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...What do you mean? Like right now we're arguing over CEO salaries. Why is this in my life now? Why do I have to care? It's because politicians have forced me to be a shareholder in an insurance company or a car company or a bank. I don't want to be a shareholder in that! Gosh...
...even older E.U. members are getting cold feet about the 20-20-20 plan. Last week Germany successfully persuaded fellow governments to agree to a later deadline for a separate deal on car-emission levels. Along with Italy, Germany is also battling efforts to make industries pay for permits to pollute through the E.U.'s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Berlin and Rome are backed by BusinessEurope, a club of industrial associations, which claims that whole swaths of Europe's manufacturing sector will move their production out of the E.U. if auctioning of emission permits is introduced...
...Detroit With an entire region depending on the automobile industry, it is almost impossible for politicians to vote against another financial bailout [Nov. 24]. There is just too much at stake. Yet this is a crucial moment for car manufacturing, and governments have to ensure that auto giants like GM are aware they have to radically change their ways. Carmakers must be obliged to commit to developing greener technology, while U.S. carmakers in general have to finally realize that the big cars they have been building for decades are no longer what people want. Sebastian Sommer, GREUSSENHEIM, GERMANY...
...know the many advantages that unions have obtained for their members through the years. Now is the moment for them to show real leadership and work with the car industry to help get through the present situation. Of course, no one wants to give up a benefit, but why should the American workers who do not have such generous benefits be expected to pay for yours? If you do not work together, the automotive industries of today may follow the many other businesses that went down because of a lack of understanding and cooperation on the part of unions. Which...
...David L. Halberstam ’55. Last night, Palches returned to City Hall for the first time in 57 years to voice his support for a proposal drafted by another classmate, Francis H. Duehay ’55, that would rename Plympton St. after Halberstam. Killed in a car accident in 2007, the former Crimson managing editor was acclaimed for his fearless on-the-ground coverage of the Vietnam War for The New York Times and his criticism of institutional racism in the United States. The meeting last night marked the first public hearing on the issue since...