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When Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg jets into Washington this Sunday he plans on asking some tough questions. Germany's new Economy Minister is due to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and bosses at embattled American carmaker General Motors. Opel, a Germany-based division of GM, is fast running out of cash and GM and Opel bosses recently went cap in hand to Berlin to ask for $4.25 billion in state aid. In return, GM say they will restructure Opel by cutting costs and loosening the company's ties with the parent company in Detroit. Opel would become an autonomous...
...workshop, Flyby decided to ask Jen if anybody ever criticized him for being too smooth. He said, “People always hold you back. Especially because it makes them uncomfortable to have a change even if they know it’s better for them. If you know what’s good for you, and it could potentially make you feel happy, just ignore everyone else...
...status-update formula was simple, declarative: "Claire is working," "Claire is hungry," "Claire is unable to finish this article, so she is procrastinating by checking Facebook." But if I'm hungry and you ask me what's on my mind, what do I say? Do I just type "doughnuts" into the field? Then everyone I know will just see the update "Claire doughnuts...
...decade, some of those customers will trade in what they have and leave with the latest model. Right now, those potential buyers won't set foot in a dealership. Once their warranties are up, they will go to the least expensive mechanic with a reasonable reputation and ask him to install rebuilt parts...
...This is the reason behind the Obama team's madcap multitasking. As press secretary Robert Gibbs put it the other day, the whole American house is on fire, not just the particular room where the flames happen to be roaring. "Are you going to call the fire department and ask them to put all of it out?" Gibbs asked. "Or are you going to say, 'You know what? We love the living room. Start over there. And if you can, get quickly to the kitchen, and next to the den.' We could do that. And maybe by the time they...