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Dates: during 2000-2009
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When Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the details of his plan to save America's banks a little over two months ago, the markets raved, the country sighed with relief and Geithner went from punch line to potential hero overnight. Now the plan is in trouble, as parts of it struggle to get off the ground and others are dead in the water, Administration officials say. But oddly, that may be good for Geithner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bank Rescue Plan Is in Limbo. Is This Good News? | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...Rise early from your luxury overnight accommodation at the Franschhoek boutique hotel - a historic, six-room retreat, tel: (27-21) 876 4723, and head east along the N2 highway, with Table Mountain at your back. Once you've negotiated passage over the forbidding Sir Lowry's Pass, you'll arrive in Hermanus. Brunch at the Bientang's Cave restaurant, tel: (27-28) 312 3454. It really is found in a cave and overlooks Africa's only whale sanctuary at Walker Bay. (See TIME's Global Adviser for exotic, beautiful and interesting getaways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: How to Do the Garden Route | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...club presidents chose to jump ship. But the separation did not occur overnight...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Socially Stratified | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

Civilian demand for GPS products surged in 2000, when the military ended its practice of intentionally fuzzing the satellite's signals for security purposes. Overnight, navigation devices became 10 times more accurate and swiftly became standard equipment in a slew of industries, from commercial fishing to freight-hauling. Consumers have also rushed in as the size and price of GPS receivers have dropped; they're growing increasingly common in phones, wristwatches and even dog collars. Adventure seekers use GPS for a game called geocaching, a kind of satellite-based treasure hunt that currently boasts more than 800,000 active "caches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GPS | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

...language that everyone agreed upon was real estate, and the property frenzy was soon dragging in locals and newcomers alike. Nightclub promoters became fund managers overnight, simply by collecting money from their pub mates back home. "It's not rocket science," says Martin Rumney, a 44-year-old former golf instructor from Britain turned Dubai real estate agent. "This is pretty easy money. You just have to be a people person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dubai's Sand Castles | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

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