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Similar to the Equinox, the GMC Terrain is the first compact crossover vehicle from a brand that Obama's auto task force came very close to killing off. GM executives saved the nameplate by arguing that GMC-branded vehicles were highly profitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can GM's New Models Woo Back Buyers? | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...current upheaval in Iran could provide one of the best opportunities the U.S. has to negotiate a new compact to stabilize the region. That's because the turmoil in Iran actually gives Washington new leverage over those elements in Tehran - hard-line clerics and the security chiefs - who once stood in the way of détente but who are now furiously working to legitimize Iran's government in response to a domestic political challenge. (See pictures of the turbulent aftermath of Iran's election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the Crackdown Give the U.S. New Leverage in Iran? | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...data, the site can establish a very rough carbon footprint for your household - the U.S. average is approximately 30 tons of CO2 per year per family. If you can then reduce your emissions, whether by simply using less electricity or by installing energy-efficient technology, like better boilers and compact fluorescent lightbulbs, the site will calculate how much carbon you've saved. Those translate into carbon credits of 1 ton of CO2 avoided. The company certifies the credits and brokers the sale. "This is a system that incentivizes you to save energy on a personal level," says Paul Herrgesell, project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Your Slice of the Cap-and-Trade Pie | 7/7/2009 | See Source »

...seemed as though he didn't want to be Michael Jackson. His disastrous compact with California plastic surgeons altered his face nearly beyond recognition. His cocoa skin was gradually blanched into a geisha's pancake white - the result, doctors said, of the pigment-depleting disease vitiligo. Except when camouflaged by makeup in videos - he even wore it to bed, said ex-wife Lisa Marie - or cavorting as a speck onstage in giant arenas, he retreated to his palatial Neverland estate near Santa Barbara, Calif., and became the world's most reclusive exhibitionist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Over Michael Jackson's Legacy | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...Sony, however, was fairly quick to jump to new formats: it introduced the D-50 portable CD player a year after the first compact discs were sold, and later rolled out MiniDisc and MP3 players under the Walkman brand. (Its insistence for several years on sticking to a proprietary digital music format, ATRAC, left it far behind Apple's iPod in terms of market share.) Since its launch, Sony has released more than 300 different models across all formats; it currently makes Walkman-branded MP3 players, phones and even portable DVD players. Its newest device, the Walkman NWZ-X1000, features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Walkman | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

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