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...Ford Hits The Brakes To Ford's growing list of problems in Europe, add labor woes. Belgian unions and government officials are reacting furiously to the automaker's decision to cut 3,000 jobs - a third of the workforce - and cancel a planned €900 million investment at its Genk plant. The cuts come as Ford struggles with slumping sales and market share in Europe, where it lost €447 million before tax in the second quarter to June. Workers at Genk last week staged two 24-hour strikes at the plant, which makes the Mondeo sedan and Transit minivan...
...approached her with qualms--typically six months before the wedding, when they're "in the midst of freaking out"--and that more than 5% ultimately reverse gears. Says Paul: "To go full force with this public commitment and set up this expectation of a wedding, then turn around and cancel is very difficult. You have to send out cards, make all these phone calls and disappoint your family and friends who've supported...
Editor-in-Chief Nancy E. Reardon said that when BCPD officers and Eagle EMS, a student emergency medical services group, were assisting a person injured in a car accident, local paramedics were slow to respond and claimed someone had called to cancel the ambulance...
...Congress and the White House responsible? As part of a long-standing ritual involving Democrats and Republicans, lawmakers and Presidents have devised energy plans that add up to no plan at all--not deliberately but by default. In pursuit of different agendas, competing interests tend to cancel one another out over time, leaving the nation with no coherent direction on energy. Lawmakers launch programs to develop alternative-energy supplies but later quietly cut or eliminate the funding so there are no realistic alternative sources. They enact legislation offering incentives to stimulate crude-oil production in the U.S., when the politicians...
...CALLED. Many preferred shares are "callable," meaning that the issuing company has the right to cancel them on a certain date if interest rates have fallen sharply. Always find out whether and when a preferred issue is callable. Insist that your broker give you not just the current dividend yield but also the "yield to call." That will estimate your income if the issue gets yanked away...