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Under current bankruptcy law, Porter says, bankruptcy courts have "no tools to reduce the principal, stretch out the payments or adjust the interest rate" - that is, since judges can't adjust mortgages to make them easier to pay, people end up ditching them instead...
...help individuals make their payments, Bank of America announced in March that it would start reducing the principal on some home loans. This, after the banking industry successfully fought off attempts by Democratic Illinois Senator Dick Durbin and others in Congress to pass legislation last spring that would have allowed for mortgage modifications. But since then, it has become clear that without loan modification, many borrowers have no recourse but to accept foreclosure and walk away, says Porter. "I think one reason the economic recovery is slow is that it is taking so long to work through these delinquencies...
...handed out spears of green mango and Starbucks baristas clapped in unison. A gaggle of mini-skirted ladies from the Eros Lounge even shook their booties for the crimson cause. Far from the air-conditioned enclaves of élite Bangkok, ordinary residents sweltered in the 40?C heat to make a bold statement: We do not fear the reds because we are the reds. (See pictures from Thailand's April 2009 protests...
...study of the subject. I totally accept that these films are fantasies and good stories to provide a couple of hours of escapism. However, if I want to learn history I go and read a history book. In fact, I read several books. In short, if Hanks wants to make movies about different periods of the past, great. They are good fun to watch. But to call them history lessons is, frankly, too much. Chris Wilkins, ZUG, SWITZERLAND...
Hanks does us all a service by helping to rekindle America's dying interest in history. With professional journalism dwindling, there is a real need for us to make sure that we understand events for ourselves. But if we deliberately look away from controversial events, we can never hope to utilize history as the learning tool that it is. Henry A. Jensen, HEIMSHEIM, GERMANY...