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...online retailer Quelle recently offered a $30,000 Ford Galaxy for $25,000. The law may have an even bigger impact on service. If a mechanic meets certain requirements, he'll be able to get the kind of manufacturer support previously available only to dealers. In time, that should boost quality, increase competition and bring down service charges...
...expected presidential candidate in March, Khodorovsky has been a motivating force in the industry’s drive to expand west. Given President Bush’s effusive rapprochement with Putin after Sept. 11, this places the U.S. in a tough spot: backing the project could give Khodorovsky a boost and undermine Putin’s political desirability...
...shed a couple of pounds knows all too well, that's often harder than it sounds. Eat too little, and your body ratchets down its metabolism so that it doesn't need as much energy and you regain weight more easily. One way to counteract that is to boost your level of physical activity to increase the number of calories you burn...
...velvet touch? Political analysts say China may have finally learned that its threatening behavior is counterproductive. In the 2000 Taiwanese elections, the vitriol from Beijing actually gave Chen a 5% boost in the polls, according to a survey consultant. "The Chinese government's confidence in dealing with diplomatic issues has increased and they don't haggle over every little issue," says Guo Dingping, a political science professor at Shanghai's Fudan University. "They're now focusing more on long-term interests instead of insignificant altercations across the strait." Still, politicians in Taiwan caution that subtlety doesn't mean China...
...selected by the rankings. But the rankings only lead to improvements for students and colleges if their criteria are meaningful. Often they are to the detriment of educational quality. It is unfortunate when colleges pump resources into football programs at the expense of educational quality in an effort to boost alumni giving rates—a ranking criterion for U.S. News & World Reports. An excessive focus on standard testing scores such as the SAT to boost selectivity rank in college admissions diminishes the importance of qualities such as leadership in potential candidates that are difficult to quantify. To improve faculty...