Tuesday, December 23, 2008

A guide for the newly poor (in LA)

Today features a pair of articles from the West Coast, plus a bonus (fun?) article at the end.

The LA Times publishes "A guide for the newly poor"... in Los Angeles. Goes through many of the social services available there.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover7-2008dec07,0,7416907.story

"10% of U.S. homeowners in arrears or foreclosure." Pretty much says it all, things are not looking good for homeowners trying to make it right now.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-foreclose6-2008dec06,0,2672022.story

Finally, some unexpected/unintentional/unusual consequences of the recent downturn in the economy (selling hair?):
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/12/08/weird.ways.to.make.money/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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