Hamish McRae: US house market still holds the key to the date of the recoveryThursday, December 4, 2008 @ 8:16PM The central banks pull the levers but is there anything attached at the other end? The world is moving to a near-zero interest rate regime, something that by rights should give a huge monetary boost to demand. It is also in the early stages of a huge fiscal boost too, with the deficits of the US and UK moving towards 10 per cent of GDP, and with deficits in Europe and elsewhere of perhaps half ...
Microsoft Should Know Money Can’t Buy LoveThursday, December 4, 2008 @ 8:13PMThe rap on Microsoft is that it copies everyone else’s good ideas. That may be too kind. I think it also copies a lot of proven bad ideas. To wit, Microsoft’s latest move to offer shopping rebates to people who use its Internet search service.
Poor placement response forces IIT students to fend for themselvesThursday, December 4, 2008 @ 8:08PMWith final placements at the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) being a very tame affair this year, IITians are planning to approach companies on their own.
Shobhana Subramanian: Talk terrorism in the boardroomThursday, December 4, 2008 @ 8:06PMCorporate India is rattled. For the first time in all these years, it has been the victim of terrorism; this time around it is the corporate fraternity that has been hurt, losing friends, relatives, business partners.
NeighborWorks America program is helping low, moderate-income families buy homesThursday, December 4, 2008 @ 7:33PMGloria Guy was helped by the program