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What housing "bulls" do not want to admit is that people who have underwater mortgages will often give up on the opportunity to keep their homes because they see no financial future in staying. They may never get any equity from their residences. They are probably better off to rent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Housing Is Not Just Bad, It's Getting Worse | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

Another factor that will not allow home prices to recover is the reluctance of banks to lend money to anyone except people with sterling credit ratings. Those people are harder and harder to find during a recession when paying bills late may be the only way to pay them at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Housing Is Not Just Bad, It's Getting Worse | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

Several economists are projecting the GDP growth in the U.S. may stay below 2% for three of four years and that 8% unemployment will become what they call "the new normal." Housing will not recover much if those assessments are true. Over the last decade the unemployment rate has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Housing Is Not Just Bad, It's Getting Worse | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

Indeed, direct links appear to be boosting profits. Eric Kuei, general manager of Fruit Taiwan Corp., says the time to transport his pineapples and other produce to Shanghai from Taiwan has been cut from seven days to three, which means more time on Chinese store shelves and a 20% increase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building Bridges to China | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

When I was writing my book about my brother, Boy Alone, I wished I had a story of hope and salvation. It is miracles that sell books. There seems to be an insatiable demand for narratives that end in triumph over an affliction: the cripple walks, the mute speaks, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Growing Old with Autism | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

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