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...track, GM announced on Monday that it was taking important new steps to reduce costs as it also struggles to avoid bankruptcy and meet a June 1 deadline from the government for restructuring its operations. In its Monday announcement, GM said that by 2010 it intends to close 13 car plants, eliminate 21,000 jobs, reduce its dealer network by 42%, and eliminate the Pontiac brand. It also announced that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Treasury to convert 50% of the outstanding government loans to the company - or about $5 billon - into GM stock. As a result...
...crisis is a good thing. having hit bottom, Americans have a solid foundation from which to leap upward. After I graduated from college in 1992, a car accident claimed my lower left leg. I chose full-time Paralympic competition in cycling and the Ironman triathlon for the next 15 years. Without the initial physical and emotional pain - followed by years of financial hardship - I wouldn't now be enjoying a new career as a professional speaker. True contentment comes from applying a solid work ethic toward our passions, not from the wealth this also happens to create. Paul Martin, Natick...
...crisis is a good thing. having hit bottom, Americans have a solid foundation from which to leap upward. After I graduated from college in 1992, a car accident claimed my lower left leg. I chose full-time Paralympic competition in cycling and the Ironman triathlon for the next 15 years. Without the initial physical and emotional pain - followed by years of financial hardship - I wouldn't now be enjoying a new career as a professional speaker. True contentment comes from applying a solid work ethic toward our passions. Paul Martin, NATICK, MASS...
...haven't cried since I was 11, and I cried.' JOE SAUNDERS, of the Los Angeles Angels, after 22-year-old teammate Nick Adenhart was killed in a hit-and-run car accident...
...Green Streets, a grassroots organization that promotes environmentally-friendly transportation. Visitors could also drop off unwanted computers, monitors, and cell phones for recycling at RE/MAX Destiny’s office around the street as part of the organization’s eco-wise realtor program. Zipcar—the car-sharing service founded in Cambridge—was on-site as well, offering a discounted $25 annual membership. Visitors had the opportunity to write “environmental sins” on Zipcar’s black Honda Civic Hybrid Chura, confessing activities that were less than green...