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...limitations it imposes on start-up businesses means it won't create jobs for enough of France's 2.4 million registered unemployed. And even if most of the projected 500,000 new companies launched this year wind up prospering, their tiny size isn't going to make a big dent in the country's economic decline in 2009, which economists estimate will be at least 3%. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
Westerwelle espouses the economic liberalism that has always defined the FDP, and under his eight-year command he has positioned his party as the champion of the Mittelstand, Germany's formidable family-owned companies. "When a big company gets into difficulty, the German eagle comes to the rescue. When a Mittelstand company gets into trouble, the vultures circle," Westerwelle said in May. His recipe for growth: encourage private investment and cut taxes. "You can sign 100 stimulus programs but if investing doesn't gain momentum, the economy won't get better," he says...
...reputation as a publicity seeker in the early part of this decade with a flurry of attention-grabbing exploits he hoped would attract younger voters to the FDP. He was, he proclaimed, a Spasspolitiker (a fun politician). His stilted conversation with reality TV show contestants in Germany's Big Brother house was typical of the sort of fun this entailed. (See the Top 10 Skanky Reality Shows...
...couple in a café as best capturing his attitude. "First of all, we're gay, and secondly we want two ice cream sundaes," the pair tells the waitress. "The first doesn't interest me," the waitress replies. "As for the second - with or without cream?" (Read: "Merkel Scores Big Win in Regional Election...
...Chemicals, hot comb, round brush and dryer ... same effect, different methods. I could see it being a big deal or inspirational if she were natural and wore it in natural styles...