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...Hamilton and Scott de Marchi have a lot in common. They are both professors at Duke University, they are roughly the same age, and they have the same number of children. And yet their consumption preferences are polar opposites. So the two professors developed a model to explain why seemingly similar people make vastly different decisions. Their book, You Are What You Choose, explores how certain attributes - such as a willingness to take risks, or worrying about what others think - affect our choices. De Marchi and Hamilton talked to TIME about their model, what it can predict and why anyone...
...Yet there is little reason to believe that Fannie's move is going to immediately spark a wave of me-too programs. Cheryl Lang, CEO of Integrated Mortgage Solutions, a firm that helps manage repossessed houses, says she's seen some interest in the concept, but companies are hesitant to implement it for fear of the legal consequences. "Once a lender takes possession, if there's a mold issue or Chinese drywall, whatever the problem is with that house, whether or not the lender is aware of it, that's a liability," says Lang. She recalls being on a panel...
...number of foreclosure notices nationwide has been ticking down past three months, but the number of notices are still running about 19% higher than last year. Considering high unemployment and how many people still owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth, there might be a chance yet for attention to turn to the idea of renting houses back to former owners...
...Worse yet, even more threatening competition lurked just on the horizon. A group of guitarists, drummers, bassists and vocalists—all members of the heavy metal band “TiZrHf” from MIT—were barred from entry, but their brief presence affected the mood. One of them was especially notorious. “I’ve seen him at an MIT ‘Rock Band’ event. He didn’t even have a single facial expression as he got 99 percent on expert”, said Yvette N. Saenz...
...exact cause of Tuesday's outage is not yet known, but officials and news reports point to problems originating at the Itaipu dam, the huge hydroelectric plant on Brazil's border with Paraguay. "The most probable hypothesis is there was some accident that affected one or more points in the transmission system," a statement from Itaipu said. The area suffered unusually fierce storms on Tuesday, which could have played a part...