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Racial segregation key factor in subprime lending

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New study examines impact of segregation on the prevalence of high-cost loans in U.S. metro areas. Subprime loans disproportionately located in segregated areas.





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The future of private equity

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...


W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.


Two vintage beetle Volkswagen taxies pass by a  new "Metrobus" in Mexico City

Germany, Mexico, US top smart energy list

Technology / Energy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Germany, Mexico and the United States have crafted some of the world's smartest policies for improving energy use, according to a study released on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here.


Joe Biden speaks at the former GM Boxwood Plant in Wilmington

Hybrid automaker Fisker to buy shuttered GM plant

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Budding US hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive will reopen a shuttered General Motors plant in Delaware to build fuel-efficient, plug-in cars, the White House announced Tuesday.



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