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Angelo Mozilo Enabling home ownership seems so noble--until lending standards surrender to greed. Under CEO Mozilo, marquee mortgage shop Countrywide helped legitimize the flood of subprime, teaser-rate and no-income-verification loans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wheel of Blame | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...while freshmen reported a zero percent dissatisfaction rate.Those in Mass. Hall are better connected than most—43 percent report they are very satisfied, 43 percent are satisfied, and 14 percent are neutral with their wireless connections.In contrast, the River Houses seem to still be awaiting a flood of signal. Adams House had by far the worst wireless situation, with a reported 36 percent dissatisfied and 16 percent very dissatisfied, landing a majority of the residents in the unhappy column. Clavery residents even admit to trying to pick up non-Harvard network signals to increase wireless capabilities.Joshua A. Kroll...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reading the Signals | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...July 2006 Chinese authorities intensified what the Dalai Lama calls "demographic aggression" by launching a high-speed train linking Lhasa to Beijing and other Chinese cities, thus allowing 6,000 more Han Chinese to flood into the Tibetan capital every day. Lhasa, sometimes known as an "abode of the gods," has turned from the small traditional settlement I first saw in 1985 into an Eastern Las Vegas, with a population of 300,000 (two out of every three of them Chinese). On the main streets alone, by one Western scholar's count, there are 238 dance halls and karaoke parlors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Monk's Struggle | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...Designed by French interior architect Laur Meyrieux, Restir Midtown (above) is the latest Japanese retail sensation, the brainchild of Hiroaki Takashita, president and CEO of Restir Holdings, who is revolutionizing the ultra-luxe shopping experience with his unique stores. Ever since 2000, when less-expensive trendy clothing began to flood the market, Takashita has been on a mission to take retail to the highest stratosphere of luxury. His strategy includes offering not only hard-to-find labels but also extreme personal service. Regulars at Restir Midtown can reserve one of two appointment-only vip suites, where they can do everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tokyo to the Max | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...With the graduation of top defender Brian Mahler, the No. 2 faceoff man in the country in the form of John Henry Flood, and two of the team’s top scorers, Evan Calvert and Greg Cohen, I was sure this year would be one of those losing campaigns we all chalk up to “a rebuilding year...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MAD ABOUT YOU: Crimson Starts Season Strong | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

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