | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

As states carry out these cutbacks, many park officials have started investigating long-term strategies to find more reliable sources of funding. Margaret Bailey, senior vice president at CHM Government Services, a consulting firm in Beverly, Mass., says parks are trying to move away from operating with money in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State Parks Look for Ways of Surviving the Budget Ax | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

While the LAPD has one of the largest cadres of scanners, small towns are looking to the scanners to boost city coffers or serve as added eyes on the ground. The upscale city of Tiburon, Calif., across the bay from San Francisco, is studying whether to place a scanner at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: License-Plate Scanners: Fighting Crime or Invading Privacy? | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

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