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...merger with Porsche could help VW in the U.S. While Porsche may be a niche sports car maker, it's better known stateside than VW's other premium brand Audi and could add to VW's sex appeal with brand-conscious U.S. consumers. "VW's image in the U.S. could benefit significantly from Porsche," says Jürgen Meyer, a fund manager with SEB Asset Management in Frankfurt. "Americans don't know Audi, but they know Porsche as a premium brand and that will rub off on VW. They could possibly use the Porsche brand name to create a group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Volkswagen Is Powering Through the Recession | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...parent is to pay for his son’s college tuition, that child must choose a path that ensures a secure and set future—not “the arts” And there is little by way of encouraging participation in extracurriculars. Time is better spent in the classroom or preparing for tests...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: (e.) None of the above | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...think at the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. Our mission is “to promote economic opportunity through lower taxes and new ideas for better government in Connecticut.” But new ideas are rare. And interns face more imminent dilemmas, like whether to put the air conditioner on “energy saver” or “fan only...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...message, however, has many doctors skeptical. "Virtually everyone who is overweight would be better off at a lower weight," Walter Willett, chairman of the nutrition department at Harvard's School of Public Health, told the New York Times in early July. "There's been this misconception, fostered by the weight-is-beautiful groups, that weight doesn't matter. But the data are clear." NAAFA's public-relations director, Peggy Howell, says her group doesn't encourage anyone to lead an unhealthy lifestyle but recognizes that for some people weight loss isn't possible. "We don't encourage people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fat-Acceptance Movement | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...economy. Now, however, there is a growing sense in the White House that more stimulus is indeed necessary, even though the political environment for further action has soured. "Given what we know now about how sick the economy, it turns out, was getting, probably bigger might have been better," a senior White House official admits. "It was always an issue, of course, of what could you get through Congress." (Read "TIME Health-Care Poll: Americans Back Reform, Worry Over Details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Legislative Approach: Pragmatism | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

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