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Although its makers insist that the musical's purpose isn't to glorify Obama (played by the American actor Jimmie Wilson), there's no doubt who the audience is supposed to be rooting for. There are some laughs when McCain, who is presented as a slightly awkward, Machiavellian character, enters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama, the Musical: Germany's Stage Love Letter | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

When new owners took over an apartment building in the New York City borough of Queens, they promptly set about filing eviction notices, suing nearly half of the building's tenants - some of them multiple times - within the first 16 months. That amounted to 965 court proceedings against 2,124...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Private Equity Invest in Residential Real Estate? | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

Those packaging these investments say they regarded them as aboveboard, though their defense is less than robust. Key players included leading banks in tandem with some of the biggest names in real estate and private equity, none of whom would have missed that high tenant turnover was the main motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Private Equity Invest in Residential Real Estate? | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

With such speedy reconstruction, there are obviously questions about the quality of building. At the same time, there has been an intense focus on controlling graft. Despite allegations that corruption led to the shoddy construction of schools in the first place, China hasn't punished anyone for any wrongdoing that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti and China: A Tale of Two Earthquakes | 1/19/2010 | See Source »

In 2008 the government said it would spend $176 billion on reconstruction by 2011. (The total recovery cost is estimated at $250 billion.) As of last June it had already spent more than $50 billion. Some of the expenses have been shouldered by other parts of China. Twenty provinces have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti and China: A Tale of Two Earthquakes | 1/19/2010 | See Source »

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