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...producers have already suffered tight margins for the past two years, according to Ward and Iverson. The price of feed skyrocketed amid a rally in the prices of agricultural products, up until the recent slump in demand for pork. For example, soybeans recently set their seven-month high in futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid Swine Flu Fears, the Pork Market Falls Ill | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...Kindle is not cheap. With money being tight, it may be that older, affluent consumers are much more likely to spend $359 than the younger, unemployed people who will graduate from college this year. The e-books are expensive, too. A copy of Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body! costs $9.99. People under 50 are not likely to buy that book anyway. Buying a magazine is a better deal. An issue of The Reader's Digest for Kindle costs only $1.25, but that is a publication for older...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amazon Kindle Users Are Older Than You Think | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...companies have been hit harder by the severity and suddenness of the global economic crisis than Asia's manufacturers. With unemployment on the rise, credit tight, and uncertainty high after the financial meltdown on Wall Street, consumers in the U.S. - Asia's most important customers - slashed their purchases of the toys, blue jeans and flat-panel TV sets churned out by the region's factories. The consequences have been disastrous. Every major economy in the region, from Japan to Singapore, has seen exports contract sharply, usually by eye-popping double-digits. Taiwan registered year-over-year declines of more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Signs of Hope for Asia's Hard-Hit Exporters | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...HoCo chairs keep a fairly tight grip on these balls—it's tough to get in, especially if it's your first time...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Katherine A. Petti | Title: FlyBy's Guide to the Balls | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

Nary a house dares pit their formal against Eliot’s Fête. Unfortunately, tight security means that unless you can find a date in Eliot, you will not get a chance to experience the sights, smells and tastes of this majestic ball...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Katherine A. Petti | Title: FlyBy's Guide to the Balls | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

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