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...project will initially help the community of La Prusia learn how to make ceramics, an art which was once a part of traditional Nicaraguan culture, the program hopes to eventually extend beyond the potter’s wheel, teaching these families how to market their business in order to obtain a profit...
...fitness, technique, and fundamentals.” Through these, the coach expects the program to grow, prosper, and achieve its objectives. “We’re getting goals initially...at a team level and at an individual level that we’re going to obtain and strive for,” Kharrazi said. “That’s how we’ll reach our ultimate goals.”—Staff writer Walter E. Howell can be reached at wehowell@fas.harvard.edu...
Once upon a time, the Mantra was, Get a job, maybe two, and save. Building a cash reserve was required to obtain decent credit. One's work and savings history became one's credit rating. Why should we bail out lenders unless they can perform reasonable risk assessments? Lenders once insisted that consumers demonstrate a responsible financial history before lending. What has happened to this commonsense approach? Susan Staudt, WAUKESHA...
Vanishing Credit One of the main consequences of the financial crisis is that credit will be a lot harder to obtain. That's already happening in the U.K., for example, where the volume of home mortgages approved by lenders fell dramatically in August. Including other forms of consumer credit, total net lending plunged by 86% from its level a year ago, according to Bank of England statistics. Just as Europe's banks were overextended, so consumers in many countries ramped up their household borrowing in the past few years - usually because rising house prices made them feel richer. For policymakers...
...founded by community organizer Wade Rathke in 1970, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Rathke, who had worked as an organizer for the National Welfare Rights Organization in Missouri, wanted to start a group that worked with an entire community, not just welfare recipients. The early version of ACORN helped people obtain clothing and furniture; it campaigned for schools to provide healthy, affordable lunches and promoted Vietnam Veterans' rights. Since then the organization has branched out into housing and workers' rights advocacy; it has helped hundreds of thousands of working-class and poor citizens obtain home loans, register to vote and fight...