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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...delinquent by one measure - a large number, but just half a percent more than in December. By contrast, the number of delinquent loans in the top tier (752 or higher), jumped by nearly 7% in January. The overall percentage of problem loans remained small by comparison - the delinquency rate rose from 1.45% to 1.55% - but the quickening pace of homeowners falling behind on their payments signifies more trouble ahead. "Those are tomorrow's foreclosures," says Ted Jadlos, senior managing director of LPS, which provided the numbers from its database of 40 million home loans, which covers about...
...large banks, when a customer defaults, Visa's balance sheet is not at risk. The company's role as an intermediary makes it an attractive investment. Over the last month the DJIA average was down slightly while Visa shares were up 32%. In the last quarter, Visa's profits rose 35%. Loaning money is a bad business. Handling the transaction between borrower and lender for a fee is a good...
...Corinthian College (COCO) shares are up well over 100% this year. It is another highly successful company in the education field which should benefit from the need of people out of work to develop new skills. In the most recent quarter, the company's profits rose 86% and it increased its forecast for the current year. The firm's CEO recently said "Although difficult to quantify, current trends indicate that the recession has helped increase marketing leads and student enrollment." It sounds like Corinthian may be hiring. On-line education is definitely in the boom phase of expansion...
...Grand Canyon in blazing sunshine. There are also some CGI horses—which kind of resemble the stampeding Gallimimus from “Jurassic Park,” except much lamer—and a bizarre repeating habit where Miley throws a rose, her coat and not one but two boots over her shoulder. Dear Miley: it’s only lucky when you throw salt over your shoulder. And a casual disregard for your clothing doesn’t make you a diva. So, while for Miley it may be “all about the climb...
...majority, to the citizens of this nation who look on art dubiously, but rather because the potential of backlash highlights the grim predicament that the arts currently face. Right now, we are stranded in the midst of the recession. Brandeis is liquidating its art holdings and closing its Rose Art Museum. The publishing industry is disappearing faster than Bernard Madoff’s money. And, as we descend further into economic chaos, the situation of the arts can only be supposed to get worse. We must make our case not just that we need the money...