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...Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne wants to use the Italian carmaker's technology to sharpen the focus of the Chrysler brands, insiders say. For example, Fiat's technology could allow Chrysler to build a reputation for high performance - not something it's known for today. The new technology could also augment Chrysler's traditional strength in four-wheel-drive, sport utility and truck segments, which are under pressure from rising fuel prices...
...past year has also been a learning experience. Maintaining liquidity will be an extremely important consideration in the near future, she says, compared to the past decade when markets boomed. And while she does not think risk management techniques failed investors, she does say that HMC will look to augment and explore new risk strategies. “If we don’t learn anything from this crisis, we really should be disappointed with ourselves,” she says.Although the challenge of managing the nation’s most prestigious endowment continues to demand long hours, Mendillo still...
...prime river-front property owned by the Massachusetts Transit Authority. But from his corner of City Hall, Councillor Alfred “Big Al” E. Vellucci moved to block tax-exempt Harvard’s expansion, hoping instead that private investors would develop the land and augment the city’s coffers.But before either party could have its way, the MTA (now called the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) would have to agree to sell its 12 acres west of Kirkland and Eliot Houses near the Charles River. Called the Bennett Street Yards, the lot was the only...
...ones, they do face troubles of their own. Overall daily circulation has plummeted from a postwar high of 6 million to just 1.5 million today. The financial situation of most French papers has become so dire in recent years that the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy has decided to augment annual state subsidies to the sector, which amount to between $1.5 billion to $2 billion, with an additional $900 million over the next three years. (See pictures of Sarkozy...
Washington can and should continue to augment the country's antiviral stockpile and publish revised pandemic plans like the 396-page doorstopper put out by the Department of Health and Human Services in 2005. Increasing our capacity to manufacture and distribute flu vaccines within our borders is also a must. But truly preparing the country for a pandemic means tackling the basic flaws at the heart of the health-care system--starting with the some 50 million Americans who lack any health insurance. They're more likely to flood hospitals for care during a pandemic, further taxing what will...