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...peak of the property boom. Like many first-time home buyers, he took out a 100% mortgage, which he pays off in monthly installments of $2,400. In the past two years, however, his apartment has dropped in value by nearly half. To make matters worse, he lost his job three months ago and has been unable to find work since. He's by no means alone. Ireland's unemployment rate has doubled in the past year, to 12.5%, and is expected to reach 15% by 2010, with the biggest job losses coming in the construction industry. "NAMA is helping...
...among employees at the network, even singling out a few by name. The sports blogosphere, which had revered Deadspin for helping build its clout, quickly turned against Daulerio. One called him an "embarrassment." Another accused him of "having a vendetta against ESPN because the New York Post did his job better than him." (See the five most overrated blogs...
...muscular 24-year-old rickshaw driver; and Muddasar, 20, with soft blue eyes and a dark red bullet wound in his left shin. Their de facto leader is Imran Zargar, 24, who spent 11/2 years in jail after one ugly clash. His police record then disqualified him from any job with the government, by far Kashmir's largest employer. Says Zargar: "I found that I had no future...
...just that. Some Indian economists criticize the government for spending too much on welfare programs, such as the job-guarantee scheme, and not enough on irrigation systems and other investments that could make farms more productive. "Giving a cow won't help a farmer long-term," says Paurnima Sawai, 42, a farmer in Takarakhede Shambhu village. "But money to build a dam is a long-term investment. For years, you get benefits from it." With only 40% of its farmland irrigated, India's entire economic boom is held hostage by the unpredictable monsoon. With much of India's farming areas...
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