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...Their coordinated attacks on my sexuality really resonated in parts of Oklahoma," he says. "How do you respond to a ridiculous anti-gay-only message?" One answer: don't. During the home stretch of Houston's mayoral race in December, Annise Parker simply ignored attacks on her sexuality, and won. (Read: "What Houston's Gay Mayor Means for Texas...
...Kindle e-reader. But it's not high-class, top-shelf fuss - the fuss has a slightly tinny, synthetic quality to it. For example, Amazon announced that on Christmas Day, for the first time ever, it sold more e-books than regular paper books. Which is impressive. Except Amazon won't say how many e-books that is. Or even how many Kindles are out there. (Get the latest gadget news and reviews at Techland.com...
...small industrial park built not long ago by a local businessman. It's got tenants, and the owner has been making his mortgage payments. But when his loan comes due - commercial mortgages generally run three to 10 years, not the 30 that homeowners get - he almost certainly won't be able to refinance because building prices have dropped and lending standards have tightened. Which means he will either have to cough up a lot more up-front cash or lose the property...
...being offices, retail sites, apartment buildings and hotels. But the problems Bonney showed me apply across the board. First, commercial mortgages are about to hit a refinancing wall. Deutsche Bank's Parkus estimates that more than 65% of the loans that have been packaged into commercial mortgage backed securities won't qualify for refinancing when they come due. Second, banks are already facing painful choices about what to do with short-term land and construction loans that will never be paid off in full. Finally, the vulture investors who usually swoop in and refire markets after a bust are still...
...disappointing that an economist--and a dull one at that--has been named Person of the Year. I thought the controversial firebrand Sarah Palin should have won it, hands down, as her book, Going Rogue, and her constant campaigning against the Democratic Party made her a centerpiece of notoriety and contention all year...