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Sergio Marchionne, the gifted executive who saved Italy's Fiat Group from a destructive meltdown earlier in the decade and then convinced the Obama Administration that he could revive the bankrupt Chrysler Group LLC, tried on Wednesday to dispel speculation that the struggling automaker was beyond help. "We want Chrysler to become a strong public company," said Marchionne, who was dressed in his trademark professorial sweater, as he opened an elaborate presentation of the struggling automaker's business plans for the next five years, which emphasize blending Fiat's small-car and small engines technology with Chrysler's muscular Jeeps...
...undecided on whether this technology means very much for booksellers, but the tepidness I saw in the other patrons made me doubt that it does. Even if the digital inventory expands far beyond the stock of out-of-copyright titles that the machine currently prints, I have to wonder whose book ownership needs are so extensive and obscure that they cannot be met by Amazon.com or the local bookstore. One answer, of course, is academics and bookworms—real constituencies, to be sure, but ones whose pent-up demand, alas, seems unlikely to revolutionize the business...
...Services could encourage students to explore a broader range of job opportunities in economically vibrant areas of the South that remain relatively unexplored here. Or the dining halls could replace Nestea with real, brewed, Southern-style iced tea. There are myriad possibilities to alert Harvard students that civilization extends beyond the blue-state borders—but, until then, some of us will have to keep repeating that we’re more than just country bumpkins...
...vote prompted an outpouring of cash and other resources from far beyond the borders of the Pine Tree State. From New Jersey, the National Organization for Marriage sent a $1.8 million check to help defeat gay marriage. Gay couples in California and others still heartbroken over the Prop 8 vote sent lots of smaller checks to help bring the 'Vote No on 1' coalition some $4 million. On Tuesday, Californians manned phone banks to help encourage the vote, which Maine's Secretary of State told reporters Tuesday was exceptionally large...
...Henry Kissinger's famous question about who he would call if he wanted to speak to Europe. What exactly the president will do - besides answering that 3 a.m. phone call from the White House - has yet to be firmed up. The Lisbon Treaty is vague about the job description beyond the official role of organizing E.U. summits and meeting with foreign leaders. The president could become a powerful, high profile and recognizable face for all of Europe. But momentum in the E.U. is building towards having a leader who is a skilled mediator first and foremost -someone who can ease...