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...Finally, the alliance could bolster Chrysler's presence in the highly competitive midsize market. Fiat has an excellent midsize chassis/platform, which serves as the basis for the Alfa Romeo 159. "Chrysler could certainly use that," says Hall, since the struggling American automaker doesn't have the money to develop its own. Hall adds that the Chrysler-Fiat alliance is very likely to expedite Fiat's own plans to reintroduce the Alfa Romeo brand into the U.S. market. Fiat has been eager to bring Alfa Romeo, which now has nine models selling in more than three dozen countries...
...Biological Laboratories. During the Fairchild building renovation, the Melton and Eggan labs will take up temporary residence in Northwest as well.While it is unclear if stem cell researchers will still eventually move to Allston, the current fiscal crisis has greatly complicated the University’s plans to bolster interdisciplinary science. “Allston is just one part of the University. All the education and science currently happening on this campus—that’s what we are all concerned about,” Dulac says. “What the solutions are, we have no idea...
...founder of the New York-based Peter J. Solomon investment bank who has met with Faust on several occasions.CHANGING TACKAs the value of the endowment plummeted, donors have described Faust’s approach as direct and up-front in requesting their financial support to bolster the University’s cash reserves. Instead of winning donors over with plans for a new building dedicated to cutting-edge research, University leaders changed tactics and approached them for current use gifts and unrestricted funds to sustain Harvard’s core activities in the short-term.“We felt...
...With next year’s budget still in flux and the University’s financial situation bleak, administrators say they have been put in a tough situation—having to cut back on House life while simultaneously promising to bolster...
...like opposition to taxes and gay rights. Clinging to them so stubbornly has led the GOP to shoot itself in the foot Cheney-style on a number of occasions, doing a major disservice not only to its own voters, but to the country as a whole. But rather than bolster its image with fresh policy proposals, the party’s current strategy seems to be to take a time-out and keep its fingers crossed for an epic presidential mistake...