The widening problems in the mortgage market could jeopardize that acquisition.
Analysts said that the widening problems at SK Group and other conglomerates, coming against the backdrop of nuclear tensions with North Korea and uncertainty about developments in the Middle East, were beginning to create a crisis atmosphere in South Korea, even though the country's current difficulties appear to be far less severe than they were during the economic crisis of 1997 and 1998.
The latest statistics from Los Angeles, where the unemployment rate was 11 percent in May, attest to a widening problem: the city removed 35.4 million square feet of graffiti for the fiscal year that ended June 30, an 8.2 percent jump over last year, city officials said.
The internet has widened the problem: we see patients buying medication online here in the UK, too.
But this solution has led to another problem: the widening time gap.
A related problem is the widening gap between a person being arrested and being charged.
The problem is the widening gap between the majority of children whose rights are respected, and a significant minority whose most basic rights – to be part of a family, to have an adequate standard of living, to health, education and protection – are all at risk.
The problems underscore the widening gap between huge banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, which have bounced back with hefty profits in investment banking and trading, and regional banks that rely on more traditional transactions like accepting deposits and making loans.
"I think a case can be made that although increased awareness is overall a good thing, the widening definitions of mental health problems and the increasing focus on them in our culture is making some people more fragile, not more resilient," says Haslam.
Janet Yellen, the new Federal Reserve chair, at least approached it with a measure of intellectual honesty when defining the problem, questioning whether the widening gap between the ultra-wealthy and the rest of us – to measures not seen since the days when my teenage grandmother tried to learn the Charleston – is compatible with the country's values.
