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...Suze, I'm in dire straits ..." began another call, from Shirley in New Jersey. Others followed from people trying to renegotiate their mortgages or struggling to take care of aging parents. Eventually, Orman started getting antsy. "We should call this show Get Aggravated with Suze Orman," she said after a rant about the mortgage companies. "Can you hear my tummy growling? I'm sitting here fantasizing about a McDouble cheeseburger with onions!" (See nine kid foods to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suze Orman: Queen of the Crisis | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...dire backdrop of the economic crisis may not seem like the most celebratory theme to use for a self-titled ‘launch party,’ but the Harvard International Review did just that when it released its Winter 2009 issue last night at a soiree in CGIS cafe. Approximately 40 students gathered for the event, which doubled as a symposium, featuring economics professor Benjamin M. Friedman ’66 as the keynote speaker. Friedman touched on the current trend of corporate layoffs of foreign employees and fielded questions about protectionism, government intervention and China?...

Author: By Spencer H. Hardwick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HIR Releases Winter Issue | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...best to treat idiopathic pain is one of medicine's great mysteries. You can anesthetize patients with painkillers, but that's not a great long-term solution, since patients become habituated (and in some cases addicted) to pain meds. In children, the situation is even more dire, since they may face decades of swallowing drugs. (See nine kid foods to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk Therapy for Kids' Pain: Better than Pills? | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

Read on after the jump for more dire proclamations about journalism's future--or lack thereof...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs | Title: Carr Talk | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...dire as their situation has been, the brokers of the African Banking Corp. and their peers are hoping better times are just around the corner. A new power-sharing agreement between the opposition and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF Party could see progress on restarting Zimbabwe's moribund economy. And it's rumored that Gono's job may be on the chopping block. Foreign investors are eager to dive back into the fray, sensing major opportunities in an economy that will have to be rebuilt almost from scratch. One client of African Banking Corp. is ready to multiply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 25-Min. Workweek on Zimbabwe's Stock Exchange | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

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