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...hybrid masters, no pure electrics, and to explore fuel-cell technology," says Nickerson. "We feel it's going to take a lot more than one technology to make this new market work." Toyota began testing fuel cells in 2002. (Read "The Chevy Volt: GM's Huge Bet on the Electric...
...darling of Washington but has proved feckless. His misrule has contributed greatly to the Taliban revival that the U.S. and its allies are now trying to quell. There's not much reason to hope that a re-elected Karzai will get significantly better. The White House's best bet will be to strengthen the instruments of governance so that they carry clout even in timorous hands. The good news is that Afghanistan's leaders, who desperately need American arms and aid, can't afford to be obstinate...
...favor of Jon Corzine (now governor of New Jersey), Blankfein was selected to run J. Aron. His appetite for risk quickly surfaced. In 1995 he chided his fellow partners for being too risk-averse and promptly left a conference room where they were meeting to place a multimillion-dollar bet with the firm's money that the dollar would rise against the yen. Blankfein's bet - one of his favorites - paid off, and he impressed his partners as a prudent risk taker. He would do the same thing - exhort them to take greater risks - 10 years later and then persuade...
...people. "There are now people who are thinking about the return of the DPP," says Lin Chong-pin, a political scientist at Tamkang University. "If the 2012 election was held now, Ma would be bound to lose." Taiwan's reception of its Tibetan guest next week is Ma's bet to boost public sentiment. Though Ma is unlikely to meet with the Dalai Lama officially, the two may appear together at religious gatherings for the victims. Lin says, "On balance overall, I think it will help Ma more than hurt...
...safe bet that Kennedy's memoir will soar to the top of the best-seller list, though in the wake of his death his political aides are considering how best to handle its marketing - with his family in mourning, they may turn to his Senate colleagues to give interviews about the book. Three other recent books about Kennedy - Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy, edited by Peter Canellos (Simon & Schuster); Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died by Edward Klein (Crown); and Ted Kennedy: Scenes from an Epic Life by the Boston Globe (Simon & Schuster) are also...