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Terrible sales, however, are only one part of the many difficulties that have engulfed American carmakers. GM, Ford and Chrysler, are also facing monumental financial challenges that have left them with poor credit ratings, making it prohibitively expensive to raise cash to finance auto sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit's Big Three Near the Brink | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...these days, coexisting with the urban blight are plenty of new, well-heeled residents in new, well-appointed residences: bankers and others who work at Canary Wharf, the docklands development where Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and many others have their offices. Greenwich is just a short hop from the wharf, thanks to the Docklands Light Railway. Liam Bailey, head of residential research at the real estate firm Knight Frank, says the gentrification started a decade or so ago and has accelerated in the past five years. Knight Frank is currently offering one-bedroom apartments with river views there starting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Falling | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...fizzled. Given the role played by arcane financial engineering in triggering the current crisis--the troubles at AIG, for example, stem largely from its freewheeling London financial-products division--the future looks especially bleak for people working in structured finance and complex derivatives. No surprise, then, that HSBC, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and others have started cutting staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Falling | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Instead, what we are seeing now in Washington and other world capitals is fear we might be headed for an economic collapse caused by a collapse of demand caused by a collapse of credit. Confronted with that threat, governments seemingly cannot help turning to the remedy formulated by Keynes during the dark years of the early 1930s: stimulating demand by spending much more than they take in, preferably but not necessarily on useful public works like highways and schools. "I guess everyone is a Keynesian in a foxhole," jokes Robert Lucas, a University of Chicago economist who won a Nobel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Comeback Keynes | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Steven Eisman helps dissolve the unions of mostly wealthy clients in Nassau County, N.Y. In the traditional thinking about the recession-led split, non--wage earners "who were willing to stay in a less-than-perfect relationship become less willing once the credit cards are taken away," he says. But recently some lawyers have noticed that as stock prices have plunged, they've gotten inquiries from business owners and investors looking to unhitch now, with the idea that being poorer on paper will work to their advantage when dividing assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Market Kill Your Marriage? | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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