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Dates: during 2000-2009
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The CAW plans to play hardball. "I'm incredibly frustrated," says CAW president Ken Lewenza, adding that his union will not play by a new set of improvised rules. He also challenged LaSorda's assertion that Chrysler's operations in southern Ontario are uncompetitive. "They've always been very profitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pay Us or We're Gone, Chrysler Warns Canada | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

Nor is Ozawa wrong in seeing that Japan faces enormous challenges. At home, it confronts a rapidly aging population and declining birthrate. The number of those aged over 65 is projected to jump from 28 million today to 35 million by 2025, by which time nearly 30% of the population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ozawa: The Man Who Wants to Save Japan | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

But as Prime Minister, he will have to do just that. In the past, there have been times when Ozawa's determination for Japan to be a normal country with a sense of its own interests seemed likely to make him an awkward partner for the U.S. For example, Ozawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ozawa: The Man Who Wants to Save Japan | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

To be sure, Japan has the capacity to renew itself. It has done so twice in modern times, first after the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, when a traditional, closed society modernized so thoroughly that by 1905 it was able to defeat a major European power, Russia, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ozawa: The Man Who Wants to Save Japan | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

And then there were the complete non sequiturs. Casino operator MGM Mirage closed at $2.87, up 23%, on the same day Moody's put it on its "Bottom Rung" list. The members of that list are the companies the ratings agency thinks are the most likely to default on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dow Jumps 5.8% — But It's Just One Day | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

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