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...buyouts certainly add a new sense of urgency to a turnaround effort that until now some critics, such as GM's newest board member, Jerry York, investor Kirk Kerkorian's man in Detroit, had considered stuck in neutral. But things are not looking up at GM these days. The automaker recently disclosed it had lost $10.6 billion in 2005, not $8.6 billion as the company reported in January. March sales estimates prepared by outside analysts suggest that GM's market share has dipped close to 21% in March, a far cry from the 45% GM commanded in its heyday...
...Leader, Frist usually allows Senate committees to work through legislation first, but on an issue very important to the GOP base, he didn't wait for the Senate Judiciary Committee before proposing his own legislation, appealing to worries about illegal immigration. Frist?s bill includes dozens of provisions to add funding and resources to guard the border and block potential illegal immigrants, and does not include a so-called guest worker program that would create a system through which non-citizens could work legally, which President Bush favors...
...undergraduates have spent over $700,000 on coursepacks this year at the Coop alone. But don’t blame the distributors for high prices: After the Coop’s rebate, the profit margin on coursepacks is negligible. Coursepacks are expensive because the copyright royalties for articles quickly add up. When you also factor in commercial printing costs, it’s not unusual for a coursepack to cost over $100—as we know all too well. There is reason to be hopeful. Astonishingly, all 30 of the articles in the Ec10 coursepack this semester are available...
...Although the concert organizers said they were not pleased with protests made during the concert, they did not stop the protestors from making remarks. “It makes sense that the opposition would want to express themselves,” said McCambridge. “They add diversity and highlight the ability we have here to engage in debate.” The concert on Saturday marked the beginning of a series of Iran Freedom concerts scheduled to occur at other colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Georgetown, and Oxford. —Staff writer Kathleen Pond...
...Although the concert organizers said they were not pleased with protests made during the concert, they did not stop the protestors from making remarks. “It makes sense that the opposition would want to express themselves,” said McCambridge. “They add diversity and highlight the ability we have here to engage in debate.” The concert on Saturday marked the beginning of a series of Iran Freedom concerts scheduled to occur at other colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Georgetown, and Oxford. —Staff writer Kathleen Pond...