Word: explainer
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...That might help explain the British government's hesitation to launch an initiative of its own. Almost 90% of all cars sold in the U.K. are imported, with most of those arriving from Continental Europe. So while 61% of those polled in a survey for Britain's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said they'd likely take up such an offer, a British scrapping scheme "wouldn't be a huge boost to British car factories," says Garel Rhys, president of Cardiff University's Centre for Automotive Industry Research. "In a sense it would be the British taxpayer subsidizing factories...
...family, my closest friends, business associates and the thousands of clients who gave me their money. I cannot adequately express how sorry I am for what I have done. I am here today to accept responsibility for my crimes by pleading guilty and, with this plea allocution, explain the means by which I carried out and concealed my fraud...
...know when I say that our world is changing before our eyes--and that a new world is being created. That's your daily reality--and ours. What I am telling you is that our mission at TIME is to help you navigate this new world--to explain what is changing and why and what you can do about it. Our task going forward is to use great reporting, great writing, great photography and great video online to be your guide to this new and changing world...
...what's outperforming on the shelves? A catch-all category called "seasonal general merchandise," which contains thawing salt, body warmers and gift packages with candy, was tops, with a 32% rise. Analysts explain this jump by pointing to the unusually cold and snowy winter, plus the folks who traded down their Valentine's Day purchases from fancy dinners and jewelry to smaller-ticket gift packages. Unit sales for canning and freezing supplies like jars, bags and containers were up 11.5% during the eight weeks ending on Feb. 21, making them the second best-performing category on Nielsen's list. This...
...category was also down, by a sharp 12.1%. That includes peanut butter; while you might expect people to eat more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches instead of steak during a typical recession, the salmonella outbreak likely dragged down the numbers. Canned seafood, down 13.3%, is a little harder to explain. In general, seafood costs more than other products, but if consumers are trading down to canned goods, one might think they'd be buying more of it in cans. (Read "Why We Buy the Products...