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Settlement is a renegotiation of debts that stops short of bankruptcy. Unsecured creditors such as credit-card issuers are willing to accept sharply reduced paybacks from especially troubled customers because they might not get a penny in bankruptcy court. The field has been replete with shady operators and high fees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Credit Problems Are Climbing the Income Scale | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

Hiring a new person in a strong downturn takes a certain amount of courage. At this point courage is being aided by the calculus of workforce filled with a huge number of people who are willing to work for much less than what they were paid in their former jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Rising Unemployment, Here's the Economics Of Hope | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

Washington is sure to keep an eye on the brouhaha, and the states may take a look too - as Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick did last August when he signed a law banning certain types of gifts to doctors and requiring the industry to disclose any others over $50 in value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Drug-Company Money Tainting Medical Education? | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

So you think the Pheu Thai party, which supports you, has enough popularity to win an election? Pheu Thai has to find prominent party leaders that can solve the problems of the country now. If we can find those types of people, then we can win. There are many good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

Reaching an institution like Harvard does not mean you have “made it,” and this thought pattern will only bring you further from ever actually making it. Those who already buy into the seemingly kind words of their professors or the visitors who envy them...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: The Perils of Praise | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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