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But lately the situation has gone from bad to, well, perverse. "One of the frustrating paradoxes of the recession is falling real estate markets and rising property taxes," says Kurt Wenner, research director at Florida Tax Watch in Tallahassee. A 2008 state reform, as well as another scheduled to go...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida's Property Taxes Go Wacky in Housing Slump | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

Although the bank's emerging-markets exposure in the past may have been something of a liability, it's turning out to be a strength today. StanChart derives 80% of its operating profits from Asia. While growth has plunged in some of the bank's most important regional markets, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Position Player | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

Confidence in its financial position has allowed StanChart to take advantage of crisis-created opportunities. As competitors retrench to repair tattered balance sheets, the bank is expanding its market share in key areas such as trade finance. It has boosted lending to small enterprises in Asia at no risk by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Position Player | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

GenePartner tested long-term couples' HLA makeup and had them fill out in-depth questionnaires. "We asked them whether they find their relationship passionate, about the quality of intercourse, if it was love at first sight," says co-founder Tamara Brown. With genetic data from 270 couples, the company came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Genetics Help You Find Love? | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

GenePartner is offering genetic matching to companies already looking to hook up people on the basis of important social factors like age, interests and geographic location. "We're very accurate with the biological part--predicting that 'spark,'" Brown says.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Genetics Help You Find Love? | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

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