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These days Ford is a global predator with a $23 billion war chest and a market value ($34 billion) almost four times as big as Nissan's. Racked by an economy in an eight-year decline, Japan has a demonic need for the cash and expertise of foreign bankers and takeover experts who are buying, at deep discount, chunks of the country's financial and industrial base. "What has really happened this decade is the true inability of the Japanese to manage in a difficult situation," says ING Baring Furman Selz managing director Maryann Keller, who has studied Japanese industry...
...through that state's legislature. "[I] got my scooter license at 13," Johnson told the Albuquerque Journal. "I didn't want to be the guy that makes that harder for some kids." Safety officials have another worry: passenger and curfew restrictions--like well-intentioned seat-belt laws--are almost impossible to enforce...
Known instantly by first name? Yes Yes Yes Yes Wears distinctive hat? Yes No Yes Yes Chants rhythmically to music? No Yes Yes Yes Arrested for weapons possession? No No Yes No More famous than the Pope? No Yes No Almost...
...actor himself remains rankled but almost wistfully resigned about the hurt feelings and the bad press. "If there's anything negative, I'm sure it will be talked about--more so than the positive," he sighs before leaving his trailer for the set. "The facts are that absolutely nothing wrong was done to that island. If anything, I've seen our people take meticulous care with every little branch. We're trying to portray the beauty of Thailand's nature, and how Thailand is in one of those unique time frames in its history. It's such a wild, crazy...
...place a blot on your credit report. At worst, it will hand off your debt to a collection agency, which can plead and annoy but not confiscate. And should you file for bankruptcy, the first debts a judge discharges are often those related to credit cards. Tax bills almost never get forgiven...