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...closest thing to a working political antenna at the White House these days may be the one on Dan Bartlett's car radio. Congressional anger over President George W. Bush's decision to allow a Dubai-owned company to operate terminals at major U.S. ports had been at a low boil for days before the White House got its first inkling of the furor: Bartlett, the presidential counselor, happened to tune in to conservative talk-show host Michael Savage on the way home from work. By the time the President moved to quash it several days later with assurances...
...known in the trade as a "tiger kidnapping." (The tiger, see, stalks its prey.) Colin Dixon, 51, the manager of a security depot that stores money for commercial banks and the Bank of England, was driving past the Three Squirrels pub in Kent, southeast of London, when a car with men disguised as police officers forced him off the road. Two other fake cops went to the man's house, where they told his wife and young son that Dixon had been involved in an accident. All three were then taken to a safe house where the family was threatened...
...this age of globalization, in which free trade gives the consumer the option to buy the best value in the world marketplace, consumers should give extra points to Ford Motor Co. when purchasing a car [Feb. 6]. Here's an American company that created the middle class in the U.S. and built tanks and planes that helped us win World War II. Ford should be given every purchase consideration for its vehicles. After reading your article, I feel like waving the flag for Bill Ford. Jack Weber Oxnard, California...
...said it is looking for a reduction of 14,500 jobs at Mercedes, while Volkswagen in February announced 20,000 job cuts. In that environment, Renault appears to be defying gravity by promising ambitious results without the pain of slashing labor costs. Indeed, Ghosn is promising to increase annual car sales by 800,000 units by 2009, double operating profit margins, and improve product and brand quality. "The lesson of the Nissan revival plan was what's vital is the result, not the precise means of attaining it," says Ghosn, 52. "We've analyzed the opportunities and potentials at Renault...
...competition. This happened without any positive results from doping control. It's crazy." Agovino defends his actions. "Athletes are obliged to respect the law like everyone else," he says. Mayer, meanwhile, fled the area and was later taken into custody across the border in Austria after crashing his car into a police roadblock. While denying allegations that he was involved in doping, Mayer checked into the psychiatric ward of an Austrian hospital, and told a local magazine that he was trying to kill himself when he crashed the car. Biathletes Wolfgang Rottmann and Wolfgang Perner, among the 10 Austrians tested...