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...restructuring its operations. In its Monday announcement, GM said that by 2010 it intends to close 13 car plants, eliminate 21,000 jobs, reduce its dealer network by 42%, and eliminate the Pontiac brand. It also announced that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Treasury to convert 50% of the outstanding government loans to the company - or about $5 billon - into GM stock. As a result of this swap, the U.S government would become the majority shareholder of GM. The automaker also said that it is seeking an additional $11.6 billion in government loans...
...College administration is asking Eck and other Masters to convert the staff assistant position into a half-time job. As a result, one administrator may have to handle files from two Houses—which would require overseeing more than 700 student files in some cases, Eck said...
...Abdul-Basser wrote in a later e-mailed statement that he “never expressed the position that individuals who leave Islam or convert from Islam to another religion must be killed. I do not hold this opinion personally.” He explained that he was not advocating for the positions mentioned in his e-mail, but rather “addressing them in the context of the evolution of an Islamic legal doctrine...
Most dietary interventions work by checking methogens - microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments like cows' guts, where they convert the available hydrogen and carbon (by-products of digestion) into methane, a colorless, odorless gas. "We encourage well-to-do farmers to use oilseed cakes, which provide unsaturated fatty acids that get rid of the hydrogen," Singhal says. Another solution is herbal additives. Some commonly used Indian herbs such as shikakai and reetha, which go into making soap, and many kinds of oilseeds contain saponins and tannins, substances that make for lathery, bitter meals but block hydrogen availability for methogens...
...convert to Islam, do you view your career in a spiritual light? Zainab Sheikh, NEW YORK CITY...