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Depending on the source, Japan's mythic "Lost Decade" lasted from 1989 to 2003, or sometime later if the exact bottom of the real estate market in the Asian nation is taken into account. Because the period began with easy access to capital followed by a sharp drop in the stock market and property values, it is now being compared to what many economists believe began in the US two years ago. They fear, probably with good reason, that GDP growth will simply stay in a narrow band of extremely modest growth or no growth at all and the lack...
...dramatic drop in demand could be either very good or very bad for traditional banks. It could mean that the nonbank, or "shadow bank," system is less appealing to borrowers than traditional banks in uncertain times, and so they are going to regular banks for loans instead. Or more ominously, it could mean there is an overall dramatic drop in borrowing, which would hurt everybody...
Forget Cancún--how about California? Online travel agency Expedia.com reported a 20% drop in flights from the U.S. to the Caribbean from this time last year for some airlines--a sign that more college students are staying Stateside (and saving money) during spring break. That's good news for Orlando, Fla.; Los Angeles; and New York City, which have seen a 25% jump in trips this year...
...CHARGES DROPPED The U.S. Justice Department announced on April 1 that it would drop all charges against ex--Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, 85, convicted last year of corruption...
...been able to post an answer in my still Twitter-less state, but I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help, anyway. I realized the full extent of my addiction when Shaq didn’t update his Twitter for a while (did you drop your Shaqberry in the toilet again?) and then wrote mainly run-of-the-mill tweets (why are you pulling away like this?). I realized at this point that his Twitter had become relatively indispensable to my daily schedule. Why? I wondered. Why would the combination of Twitter and basketball (neither...