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...similar story in California, where the median price for houses dropped 41% in a year, according to the California Association of Realtors. In the Los Angeles area, the outlying suburbs of San Bernardino and Riverside have been hit the hardest due to the high number of homes owned by marginal and subprime borrowers. As a consequence, sales of distressed properties are up significantly. Also in the Los Angeles area, housing sales were up 83% in September over the prior year, with distressed properties notably contributing to the surge. "We're seeing a significant increase in sales activity over the last...
...year. Furthermore, external debt in the form of foreign deposits in Icelandic banks was over 20 times the government’s debt. Effectively, the banks had become too big for the government to protect.Despite the fact that countries like Switzerland and Britain have survived for centuries with a similar discrepancy between banking assets and GDP, the miniscule size of the Icelandic economy as well as its fragility contributed to the deepening of the crisis. Earlier this year, while Icelandic banking executives offered interviews to calm investors, the Financial Times published an influential story revealing an ongoing investigation into hedge...
...conduct was the call, and Princeton was awarded 15 yards and the first down. The Tigers went on to score the game-winning touchdown three plays later to take the game, 31-28.To say the call was bogus would be an understatement. It was down right ridiculous.Saturday started out eerily similar to 2006. Although the Crimson was the heavy favorite to demolish the Tigers, not much went the team’s way through the first couple of quarters.After forcing a quick three-and-out, Harvard looked to be in a position to take an early lead...
...Room décor newbies will be glad to know that this room isn’t the result of some interior design whim. Batt has had experience. “My room last year had a similar vibe, so I had an idea of how I wanted it to be. I definitely had more freedom this year though.” A joint concentrator in Neurobiology and History of Art and Architecture, Batt is also considering career options in the design world. “The design aspect of architecture is what I’m more interested...
...teleprompter, it is in these moments that he can be most affecting. When he made a rare unscheduled stop at an ice cream parlor in Charleston, W.Va., Biden encountered the owner's daughter, a 28-year-old woman who told him she had suffered a brain aneurysm last December similar to the one that nearly killed Biden in 1988. The Senator threw an arm around Sara Beal's neck, pulled her to him and whispered in her ear. By the time he let her go about five minutes later, planting a kiss on top of her head, both of them...