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Part of the reason it seems that NBC decided to let go of the show was because of the writers strike and how much it hurt the networks. Now that the dust has settled what are your thoughts about streaming content online? I think you have to embrace the new technology, [but] you can't not compensate writers for content on the web. That's just ridiculous. It's a time of change for the industry, for all industries, every single industry is being affected by the web. Network television is already technically free, so when they have sites like...
...inability to see a future when unemployment will be no better than 7% may be born of the deep pessimism that has seized the thinking of many analysts as they are in the midst of this dismantling of what it took the business community three decades to create. The reason that their forecasts may be wrong is that they are born of despair more than logic, just as the forecasts of permanent prosperity that were prevalent five years ago were born out of the mania caused by a historic inflation of real estate, unprecedented leverage, and ballooning stock markets...
...Consumers have lost access to credit. The fact that mortgage rates have dropped does not even begin to offset that. Qualifying for a mortgage is harder than ever. Banks have reason to be cautious. One of the large credit bureaus just released a report that says 4.7% of payments for bank-issued credit cards were late sixty days or more in March, an increase of 38% over the same month last year. According to Reuters, "In March, lenders closed 20 million card accounts, sending the total down by 58 million since the peak in July 2008 to 380 million." Banks...
...think we would not allow them to raise that for the simple reason of buying something like the Democracy Center,” Hammonds said...
...Another reason analysts are optimistic is that the Maoists still have enough popular support. Nayak points out that in parliamentary by-elections for six seats last month, the Maoists won three. Also, they wouldn't want to turn international opinion against them again. "The last few months of Maoists' rule has shown a certain lack of statecraft," says Dixit, "They sought to weaken all institutions of state. Now they're faced with losing face while in government. Prachanda's decision is definitely good for his personal image, though his followers may be nonplussed...