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...unauthorized repair center can effectively negate the warranty. "None of this is clear," said one dealer, referring to the many nuances of warranty work that are yet to be defined in the government's plan. He also noted that if GM is forced into bankruptcy, dozens of dealerships could close and consumers would be left guessing as to where to take their vehicles...
...high-end women’s clothing boutique, is closing its doors permanently after nearly nine years in Harvard Square. Owner Marie Santa Maria, who along with her husband Hernando also owns and operates the boutique Via Vai across the street, said that rising rent and a mismatch between the store’s offerings and Harvard Square clientele precipitated the closure. “We’re going to be reinventing ourselves somewhere else,” she said. While Santa Maria declined to disclose the exact location of the new store she and her husband plan...
...result was the partition of Germany and the creation of the United Nations. Dwight D. Eisenhower, fulfilling a campaign promise, traveled to Korea as President-Elect in December 1952 - the Korean War ended seven months later. And, of course, Ronald Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close when he gave his 1987 speech at the Berlin Wall, challenging Mikhail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall...
...February, the government announced it would spend some $7 billion on various projects as part of an overall stimulus package. Since taking office in 2004, Yudhoyono has held two major "infrastructure summits" offering close to $38 billion dollars' worth of projects to private investors, though few have had any takers. Jakarta's business community cites a range of problems and obstacles that are keeping investors on the sidelines while funding remains sorely needed for the building of new ports, power plants and roads across this huge nation. "Lots of projects were showcased but very few have been realized because...
...Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliates have been regrouping, recalibrating their targets and tactics; they have recruited disenfranchised members of the U.S.-allied Sahwa movement, planting them as sleeper agents among the mainly Sunni neighborhood patrolmen, who number about 94,000 nationwide, according to a highly placed source close to the insurgency. "Many of the Sahwa have returned after seeking forgiveness, but they are still Sahwa," the source tells TIME. "They wear the government's uniform, but they plant explosives and sticky bombs. The Sahwa is the biggest recruiting pool for al-Qaeda." (See the most dangerous streets of Baghdad...