Word: toughly
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...renters. What you pay is on the way down. The average rent in the U.S. fell 0.4% in the last three months of 2008, according to a survey of large apartment buildings in 79 metro markets by real estate analytics firm Reis. Even though landlords often find it tough to raise rent prices in winter months, the fourth quarter's decline is significant for being the first quarterly drop since the beginning of 2003. (See who's to blame for the financial crisis...
...pictures of tough times in Cleveland...
...Financial blogs end up being either labors of love or ways to promote small money management or paid newsletter businesses. It would seem to be a tough way to make a living...
...many environmentalists believe doesn't deserve the term "renewable" - has cratered, also hurt by rapidly falling gas prices. Most of all, however, clean tech businesses generally lack the political weight to jostle for the bailout funds won by older and bigger industries like the automobile manufacturers. "It's just tough for them to be heard," says Steve Sawyer, the director general of the Global Wind Energy Council...
...computer and other gear needed to run the largest branch of our nation's bank from home. To get the deduction, though, Geithner, on the basis of his salary, would have had to spend at least $8,000 on home office equipment. But that shouldn't be too tough. If you are the head of the New York Fed, a 73-in. high-definition television ($3,000 and up) to watch CNBC is a legitimate business expense, right...