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Carlos Ghosn has every reason to have that bounce in his step at the annual Detroit Auto Show this week. The Brazilian president of Japan's Nissan Motor Co., now controlled by France's Renault, has been itching to unveil the dazzling new iteration of a sports car that once defined an affordable testosterone boost. Remember the 240Z, the long-nosed rocket that every boy just had to drive after it came out in 1970, later known as the fastest-selling sports car of its time? Monday, to cacophonous music and a panoply of strobe lights in the Motor City...
...laggard economic performance, is capable of rising again. Indeed, while U.S. automakers are trembling at the thought of the production cuts and layoffs required to weather the oncoming economic slowdown, sales at Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi are in overdrive, a trend that is already leading to murmurs around Detroit of a "second Japanese coming." (Stay tuned for more on that...
...publicity, the Dallas Mavericks' owner not only hired DENNIS RODMAN but offered him free lodging at his own guesthouse. But surely the NBA didn't anticipate that Cuban would be downright ecstatic about the $250,000 fine officials imposed for his antics during the Mavs' loss to Detroit last week. "I think it's great," said Cuban, the billionaire co-founder of Broadcast.com who bought the team last year. Cuban was reprimanded for a public scolding of game referees. "There is no way we could spend $250,000 to get this type of promotion for the Mavs," he said. "Tons...
...Judge Patrick J. Duggan of Detroit's Federal District Court upheld the University of Michigan's current affirmative action plan, which gives all black, Hispanic and Native American applicants a 20-point boost on the school's 150-point admission scale. Many liberals view the decision as a victory; but even as an affirmative action supporter, I consider Michigan's approach unjust and self-defeating...
...lines in Detroit and St. Louis on Nov. 7 were more than three hours long. In Milwaukee, a man bragged on the radio he had voted for Al Gore 16 times. In Florida, reports are widespread of roadblocks, intimidation, excessive ID checks and improper disqualifications - and most of the complainants are blacks, who were supposed to be past their days of being less equal than others. Across the country, records are poorly kept and out of date...