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...blue collar workforce. GM is said to be agreeing to deposit half the $20 billion it owes the VEBA and fund the other half with GM stock. The agreement appears to be very similar to the deal Chrysler LLC reached with the UAW. That deal put the UAW in control of the new Chrysler, with 55% of the stock. The union has also reportedly agreed to cut GM's labor costs, though neither the union nor GM would confirm the figures...
Other students looked internationally for approaches to cost-cutting. More command and control, please...
...summer, popular shooting festivals - where people drink beer, enjoy the sun and shoot at targets - take place in towns and villages across Germany. According to the Interior Ministry, there are 10 million registered weapons in Germany and - more worryingly - up to 20 million illegal weapons. Germany tightened its gun-control laws in 2002, after a school shooting in the central town of Erfurt left 18 dead. But after the Winnenden shooting earlier this year, campaigners lobbied the government for even tougher legislation, which, they say, could prevent further massacres. (See pictures of the Virginia Tech tragedy...
...While many Germans would agree that tighter gun control is a good idea, the possible ban on paintball has players up in arms. The sport has become hugely popular in Germany, with 200 venues and 250,000 people who play regularly or occasionally. There's even a German Paintball League, whose games are televised. If the new rules under consideration are voted into law, the popular sport could be treated as a civil offense, punishable with a fine...
...laws still need to be approved by the CDU and SPD parliamentary groups, but the government is hoping to rush the bill through parliament before the summer recess in July. With the federal election coming up in September, the government knows that gun control is an easy way to get votes. But more difficult is deciding how much control is too much - and how much is not enough...